Hey Twitter! I’m looking to reach out to sex workers in London who would be willing to be interviewed for my research. My focus is on LGBTQIA+ workers, but however you define your work, your sexuality or your gender, please get in touch (DM) if you’d be willing to be interviewed.
I’m currently unable to financially compensate for your time, but I am exploring options. Please do share in your networks or contact me with any concerns
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I am mostly looking to talk with independent workers who predominantly work indoors, and who have done full service work (if you have had to switch to online work during the pandemic that’s also fine). Saying this, I recognise that the industry can allow people fluidity...
... in the ways they work, so I don’t want to be too prescriptive. If you or anyone you know is interested, please drop me a DM and I’ll send you more information! I can also provide references from current workers that are taking part in my research.
(P.s. I did a push for this about a year ago but my research panned a little due to *life*, so if you’re one of the people who said they’d be down for an interview still, let me know! I don’t want to contact individually after such a long time)
A bit about me: My research is focussed on the intersection between sex, work, & sex as work. I& #39;m interested in the performances of labour, in the ways that sexual practices can inform (or refuse) certain identities, and the ways that sex workers navigate increasingly hostile...
... working environments. My academic interest in sexual practices & techniques is centred on trying to demonstrate the ways that contemporary British society attaches morality, value (both economic and otherwise), and ideas of personhood and identity, to sex and sexual acts.
More broadly, my research interests lie in embodied labour practices, and the political arena of identity politics. I am also interested in how sex workers have historically been aligned/ align themselves with sexual minority groups, and the ways in which the continued shame...