Video project

You gotta like any video titled "Every ho I know says so." Maggie's, the sex-work advocacy organization in Toronto, has set out to create a place for media by sex workers - this video looks to be the only one on offer at the moment, but hopefully there will be more to come.

Red-light specials

Well, damn, even where it's legal there are complications. Here's a report from the brothels of Australia, where post-economic-meltdown has fueled competition and spurred some all-Asian places to put their BBBJs on permanent special.

Best to be wary of any claim that sex work practices are responsible for the rise in STDs. Sex workers are always getting wrongly blamed as "vectors of disease," when in fact they're much more likely than those who give it away for free to take precautions. It's their job, after all.