Otillia Steadman
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How A Group Of Dancers Sparked A Unionization Effort At A Los Angeles Strip Club
The women hope to make Star Garden the first unionized strip club in 25 years.
These Strippers Are Planning To Unionize
The dancers at Star Gardens in Los Angeles would be the only unionized club in the country.
These Strippers Are Protesting For Safer Work Conditions In Hollywood. Instagram “Mistakenly Removed” Their Account.
Strippers United had planned protests over unsafe working conditions and the firing of two dancers.
Asian Sex Workers Want To Decriminalize Unlicensed Massage Work One Year After Atlanta Shootings
Chinese and Korean migrant women made up the majority of arrests for unlicensed massage in New York City.
How An OnlyFans “Dick Rating” Request Wound Up In Court
Lawsuits from Sarah Stage and Jessica Quezada say they became targets of bullying and threats when they tried to leave Unruly.
The Dilemma OnlyFans Creators Face When They Say No To Fans
Though the site has tried to expand to include a wider range of creators, audience expectations for sex content has driven some performers off the platform.
OnlyFans Creators Say This Agency Trapped Them In Exploitative Contracts And Published Nudes Without Consent
Clients said their contracts threatened six-figure penalties if they left, and account managers said they felt pressured to clock as many as 100 hours a week.
Guidance Counselors Sent The Alleged Michigan School Shooter Back To Class Before The Attack. The Superintendent Says They Didn’t Have All The Facts.
The counselors “did not have all the facts we now know,” Superintendent Tim Throne wrote in a letter to the Oxford community.
Police Say The Fiancé Of Missing "Van Life" Influencer Gabby Petito Has Disappeared Too
"All of Gabby's family want the world to know that Brian is not missing, he is hiding," the Petito family attorney said.
“I Needed To Film Today And I Physically Can’t”: Online Sex Workers Are Burning Out
The platform’s brief prohibition of sexual content was unsurprising to many workers who often feel they’re treated as disposable and say their livelihoods have become increasingly precarious even as the site’s popularity has exploded.
Friends And Fans Celebrated Biz Markie, The "Clown Prince Of Hip-Hop," After His Death At 57
Markie was best known for his hit single "Just a Friend" and had cameos in the movie Men in Black II and the TV show SpongeBob SquarePants.
This Is What The Historic Anti-Government Protests In Cuba Look Like
The protests started on Sunday and have spread rapidly as thousands of Cubans are frustrated by hunger and basic supply shortages.
Police Are Banned From NYC Pride Until At Least 2025
Event organizers said law enforcement must acknowledge the violence it has caused, particularly against Black and trans people.
The 9-Month-Old Tiger That's Been Missing In Houston Has Been Found
Police had been searching for the big cat since it was spotted lounging on the front lawn of a home last week.
Donald Trump Is Gone, But QAnon’s Sex Trafficking Conspiracies Are Here To Stay
After years of propaganda and misleading statistics, child sex trafficking conspiracies have become a gateway to right-wing extremism.
銃撃事件でよりあらわになった「性産業への偏見」。性労働者が抱く死の恐怖
2021年3月16日、ジョージア州アトランタで、マッサージ店の従業員や顧客が犠牲になった銃撃事件が起きた。アメリカでは性産業に長いこと敵意が向けられてきたが、性産業で働く従業員にとっては、こうした敵意の急激な高まりを示す出来事だった。
Atlanta Sex Industry Workers Say They’re Used To Being Branded “Sinners” — And Fearing For Their Lives
For workers at nearby sex shops and strip clubs, last week’s attack on spa employees and customers marked a deadly escalation of long-standing hostility against the sex industry.
New York’s “Walking While Trans” Ban Has Been Repealed
The repeal strikes a statute that outlawed loitering for the purposes of prostitution that was widely seen as discriminatory.
More Than 1,000 Open Prostitution Cases In Brooklyn Are Going To Be Wiped From The Files
“The current way of handling sex workers is dangerous. It drives them underground, it doesn’t keep us safe, and it’s not really getting to the issue of trafficking.”
A Police Car Rammed Through A Crowd And Drove Over At Least One Person
The injuries from the incident, which took place as people had gathered to watch cars performing stunts in an intersection, were not believed to be life-threatening.