"When I first started doing media as an out sex worker, I just got baited a lot into talking about..."

“When I first started doing media as an out sex worker, I just got baited a lot into talking about what the reporter wanted to talk about and did a bad job getting my agenda across. I would literally answer their questions and at the end feel disappointed that they didn’t ask the questions I wanted to answer (hint: they never do, which is why you need to have prepared talking points and talk about what you want to talk about). I also didn’t take it seriously, and in one of my first interviews, when asked “What would you like to say to feminists?” I answered, “Bring it on, bitches!” Which actually is still funny. But I could’ve said something, uh, more advocacy oriented. What I know now is that a conversation with a reporter is not a conversation, it’s an interview. That interaction has very particular rules and you are there only to get your message across (or at least try), you are not there to make friends or please the reporter.”

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Activist Spotlight: Audacia Ray, on Telling Stories and the Tricky Politics of Inclusion

Interview with meeeeee about sex worky activism stuffs. I think its a good balance of talking about good projects I’ve worked on and where my work has fallen short.