The Oldest Profession Podcast

This week, on Old Pro News, we'll update you on a former stripper who is running for Congress, and an exciting new exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art in London. Then, host Lakeesha Harris will explain why the EARN IT Act is the new FOSTA SESTA. Our guest today is Daly Barnett from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. She's here to break down the return of EARN IT, and how it could allow the government to violate your privacy. For more resources on this episode, visit our website: https://oldprosonline.org/oldpronews-002/ Daly Barnett is a staff technologist at the EFF. She is also an artist, activist, and community organizer. She was the founder of t4tech, a trans forward tech collective based in NYC. She is also a part of Hacking Hustling, a sex workers advocacy organization, where her title is Witch. https://www.eff.org/about/staff/daly-barnett ALEXANDRA HUNT | "I'm A Former Stripper Running For Congress. I Refuse To Be Ashamed." https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alexandra-hunt-stripper-congress-soccer-coaching_n_620fa613e4b08ed7cf6ee45c VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA | "After Decriminalisation, Local Councils Are The Next Battle For Sex Workers" https://www.starobserver.com.au/opinion/after-decriminalisation-local-councils-are-the-next-battle-for-sex-workers/209948 BACKPAGE TRIAL | "Judge declares mistrial at trial of Backpage.com founders" ​​https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/judge-declares-mistrial-trial-backpage-founders-80013257 DECRIMINALISED FUTURES https://www.ica.art/exhibitions/decriminalised-futures SUPER BOWL | "214 Sex Workers Arrested in Super Bowl 'Human Trafficking' Mission" https://reason.com/2022/02/16/214-sex-workers-arrested-in-super-bowl-human-trafficking-mission/ EARN IT | "Anti-exploitation bill advances in Senate despite free speech concerns" https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/10/22927346/earn-it-act-markup-senate-judiciary-section-230-csam-non-consensual-porn FOSTA-SESTA https://hackinghustling.org/what-is-sesta-fosta/ THIRD WAVE FUND https://www.thirdwavefund.org

With razor sharp wit and a keen eye for business, Belle Brezing (1860 – 1940) clawed her way out of humble beginnings and eventually claimed her space as Lexington's most successful Madam. Belle Brezing's reputation was nationally known and served as the inspiration for the Belle Watling character in Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind. Join Kaytlin Bailey as she recounts the story of Belle Brezing on this week's episode of The Oldest Profession Podcast. For more resources on this episode, visit our website: https://oldprosonline.org/belle-brezing Stock Media provided by sounddogs / Pond5

Welcome to the first episode of Old Pro News, with your host, Lakeesha Harris! For more resources on this episode, visit our website: https://oldprosonline.org/oldpronews-pilot/ Headlines: New York District Attourney Bragg Includes Landmark Sex Work Reform in Policy Statement / Decriminalize Sex Work https://decriminalizesex.work/ny-district-attorney-bragg-includes-landmark-sex-work-reform-in-policy-statement In Light Of Dallas' New SOB Ordinance, Imagine What Could Be Possible If We Transformed The Way We Respond To Violence In Our City / Central Track https://www.centraltrack.com/strip-clubs-city-hall-and-the-politics-of-care/ The Dangerously Fake Link Between the Super Bowl and Human Trafficking / LA Times https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-02-06/super-bowl-trafficking-link Monologue: "To stigmatize someone means that you withhold power from them, denying them access to reach their full human potential and restricting their ability to thrive and live." — Lakeesha Harris, host of Old Pro News

Welcome to Old Pro News, your source for the latest in politics and culture affecting sex workers and everyone who supports our movement. Hosted by longtime human rights activist and former sex worker Lakeesha Harris, Old Pro News will bring you headlines, interviews, and analysis every other Friday. https://oldprosonline.org/news

This week our host Kaytlin Bailey is joined by Old Pros historian, Dr. Charlene Fletcher for a powerful conversation about Maya Angelou's unapologetic past as a sex worker. To ignore this part of Maya Angelou's personal journey does a great disservice to her legacy. Maya Angelou wasn't ashamed of sex work and neither are we. For more resources on this episode, visit our website: https://oldprosonline.org/maya-angelou-sex-worker

Nevada brothels house the only legal prostitution in the United States. Why then does Nevada have the highest arrest rate per capita? Join The Oldest Profession Podcast host, Kaytlin Bailey, to learn why the legalization of sex work as seen in Nevada brothels does not work, and what we should be pushing for instead (Spoiler Alert: It's the decriminalization of sex work). For more resources on this episode, visit our website: https://oldprosonline.org/nevada-brothels

