Nine years in London
Nine years in London now. More of my life has happened here than in Cork at this stage, which is a strange thing to realise. I went home at Christmas and the city felt smaller than I remembered, and...
14 stories from 9 writers across England
Nine years in London now. More of my life has happened here than in Cork at this stage, which is a strange thing to realise. I went home at Christmas and the city felt smaller than I remembered, and...
Listen. Im proper sick of people looking down their noses at sex work like we're some kinda second class citizens. Ive been doing this job for years now and I know exactly what Im about. Its work. Har
Sometimes I cant sleep after a client and sometimes I cant stop sleeping. Theres no middle ground with this work, just extremes of exhaustion and weird alertness where my brain is spinning but my body
So yesterday my mate who normally watches Rosie when I do outcalls totally bailed last minute. Just flat out texted me 30 minutes before her usual time like 'sorry cant watch her'. Which like. Cool. C
I'm sat in my favourite Kemptown cafe, watching the morning crowd drift past, and I'm thinking about how people see me. Not just clients. Everyone.The queer scene in Brighton is wild and fluid. We don
People always ask me how long I'll do this work. Like it's some temporary thing I'm just passing through. Truth is, eight years in and I'm more settled than most people in their 9-to-5 jobs.When I sta
Right. Let me tell you somethin about workin as an escort in tiny towns versus a proper city like Birmingham. Its bloody night and day.In Brum, youve got options. Loads of clients. Different types. Di
Alright listen. Im proper sick of people giving sex workers grief about our jobs. Like Im meant to feel ashamed or something? Nah. This is work. Hard work that most people couldnt handle for five minu
There's this weird thing that happens when clients realize I'm trans. Some of them get weird. Not all, but enough that I've developed this sixth sense about how interactions are gonna go.Most trans se
Right so everyone thinks Birmingham is some massive sex work paradise and small towns are dead boring. Lemme tell ya something different.Ive worked both. Seven years now and Ive seen bare different sc
Right. Lets talk about working as an escort in different sized places. Ive done both and honestly? Big cities like Birmingham are the absolute business compared to some tiny village where everyone kno
Right. Lets talk real talk about sex work in different sized places. Ive done both and theres bare differences people dont chat about.Birmingham is massive. Proper big city with loads of spots, differ
Right. Let's talk brass tacks about money in this work. People love to gossip but no one talks real numbers and Im sick of it.Last month I cleared just over £4500. Thats after my overheads. Rent for m
Right. Gonna tell yow somethin proper about workin in different spots. Ive done both Birmingham and some right tiny places round the midlands and lemme tell ya its not what people think.Small towns lo