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$PREAD CALL FOR MODELS AND CONTRIBUTORS, ISSUE 5.3

In our upcoming issue, we’re exploring age and aging within the sex industry. Feature pitches (ideas for articles of 2000-3000 words) should be sent to contribute@spreadmagazine.org. We’re particularly interested in finding someone to write a “How To” Guide for escorts and dancers on remaining profitable and in-demand when catering to a mainstream clientele (i.e. not working in fetish or niche markets) and approaching/entering their 40s, to be supplemented with quotes and advice from others. Our deadline for content is November 1st at the latest, so please send your pitch in ASAP.

MODELS NEEDED

DOUBLE TAKE:

Requires two separate shots, one in work gear and the other in street clothes, to be accompanied by a brief interview about your style. If you could take self portraits, awesome; if not, we can hook you up with a $pread volunteer photographer. Include your location and profession in your reply.

SEX WORKER PETS:

Must be LA-based and own at least one non-cat pet who could pose with you in the picture. Your face can be obscured. Photos will be taken by talented $preadster Jenny DeMilo.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

REVIEWS:

Reviews on a recent sex work related book/film/performance/etc. Please inquire about available items or suggest material before submitting full piece as we may already have someone covering it. Specify your location in your reply if you do not already have the item for review. 400-600 words.

HOT TOPIC: Age-play requests.

Do you do infantilism sessions, incest role plays, or regularly perform in schoolgirl character? We’re looking for brief meditations on how you experience this dynamic as well as any ideas you have about its benefits/consequences on a social level. 200-300 words.

POSITIONS: Would you help a baby pro?

We’re looking for someone to argue “yes” and someone to argue “no”; each angle is allotted 400 words to explain why a more seasoned worker should or should not encourage and assist someone new to the biz.

SCENE REPORT:

What’s it like to work in your hometown? How are the clients, the LE, the other workers, the activists and outreach teams? Although this piece can be framed as a personal essay, it should contain information useful to working visitors and not seem entirely unique to the writer. 500 words.

Consumer Report: Self Tanner (100 words per)*

We’re looking for pointed, possibly humorous, product reviews of self-tanner. Please provide one-to-two sentences per product and be specific about its usefulness, or its incompatibility, in relation to your line of work. Items should be identified by brand and shade/color name. (100 words per)*

HEROES:

What older worker(s) have inspired you and shown you that there is life in the industry after your ’20s? We’re hoping to use this space to acknowledge women and men who have worked into their golden years (’50s onward) 300 words.

INDECENT PROPOSAL:

Did a client look exactly your uncle? Have you danced for someone barely legal or spent the night with a guy old enough to be your great-grandfather? What work request totally caught you off-guard? Details don’t need to be graphic or wild as much as you need to convey why the situation unsettled or surprised you. 500 words.

NEWS REPORT:

News Reports should be on a timely topic, ideally an issue relevant to sex workers outside of North America. We’re particularly interested in hearing more from Eastern Europe, South America, and Africa for this issue. This is not space for a personal essay or op-ed; the approach is decidedly journalistic and should include important dates, names, places, and quotes. 800-1000 words.

I don't care who you are

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ohfortheloveofdog:

vindicatedcommunications:

Once you state that you’re terrified of everything the Republicans stand for, I don’t take your political opinion seriously.

It just shows that you’re ignorant or you’ve drank the Kool-Aid and frankly, I don’t want people to be blinding believing such things about either party nor do I think they’re an informed person on politics.

People, whether Dems. or GOPs, are dangerous and bad for the US political system if they can’t analyze the good and the bad in both parties.

By saying you’re against everything the Republican party stands for just tells me that you know nothing about the issues that the Republican party represents other than what the TV or your political party has told you.

Gotta say: I am against everything the Republican party stands for.

Yes, I too have apparently guzzled down the Kool-Aid and am officially uninformed.

But if someone would like to point out to me one single platform of the GOP’s that I should not be absolutely terrified of as a person who supports feminism, LGBT rights, disability rights, social justice, economic justice, environmental justice, civil rights and racial justice, who doesn’t believe that a person’s life and rights have more or less worth based on which side of a border they live on, and that all of us as a society have a responsibility to each other to create the most equal and just world we can and to minimize harm no matter how many tax dollars it takes … well, I’d absolutely love to hear what bright aspects of the Republican party I’ve missed. I’d really, absolutely love to find something on which me and my congressional representative agree. Because then I’d have something to comfort myself with.