Kaytlin Bailey sits down with Jessie Sage and Melrose Michaels from On the Whorizon Podcast. We all asked you to send in your stories about coming out, and being outed as a sex worker. Some of these stories are funny, some of them are sad, but they all remind us this holiday season that we are never alone. For more resources on this episode, visit our website: https://oldprosonline.org/sex-work-coming-out-stories/

What is gained or lost by the language we use to define ourselves and our community? Where does this language come from and who gets to use it? In this season finale, two influential thinkers (thotscholar aka Moses and The Scarlot Harlot aka Carol Leigh) meet for the first time and explore the role of language in the sex worker movement. They ruminate on the importance of discourse around language, the impact of using such language and the evolution in discourse over time.

Margo St. James, who founded the prostitutes' rights organization COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics) and later the St. James Infirmary, passed away this year on January 11, 2021. As a tribute to Margo, we have the great pleasure of speaking with living legends of the early sex worker rights movement, Miss Vera and Annie Sprinkle. To learn more about the life of Margo St. James and the sex worker rights movement, please visit https://margostjames.com.

Margo St. James, who founded the prostitutes' rights organization COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics) and later the St. James Infirmary, passed away this year on January 11, 2021. As a tribute to Margo, we have the great pleasure of speaking with living legends of the early sex worker rights movement, Miss Vera and Annie Sprinkle. To learn more about the life of Margo St. James and the sex worker rights movement, please visit https://margostjames.com.

June 2nd is International Whores' Day! To celebrate, we are re-releasing an episode from Season Two featuring Kaytlin Bailey & Ceyenne Doroshow. By doing this, we hope to draw attention to how far the sex worker rights movement has come in the last three years since their conversation. Telling our stories has an impact. Keep telling yours, and we'll keep those of the sex workers who came before us.

Margo St. James, who founded the prostitutes' rights organization COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics) and later the St. James Infirmary, passed away this year on January 11, 2021. As a tribute to Margo, we have the great pleasure of speaking with living legends of the early sex worker rights movement, Lottie Da, Molly Bode, and Carol Leigh. Original Audio from the short film Hookers 1975 by George Csicsery, Zala Films and Carol Leigh's film Outlaw Poverty Not Prostitution Original Music by Queen Ida To learn more about the life of Margo St. James and the sex worker rights movement, please visit https://margostjames.com.

Margo St. James, who founded the prostitutes' rights organization COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics) and later the St. James Infirmary, passed away this year on January 11, 2021. As a tribute to Margo, we have the great pleasure of speaking with living legends of the early sex worker rights movement, Carol Leigh http://sexworkermedialibrary.org, Dolores French, author of Working: My Life as a Prostitute, and Norma Jean Almodovar http://www.normajeanalmodovar.com/mybio.html. To find out more information about the Celebration of Life for Margo St. James, please visit https://margostjames.com.

Margo St. James, who founded the prostitutes' rights organization COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics) and later the St. James Infirmary, passed away this year on January 11, 2021. As a tribute to Margo, we have the great pleasure of speaking with living legends of the early sex worker rights movement, Carol Leigh http://sexworkermedialibrary.org, Dolores French, author of Working: My Life as a Prostitute, and Norma Jean Almodovar http://www.normajeanalmodovar.com/mybio.html. To find out more information about the Celebration of Life for Margo St. James, please visit https://margostjames.com.

To conclude our series on Jack the Ripper's victims, our Old Pro historian Dr. Charlene J. Fletcher hosts a panel discussion with Charlotte, a spokeswoman for the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) and AK Saini, a contributing author to We Too, as well as a sex worker and storyteller.

Recorded during the release of our series on Jack the Ripper's victims, Kaytlin and Dr. Fletcher had the great pleasure of speaking with Tina Horn. Tina is the creator and writer of the sci-fi sex-rebel comic book series SfSx (Safe Sex), which you can proudly contribute to the book's Kickstarter HERE. She's also the author of two nonfiction books and has contributed to or creative directed numerous anthologies including the queer horror collection Theater of Terror and the feminist essay collections We Too and Believe Me. For more information, please visit https://tinahorn.net.

