Prostitution & Sex Trade

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The Game

From: The Teen Sex Trade

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A black Nova Scotian woman outlines her experience as a 17 year old who begins working in the sex trade at the urging of her boyfriend as the best way for the couple to make money. 20 $2.00 Add
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A Bad Collar

From: Vancouver Vice

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This chapter examines the West End at the beginning of the 1980s, a situation Maclean’s magazine called "a curbside brothel open from noon to 4 a.m., seven days a week." It also … 13 $1.30 Add
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Everyone is Scamming

From: Rock Paper Sex

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The firsthand account of a sex worker in St. John’s Newfoundland named Matt. A discussion about the experience of being a disabled sex worker. Topics include safety, pay rates, and legal … 9 $0.90 Add
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Going Back

From: The Teen Sex Trade

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After a brief time away from the sex trade to graduate high school a black Nova Scotian woman goes with her boyfriend to Toronto to work as a stripper and sex worker as a way to show him how good … 18 $1.80 Add
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Killed It

Part 4: Selling the Fantasy

From: This is My Real Name

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Chapter 10 recounts Brunet’s time in Burlington, Ontario. Topics discussed include Diamonds strip club, performative fantasy, cosmetic surgery, jealousy, and more. 11 $1.10 Add
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What I’ve Become

From: Rock Paper Sex, Volume II

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In this chapter, the author interviews a man who has bought sex for two decades. He can’t live without the thrill of his clandestine “other” life, and the thrill caused by his … 8 $0.80 Add
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Comprimised

From: Vancouver Vice

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In this chapter, Chapman described the end of the West End sex trade, and the consequences of this for Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. 8 $0.80 Add
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Home Again

From: The Teen Sex Trade

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A young black woman recounts how she became pregnant and quit school and how her boyfriend forces her to get an abortion which becomes the reason she finally leaves him. 14 $1.40 Add
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Language and Trauma

An Interview with Cheryl Coleman, Formerly of the Blue Door

From: Rock Paper Sex, Volume II

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This chapter is an interview with a woman who worked with a program that helped women exit the sex trade. 18 $1.80 Add
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The Best Strip Club in Canada

Part 4: Selling the Fantasy

From: This is My Real Name

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Chapter 11 explores Brunet’s time at the club Moonlighter & Sirens in Niagara. Topics discussed include legality of stripping and protections for strippers, perfect clients, confidence, hotel … 31 $3.10 Add
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The Social Control of Sex Work

From: Critical Perspectives on Social Control and Social Regulation in Canada

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Criminalization of the Sex Trade – Pathways and Commonalities among Sex Trade Workers – Sex Work and Colonization – Sociological and Feminist Perspectives that Attempt to … ; 33 $3.30 Add
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This is Not an Offer of Prostitution

From: Rock Paper Sex

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The firsthand account of Jessica and Daniel, a professional couple in St. John’s Newfoundland who engage in sex work part-time. A discussion about the challenges and anxieties faced by sex … 3 $0.30 Add
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Epilogue

From: The Teen Sex Trade

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A black woman recounts the slow way she broke ties with an abusive and manipultaed partner and her want to reach out to other survivors. 3 $0.30 Add
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Epilogue

From: Vancouver Vice

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The epilogue considers the subsequent history of the West End, from the AIDS epidemic to the dramatic transformation of the built neighborhood. 5 $0.50 Add
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Hitting the Jackpot

From: Rock Paper Sex

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The experiences of a transgender sex worker in St. John’s Newfoundland named Vanessa. The chapter is an exploration of the unique challenges facing transgender sex workers, as well as a … 5 $0.50 Add
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It’s Not Something That’s Supposed to Have a Boss

From: Rock Paper Sex, Volume II

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In this chapter, Cull interviews a woman who began working in the sex trade when she lived in a family shelter. She later left the sex trade, and became involved with organizations that help … 5 $0.50 Add