Over time, I expanded the horizons of my sex work: All-nude clubs. Fetish parties. Photo shoots. Videos. Escorting. Things just barely this side of legal. I told myself it was fun and empowering. And sometimes it was. But, eventually, it wasn’t. Charging men for access to your sexuality is only empowering when they follow the rules, when they do not push the boundaries. When they do not remind you that, in the end, they are bigger, and older, and can call the shots. But ultimately that wasn’t the biggest problem; the biggest problem was where it led. Or where I let it lead—back to darkness and
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