eight years of this and why i'm still here
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
21 stories from 9 writers across England
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
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
Look. Ive done sex work in Birmingham for seven years now and lemme tell you something proper important about how different this is compared to rural areas. City work is a whole different game.In a bi
Ive been quiet on here for a bit and thats mostly because everything felt like too much? My heads been a bit of a mess lately. Work is fine, clients are good, but something inside me feels like its sl
I keep staring at this workbook my therapist gave me and honestly its just sitting there making me feel guilty. Like somehow Im supposed to magically fix everything by writing down my feelings or trac
Right. Gonna tell ya something about sex work geography that most folk dont understand. Ive done this job in tiny villages and now in Birmingham and lemme be straight - big cities are where its actual
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