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So here's the thing about sex work in Northern Ireland: it's complicated. The law here means selling sex isn't illegal, but buying it is. They call this the 'Nordic model' and it sounds progressive, b
Sometimes a client isn't just a transaction. Sometimes they're something else entirely. Michael wasn't typical - mid-50s, kind eyes, nervous hands that couldn't quite stay still when we first met at t
Got a particular breed up here in Aberdeen that keeps me in Jimmy Choos and decent whisky. The oil industry contractors. They roll through with corporate credit cards that could choke a horse and zero
Last week my mam asked me if I was 'okay' in that way she does. Half Welsh, half English, her voice sliding between both languages like water. I was sitting in my flat in Cathays, looking out over the
Some weeks just dont make sense and this one feels like that weird space between knowing what youre doing and having absolutely no clue. Ive been thinking a lot about my family lately, about how they
I've been thinking a lot about how whiteness operates in this industry, especially in Dublin. There's this weird dance that happens, where race is always present but rarely spoken about directly. Most
Getting bookings outside Sligo means a lot of driving. My little Corolla's seen more miles than most commercial taxi services at this point. Last week I had three clients spread across Galway, Mayo, a
I've been doing this work long enough to know that people have all sorts of wild assumptions about what male escorts actually do. Most folks imagine something totally different from the reality.Client
There's this moment in every academic meeting where someone asks about transferable skills. They mean things like 'data analysis' or 'critical thinking'. They do not mean what I'm actually thinking: h
When I first came to Zurich from Czech Republic three years ago, everything about working in sex work felt complicated. Switzerland is not like home. Here everything is regulated. Documented. Controll
I've been thinking a lot about how my clients construct their self-image through our interactions. Not just sexually, but economically. Every businessman who books me is performing a kind of social ch
People always wanna know why an escort stays in the game. Like there's some big dramatic reason. Truth is, it's complicated and simple at the same time.I started this work when I was 23 and broke. Not
Right. Ive done sex work in Birmingham and Ive done stints in some proper tiny towns round the midlands and let me tell you somethin - its not all the same.Biggest difference is discretion. In Birming
There's a particular quiet that descends after a client leaves. Not silence exactly, but a kind of humming stillness where the room feels both emptier and more charged. I'll make tea, usually. Sit wit
Right so everyone's got an opinion about what I do and honestly Im proper sick of it. Like my mam still thinks Im gonna wake up one day and get a 'proper job' whatever that means. As if sitting in an
Another week another tank of petrol burned crossing county lines. Sometimes I wonder if Im actually making money or just feeding my cars appetite for diesel. Chester is about 40 minutes from me and Li
Weird thing about Dundalk is youre basically straddling two countries. Two legal systems. Two different ways of looking at what I do. Sometimes feels like Im playing a game where the rules change depe
Sometimes I catch myself thinking how beautifully absurd my life is. Here I am, Dr. Moira Henderson, with a doctorate in cultural anthropology and a sideline that would make my dissertation committee