Why Aren't You Reading: Alex the Reluctant Escort!?

What the hell is a nice Jewish girl from Long Island doing as a call girl in Atlanta!? Oh darn, sorry I meant "escort" or girlfriend for hire as she's called it. Alex Lieberman's blog is about the ins and outs (total pun intended) of her life as a sex worker. She only posts new blogs on Mondays and Thursdays, because you know, she's gotta go make a living out there!

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http://alexlieberman.wordpress.com/

Cock Blocking

For years researchers have been working on microbicides that could help prevent the spread of HIV. Now, they may be one step closer as scientists at the University of Utah think they may have finally found a gel that actually works! The gel, which is being called a 'molecular condom' by bioengineering professor Patrick Kiser is inserted into the vagina prior to sex. When the gel comes in contact with semen it turns semi-solid and blocks HIV from entering vaginal cells. Doctoral candidate Julie Jay wanted to work on a vaginal gel because she realized socioeconomic issues and cultural norms make it hard for some women to negotiate safer sex.

Scientists are also hoping the gel can be used as a contraceptive; and eventually block the herpes and human papilloma virus (HPV) which is associated with cervical and other cancers. Talk about killing two birds with one stone -- gel in this case. Human trials are expected to begin in the next few years. The sociosexual implications of the gel -- if it works -- will be huge.

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The Sex Workers' Art Show Tour is coming to your town!

L-R: The World Famous *BOB*, Keva I. Lee, Kirk Read

The Sex Workers' Art Show Tour is coming to your town!

The show is an eye-popping evening of visual and performance art created by people who work in the sex industry to dispel the myth that they are anything short of artists, innovators, and geniuses!

The wildly successful cabaret-style show is hitting the road again, bringing audiences a blend of spoken word, music, drag, burlesque, and multimedia performance art. Intelligent and hot, disturbing and hilarious, the performances offer a wide range of perspectives on sex work, from celebration of prostitutes' rights and sex-positivity to views from the darker sides of the industry.

This year's incredible lineup of performers includes international burlesque sensation and winner of the “Best Body in Burlesque” award, Miss Dirty Martini; infamous feminist author of I Love Dick Chris Kraus; award-winning author of the coming-out memoir How I Learned to Snap, Kirk Read; porn star and writer Lorelei Lee; performance artist and comic queen of cleavage The World Famous *BOB*; performer and musical theatre mutineer Erin Markey; fierce activist and rapper Tre Vasquez; internationally infamous drag-subverter Krylon Superstar; dominatrix and destroyer of Asian feminine mythology Keva I. Lee; and tour founder and director Annie Oakley.

Special guest at select locations: platinum-selling hip-hop queen Trina! WHAT!??? The baddest bitch is on board?

The show includes people from all areas of the sex industry: strippers, prostitutes, dommes, film stars, phone sex operators, internet models, etc. It smashes traditional stereotypes and moves beyond "positive" and "negative" into a fuller articulation of the complicated ways sex workers experience their jobs and their lives. The Sex Workers' Art Show entertains, arouses, and amazes while simultaneously offering scathing and insightful commentary on notions of class, race, gender, labor and sexuality!

"The Sex Workers' Art Show is not simply a display of those in the sex industry... but an active force in articulating, shaping, and contesting the meaning of the identity "sex worker" in the public sphere" --Theatre Journal

"Annie Oakley doesn't need a gun. She's armed with fierce creativity, political passion, big brains and exquisite sexiness. As the Sex Workers' Art Show's director, Oakley leads a brilliant crew which serves up whore culture at its most delicious and satisfying." --Annie Sprinkle, Phd

Click HERE for a tour schedule.