Siouxsie Q walks Jesse James through the Somaly Mam scandal:

Simon Marks 

Melissa Gira Grant

 

And then Dolly Parton, need we say more?

Lisa Butterworth

Assembly Bill 1576 is a problem. It's a new bill currently on it's way to becoming a state law in California. It will take away adult performer's privacy rights and make condoms mandatory for vaginal and anal intercourse on all adult film sets.

Condoms are great, but this bill is not. Why? We're going to tell you in this podcast. We've gathered voices of porn performers like Lorelei Lee and Mickey Mod (industry professionals that this bill will effect!) to break it down for ya'll.

If you care about the health, safety and livelihood of sex workers in California, please get involved and speak out against AB1576.  www.ab1576.org

This week on Siouxsie’s Shorts, Siouxsie gets riled up about the most recent attack on sex workers by banks and credit card processors. When will the world stop seeing sex workers as victims and start seeing us as small business owners?

On a lighter note, Siouxsie has brought you a sneak peak into her next project: Winter is Coming…on Your Face.

Siouxsie has teamed up with Girl Bullies creator and resident Game of Thrones expert Sam Solo to bring forth a podcast like no other. Two porno nerdlings get SERIOUS about what’s going down in the Seven Kingdoms. So grab a cup of wine, and snuggle up next to your favorite whore. Get ready. Because Winter is Coming…on your face.

In 2010 Tobi Hill-Meyer made her film making debut, winning an Award for Emerging Filmmaker of the year and being named #3 in Velvet Park Media's list of the 25 Most Significant Queer Woman of 2010.

She is a Multiracial trans woman with over a decade experience working with feminist and LGBTQ organization on a local, state, and federal level, having served on several boards and offering support as a strategic consultant.

Since Receiving her degree in Sociology and Women and Gender Studies, Tobi has turned her focus to media analysis and productions.  As a writer, producer and filmmaker, sh is a founding member and major contributor to the media collective, Handbasket Productions.

 

Find Tobi at DoingitOnline.com

She has a 3-month membership giveaway that you can find at here

Melinda Chateauvert is Assistant Professor in the African American Studies Department at the University of Maryland at College Park where she teaches courses on political movement organizing, the Civil Rights Movement, Gender Sexuality and the Black Family, and public policy and the African American Community. She holds a B.A. and an M.A. in Women's Studies from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and the George Washington University.She has also worked as Research Director of the Pay Discrimination Institute, a non-profit legal defense fund for race- and sex-based pay equity litigation, and served as an expert historical investigator and witness for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund on cases involving racial discrimination in higher education. She earned a Ph.D. in United States History from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992. Her book, "Marching Together": Women of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, published by the University of Illinois Press has been widely adopted in women's studies, labor history and African American studies courses in the U.S. Her article, "Using Historical and Sociological Evidence in Affirmative Action Litigation," appeared in Combating Racial Discrimination: Affirmative Action as a Model for Europe? (Cambridge: Berg Publishers, 2000). "A Sister in the Brotherhood: Rosina Corrothers Tucker and the Sleeping Car Porters, 1930-1950," will appear in the Black Women and Work Collective anthology, Sister Circle (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, forthcoming). In addition, she is the Public Affairs Director for the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom Foundation, a national political advocacy and lobbying group devoted to expanding freedom of sexual expression among consenting adults. Her two current research projects include a study of the labor and labor consciousness among workers in the commercial sex industry, and an comparative political analysis of various campaigns to change laws regulating sexuality and gender identity. On the latter topic, she has presented papers at the Annual Meetings of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, of which she is a current member.

Cinnamon Maxxine is a fat femme on their fierce grind and not stopping anytime soon. They're on a mission to confront racism, race bias, fat phobia, and the generic femme bias in sex work and porn. Cinnamon calls about the power of the "demons" to fight these issues every day and educate people that these issues are real. Not just in mainstream society, but in our cherished and loved alternative/sub cultures as well.

You can find Cinnamon on

Facebook at cinnamaxx.facebook.com

Twitter: @cinnamaxx

Instagram: cinnamon_maxxine

And look forward to their new site:

SoftServeporn.com

"In 1983 I met Veronica Vera, and we immediately became best friends.  We've collaborated on dozens of projects together. Mostly, she is a writer, but has many other talents as well"  -Annie Sprinkle

 

Music

Tinkerbell by Kim Boekbinder

Brown County Bound by  The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band.

Siouxsie sits down with the amazing Sex Nerd Sandra! After getting trapped in an elevator  and podcasting for 3 hours straight Sandra and Siouxsie get right into it.  What happens when you put two sex podcasters in the same room you may wonder? You will have to listen to find out.

It seems like everyone has a Kickstarter campaign these days.

Whether it's my cousin's fringe-festival play, or a friend's memoir about sex parties, it seems I can't log on to Facebook to stalk an ex-girlfriend without being hustled for a donation by someone from my past. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for the crowdfunding revolution. Crowdfunding campaigns have helped offbeat businesses get off the ground and even paid the hospital bills of cancer patients — it's laughing in the face of the recession and reimagining the way we engage with the online economy.

Indie rock star Amanda Palmer's Kickstarter campaign cashed out at more than $1 million to fund her latest album and tour. In a post-Napster industry, artists have turned to crowdfunding to gain direct access to fans' dollars.

So why am I not flooding the world's Facebook feed with campaigns funding Star Trek porn parodies? Because sex workers aren't invited to the crowdfunding party. Cam girls, strippers, escorts, and porn stars all face exclusion, scrutiny, and sometimes theft from crowdfunding organizations.

This week we have brought you such a treat! Journalist Melissa Gira Grant has just released an incredible text called Playing the Whore and The WhoreCast was lucky enough to snag a LIVE interview with her at the beloved Center for Sex and Culture. So pull up a chair, grab some wine and get ready for your mind to be blown by this epically intelligent and eloquent treasure of the sex worker's rights movement.  Thank you Melissa!

Siouxsie Q on Playing the Whore:

"Melissa Gira Grant has done something remarkable: She has produced a text that challenges pervasive narratives about prostitution, exploitation and even trafficking resulting in an astute argument for a complete overhaul of the way we think about sex work. Playing the Whore is 136 pages of critical information. I highlighted or underlined something on almost every single page. I believe this book should be required reading for anyone with an opinion about sex work." - Siouxsie Q