The Lorette Laws and the coalition of sex workers and their allies who beat them back in 1859. Victorian ideas, early Mardi Gras, and a rebellious sex worker protest on the middle of Canal Street. In part one we’ll dive into why the sex workers were able to have a booming economy, the laws that targeted them, and the court case they defeated, ending with the sex workers immediately reclaiming Mardi Gras back from the terrible white men. In part two, I review modern Mardi Gras parades, probably start some drama, and end with a discussion about who is allowed to be assumed as an artist.

Loose is an independent podcast hosted and clumsily produced by Quinn Laroux @quinnlarouxdrag

The website is loosepodcast.com and the patreon is at patreon.com/loosepodcast

Pleasure Bound by Deborah Lutz

Unmentionable by Therse Oneill 

Sultry Climates by Ian Littlewood 

Sex and the Civil War Judith Giesberg

Lords of Misrule by James Gill

An Evening with Venus by John Gaines

Love in the Time of Victoria by Fracoise Barret-Durocq 

The “Baby Dolls” by Kim Marie Vaz 

The Trails of Nina McCall by Scott Stern

Brothels, Depravity, and Abandoned Women by Judith Schafer

Neworleanshistorical.org

Reason for the local controversy I mentioned: https://www.ambushmag.com/rawhide-phoenix-an-investigation/