The Whore's Bedroom

28. Whorebaiting, the female gaze, and working through a recession with Edie Montana

What is whorebaiting? Why do people pretend to be sex workers when they're not? Edie and I discussed this, along with the "female gaze" in sex work, working through recessions, my criticisms of Kayla Jade, and starting a business as a sex worker.Edie Montana is a stripper, performer, show director, and writer. She is the co-founder and director of Slut Riot, a growing platform that combines art and activism, aimed at de-stigmatising sex work through performances and art. Born and raised in the Italian countryside, she completed a master’s in Cultural Studies in New Zealand with her thesis on sex work representation, and now lives in Berlin. Her writing has been published in The New York Times and Huffpost, among other publications.Follow Edie on Socials:https://www.instagram.com/edie.montana/Check out Slut Riot:https://www.instagram.com/slvtriothttps://linktr.ee/slvtriot

27. What it takes to run a queer indie porn company with Mahx Capacity of Aorta Films

Mahx Capacity joined me to discuss being a porn doula, keeping an indie queer porn company financially afloat, consent on porn sets, creators as a non-renewable resource, and finding community in the queer porn world. Mahx Capacity is a Brooklyn based performance maker, entrepreneur and postmodern pornographer. They are the co-founder and creative director of Aorta Films as well as a performer and consultant. Check out Aorta Films: https://www.instagram.com/aorta_studio https://bsky.app/profile/aortafilms.bsky.social https://x.com/aorta_films Follow Mahx: https://www.instagram.com/mahxcapacity666

26. Queer Porn Icon Jiz Lee on sex trends, falling in love on set, and queer porn archives

Trailblazer of queer porn Jiz Lee joined me on the pod to discuss their favorite sex trends, burnout in art vs porn, how the porn landscape has change for creators, fears surrounding AI in porn, and their advice for queer people who want to enter the industry. Find more of Jiz: https://www.instagram.com/jizlee/ https://bsky.app/profile/jizlee.bsky.social Buy their book, "Coming Out Like a Porn Star" https://jizlee.bigcartel.com/

25. Dungeon owner Miss May on why she loves being so mean to her subs

Professional mean girl Miss May joined me in London for a chat about her passion for pissing on people, the dream BDSM furniture she wants to add to her dungeon, dealing with the comedown from sessions, and male vs female subs. Miss May is a professional dominatrix and dungeon owner based between London and Berlin. Follow Miss May on socials: https://www.instagram.com/missmayberlin/ https://x.com/missmayberlin https://www.tiktok.com/@worshipmissmay

24. Belonging on Social Media with Dr. Carolina Are

Dr. Carolina Are joined me to discuss her research on social media censorship, sex work in academia, how AI impacts influencers, shadowbanning, and of course, Taylor Swift.Carolina is a pole dancing academic, blogger, author, speaker, pole dance instructor and performer, and activist. She published some of the first ever studies on shadowbanning, and is currently a digital criminologist at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Follow Carolina on socials:https://www.instagram.com/bloggeronpole/https://bsky.app/profile/bloggeronpole.bsky.socialhttps://www.tiktok.com/@bloggeronpole