NewsWhore
05-13-2006, 03:19 AM
As promised, here's a place for all of you who attended "Managing Roles: Sex Workers, Activists, and Academics" today at Sex Work Matters (http://www.sexworkmatters.net). A video archive will appear at The New School Online (online.newschool.edu/) soonish, and will (with luck from the intellectual property gods) be available as a video podcast.
Until then, let's hash & rehash some more, swap blogs & email, and if you weren't in attendance, here's some questions we identified and tried to tackle -- feel free to dive in.
a.. In what ways do these roles (sex worker, activist, artist, academic) compete with each other?
b.. Does the hierarchy of how these roles are valued shift in different contexts, in different communities?
c.. What are the values and detriments of outness and degrees of outness in various contexts?
d.. Why do sex workers in academia often stay closeted even when working on issues facing sex workers?
e.. In what ways can sex workers use their personal experiences in a relevant and not merely anecdotal way in academic discourse?
f.. How can sex workers support one another in becoming and remaining visible and heard in related activist, artist, and academic communities?
Link To Original Article (http://www.melissagira.com/mobwhorelog/academia/continuing_dialogue_managing_r.html)
Until then, let's hash & rehash some more, swap blogs & email, and if you weren't in attendance, here's some questions we identified and tried to tackle -- feel free to dive in.
a.. In what ways do these roles (sex worker, activist, artist, academic) compete with each other?
b.. Does the hierarchy of how these roles are valued shift in different contexts, in different communities?
c.. What are the values and detriments of outness and degrees of outness in various contexts?
d.. Why do sex workers in academia often stay closeted even when working on issues facing sex workers?
e.. In what ways can sex workers use their personal experiences in a relevant and not merely anecdotal way in academic discourse?
f.. How can sex workers support one another in becoming and remaining visible and heard in related activist, artist, and academic communities?
Link To Original Article (http://www.melissagira.com/mobwhorelog/academia/continuing_dialogue_managing_r.html)