LK Bertram teaches us about madams, clients, birth control and more as it relates to sex work in colonized North America. Learn how history often repeats itself if we don’t learn from the ghosts of our past. 

2:00 it started with mugshots 

5:00 ghosts are a big part of the culture 

8:00 bawdy houses and police violence 

11:00 benevolent forces behind social change

15:00 porn is one of the first things people drew 

18:00 Oregon statutes and prostitution

21:00 anonymity can help

25:00 frontline health workers and syphilis 

29:00 ghosts are radical

32:00 Portland Confidential

35:00 sex workers marry rich men sometimes

38:00 pay me in stocks and jewels maybe

42:00 censorship

46:00 honkey and whored

51:00 stinky breath clients are timeless

54:00 where to get an abortion in the 1800’s

58:00 deep emotional connections and archives

1:02:00 retirement plans for old whores

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