Intimate Economies

Sex work, sexual culture, work, and intimacy.

By Marina Lowe

· Launched 7 months ago

There Is No Middle Class In Sex Work

On Sunday, Forbes published an article about Aella and friends, all sex workers based in San Francisco who have backgrounds ranging from data analysis…

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Sean from New Orleans

We need to be kind to each other

May 29•Marina Lowe

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I dated a man 30 years older than me

Why love isn’t rational

May 26•Marina Lowe

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On Heteronihilism

When you just don’t want any of it

May 15•Marina Lowe

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A Sex Worker Origin Story

I was twenty-one years old the first time I had sex with someone for money.

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Jason from Somewhere

Just do the shit

Apr 24•Marina Lowe

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Working Class Heroes and the American Dream Man

A love letter to John Wayne

Apr 14•Marina Lowe

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Joe Mike from Baytown

A dying breed

Apr 4•Marina Lowe

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Shane from Houston

Masculinity is unconditional love

Apr 3•Marina Lowe

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Does anybody really give a fuck?

Opening up to the tender indifference of the world

Mar 31•Marina Lowe

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Ram from Austin

Providing for family across borders

Mar 27•Marina Lowe

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The American Man

A portrait of American men

Mar 26•Marina Lowe

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The Body as Social Refusal

On pro-ana girlhood and looksmaxxing in the manosphere

Mar 19•Marina Lowe

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Is Sex Work Spiritual?

Why I’m not a spiritual sex worker

Feb 28•Marina Lowe

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