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I shouldn't have worn heels. I hobbled my way down a steep staircase toward the backyard, where a sizable crowd of hideous scenesters sat smoking and sipping on PBRs and bottles of tequila they'd brought from home. But before I…
by Siouxsie Q
August 10, 2016
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A giant penis, at least 10 feet tall, greeted me as I walked into the crisp relief of the air-conditioned hotel ballroom. It loomed like an ogre guarding a cave of treasures. Each year, the Adult Novelty Manufacturers Expo hosts…
by Siouxsie Q
August 3, 2016
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Our eyes met across a crowded hallway, my hand raised high in the air and wielding a leather paddle with with the word "slut" emblazoned on it in silver studs. With a stranger bent over in front of me, I,…
by Siouxsie Q
July 27, 2016
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Chants of "Sex worker rights are human rights!" and "What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now!" echoed through the French Quarter on Wednesday night. Hundreds of sex workers had taken to Bourbon Street to protest the…
by Siouxsie Q
July 20, 2016
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"Just a scoop of creamed potatoes, a slice of butter ... four peas," James Spader's cautiously sadistic voice instructs a mousey Maggie Gyllenhaal over the phone as she prepares for dinner with her family. "And all the ice cream you…
by Siouxsie Q
July 13, 2016
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Slut. Whore. Ho. I remember going to my first Golden State Warriors game back in 2009 with my girlfriend at the time. Before we could even make it to halftime, she grabbed my phone from me in a jealous rage,…
by Siouxsie Q
July 6, 2016
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Two years ago, my boyfriend Sam and I started podcasting about Game of Thrones, which concluded its sixth season this past Sunday. It took me a moment to warm to the World of Ice and Fire when the series first…
by Siouxsie Q
June 29, 2016
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I held my friend Juliette close, frozen in the middle of my bright backyard, huddled over my iPhone, as we watched the coverage of the Orlando shooting. I will always remember where I was, too horrified to speak, when I…
by Siouxsie Q
June 22, 2016
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Wearing a condom every time you have sex is "easier said than done," retired porn performer Sofia Delgado told Fox News as she rubbed her pregnant belly while standing inside the California State Capitol last Wednesday. Delgado is HIV-positive. After…
by Siouxsie Q
June 15, 2016
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The air was already muggy at 9 a.m. when my blue-soled, Betsey Johnson lace pumps hit the sidewalk. I was in Miami for an adult industry trade show, and fellow colleagues teased me for doing the "walk of shame," as…
by Siouxsie Q
June 8, 2016
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I stretched my stocking-covered legs on the big wooden desk in front of me and leaned back in my leather chair, letting thick white cigarette smoke coil lazily out of my mouth and into the hazy office set. I'm not…
by Siouxsie Q
June 1, 2016
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