This is the final episode of our series on the women murdered by Jack the Ripper. Mary Jane Kelly, generally considered the fifth and final victim, was found dead on November 9, 1888. Stock Media provided by sounddogs / Pond5

This is the fourth episode of our series on the women murdered by Jack the Ripper. Catherine Eddowes, also known as Kate (which is how we reference her) was found mutilated in the southernmost corner of Mitre Square on September 30, 1888. Stock Media provided by sounddogs / Pond5

Continuing our series on the women murdered by Jack the Ripper, this episode focuses on his third known victim. Elisabeth, an immigrant from Sweden, was found murdered on September 30th, 1888. Stock Media provided by sounddogs / Pond5

Continuing our series on the victims of Jack the Ripper, this episode is about Annie, who was brutally murdered in London's East End on September 8, 1888. Stock Media provided by sounddogs / Pond5

Late in the summer of 1888, a serial killer murdered at least five women in London's East End. The press at the time was quick to paint his victims as prostitutes, punished for their promiscuity. This series tells the full story that has been glossed over again and again. This isn't about Jack the Ripper, it's about the women he killed. This episode is about Polly, murdered on August 31, 1888. Stock Media provided by sounddogs / Pond5

To honor the recent death of the trailblazing sex worker organzier Margo St James, this month The Oldest Professional Podcast will pay tribute to the OG old pros who have spent their life fighting for our rights, our dignity, and our stories. To start off our series, we sit down with living legend Annie Sprinkle and her long time partner Beth Stephens.

Dr. Charlene Fletcher and Kaytlin Bailey host a discussion with the City Coordinators involved in #OldProProject 2021: Savannah Sly, TS Candii, Valentine, Danyell Davis, Mx. Pucks A'Plenty, and Joaquin Remora.

Dr. Charlene Fletcher is joined by Ivy Anderson and Devon Angus, authors of Alice: Memoirs of a Barbary Coast Prostitute, to talk more about Alice's letters that inspired the January 25th march in 1917. Ivy and Devon also share more about their research and findings since publishing the book.

We pass the mic to the team behind the #OldProProject in San Francisco, CA to discusses their project and its significance. The #OldProProject is a national sex worker led campaign that allows sex workers across the country to retell their city's history through their perspective and art. All art pieces from each city will be debuted on January 25th, 2021 via a livestream event put on by The Oldest Profession Podcast.

We pass the mic to the team behind the #OldProProject in New York, NY to discusses their project and its significance. The #OldProProject is a national sex worker led campaign that allows sex workers across the country to retell their city's history through their perspective and art. All art pieces from each city will be debuted on January 25th, 2021 via a livestream event put on by The Oldest Profession Podcast.

We pass the mic to the team behind the #OldProProject in New Orleans, LA to discusses their project and its significance. The #OldProProject is a national sex worker led campaign that allows sex workers across the country to retell their city's history through their perspective and art. All art pieces from each city will be debuted on January 25th, 2021 via a livestream event put on by The Oldest Profession Podcast.

We pass the mic to the team behind the #OldProProject in Seattle, WA to discusses their project and its significance. The #OldProProject is a national sex worker led campaign that allows sex workers across the country to retell their city's history through their perspective and art. All art pieces from each city will be debuted on January 25th, 2021 via a livestream event put on by The Oldest Profession Podcast.

We pass the mic to the team behind the #OldProProject in Portland, OR to discusses their project and its significance. The #OldProProject is a national sex worker led campaign that allows sex workers across the country to retell their city's history through their perspective and art. All art pieces from each city will be debuted on January 25th, 2021 via a livestream event put on by The Oldest Profession Podcast.

On Jan 25, 1917, 300 sex workers in San Francisco marched to protest the imminent closure of their brothels. The Old Pro Project is an annual event that builds towards this anniversary, and this episodes takes a deep dive on its history and significance.

Dr. Charlene Fletcher hosts a panel discussion about the divine feminine, Lilith, with Dr. Lauren Mancia (medievalist at Brooklyn College) and Verity Lightman (writer, visual artists, and researcher at Liminal Praxis).

What happens when we embrace our shadow selves instead of repressing them? Stock Media provided by sounddogs / Pond5

A crossover episode with Peepshow Media where sex workers share their stories of coming out.

If you want to learn the official story of Lilith, this episode is for you. Stock Media provided by sounddogs / Pond

The story of the story of Lilith, the first ever nasty woman. Stock Media provided by sounddogs / Pond5

Dr. Charlene J. Fletcher hosts a discussion about this month's old pros with special guests Joy Michael Ellison, a writer, a teacher/scholar, and a grassroots community activist, and Ceyenne Doroshow, the Founder and Director of G.L.I.T.S.

The end of the mothers of many movements' lives and the legacy they left behind.

In part two, Kaytlin covers the Stonewall Riots, how Marsha P. Johnson's and Sylvia Rivera played a major role in them, and how they were intially rejected from the Gay Rights movement because of their status as trans street workers. Stock Media provided by sounddogs / Pond5

On the historic Election Night of 2020, Kaytlin Bailey and Dr. Charlene Fletcher of The Oldest Profession Podcast sat down for a candid discussion about Melania Trump. The conversation explored whether or not Melania can be considered an old pro, if she is part of our movement, and how Kaytlin had circus performers at her wedding. A panel discussion truly for the ages.

In part one, host Kaytlin Bailey sets the scene by covering queer culture in New York City, from 1869 to 1969. References: CT Trans History and Archives. Sylvia Rivera: She Was More Than Stonewall Documentary (November 25, 2019), accessed October 30, 2020 Kasino, Michael and Richard Morrison. "Pay It No Mind: The Life and Times of Marsha P. Johnson." Film accessed August 18, 2020 Stock Media provided by sounddogs / Pond5 Soundbible.com https://musopen.org

Dr. Charlene Fletcher (Historian for The Oldest Profession Podcast) hosts a discussion with EPB (Writer, Visual Artist, and Researcher for Liminal Praxis) and Kaytlin Bailey (CEO + Founder of Old Pro Productions) about Victoria Woodhull and what we can take from her story in terms of sexual freedom, and the complexities and multitudes that women contain.

In part three, host Kaytlin Bailey recounts the end of Woodhull's life, and notes her impact on the Suffrage Movement that has somehow (yet also intentionally) mostly been forgotten. Victoria Woodhull was a suffragette, stock broker, rumored sex worker, and first female candidate for the President of the United States. A woman who wore many hates and was called many names. Stock Media provided by sounddogs / Pond5

In part two, host Kaytlin Bailey notes Woodhull's crucial involvement in the Women's Suffrage Movement, and recounts the events that ultimately lead to her trouble with law enforcement. Victoria Woodhull was a suffragette, stock broker, rumored sex worker, and first female candidate for the President of the United States. A woman who wore many hates and was called many names. Stock Media provided by sounddogs / Pond5

Host Kaytlin Bailey talks about Victoria Woodhull's early life and what led to her becoming an old pro. Victoria Woodhull was a suffragette, stock broker, rumored sex worker, and first female candidate for the President of the United States. A woman who wore many hates and was called many names. Stock Media provided by sounddogs / Pond5

At a time where full service sex workers in Seattle euphemistically called themselves seamstresses, Madam Lou Graham was so rich that she served as an alternative to banks, giving loans to business propositions deemed too risky by bankers. She was also largely responsible for the funding of Seattle's school system. At the height of her power, Graham got arrested by a rookie cop who clearly did not know who he was dealing with. She was so influential that she was cleared of all charges AND had the police commissioner fired.

The most famous sex worker of today's music industry, Cardi B unabashedly flaunts and celebrates her past as a stripper in her songs, music videos, and social media.

Best known for is commercial paintings of the moulin rouge, French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was also a john who (literally) lived in brothels. As a tenant and client, Toulouse-Lautrec created compelling portraits of the full service sex workers with whom he socialized. His empathetic gaze captured the elements of their lives often missed by more sensationalist or romanticized depictions of sex work by other artists of his time.

Ching Shih went from working as a full service sex worker on a floating brothel in Canton to becoming the one of the most successful pirate captains in the history of the world.

In 1949, Marilyn Monroe, struggling to make ends meet as an actress, got paid 50$ to pose nude for a calendar. She worked as a pinup and, some say, as a prostitute before becoming an internationally recognized sex symbol & box office sensation. Her vibrant, sensuous charisma, her comedic genius and witty flair deeply resonates with old pros and civilians alike- over fifty years after her death, we're still obsessed with her.

This Mesoamerican Goddess was the deity of vice, filth, purification, steam baths, lust, fertility, adulterers and, you guessed it, sex workers. She symbolically castrated priests in elaborate rituals, and provoked and pardoned her followers' sin in a never ending circle of life, sex and death.