PinnedWhere Are the Male Sex Workers for Women?Hi, my name is Torch and I’m an alcoholic. First time I’ve written that here. I’ve suspected for a couple of decades and while I stopped…Jun 19, 202325Jun 19, 202325
Sex & Sobriety — Or Lack Thereof15 months sober today — 458 days. It’s not a lot but it’s a lot for me. I’ve gone years without drinking before — when I lived in…Sep 27Sep 27
This Is My BodyBack in the day, I was a headlining stripper. A world champion. I spent 15 years in the business. But when I met the man I married (and…Apr 262Apr 262
The Hooker MonologuesWhen I started stripping back in 1986 at the ripe old age of 18, there was a pretty clear line drawn in the sand of sex work. We were table…Mar 265Mar 265
An Abused Woman Plans the EscapeThis is a private journal entry from 7 years ago. My daughter and I were still living with my husband but actively planning on leaving him…Mar 74Mar 74
Dead Bedrooms — the Woman’s SideI was with my ex-husband for almost 15 years and after doing the math, we had had sex less than 100 times. I always considered my…Feb 95Feb 95
Women Don’t Need to Dissolve Their Ego to be SpiritualIt never made sense to me that there were no female messiah or buddha figures. The fact that we worshipped a father and son and a male holy…Jan 134Jan 134
The Next Step is a DoozyMake a searching and fearless moral inventory of yourself. That’s step four. 55 years is a helluva long inventory. I’ve been here for…Nov 15, 20234Nov 15, 20234
It’s In Your Body — Cry It the Fuck OutSo about a month ago, one of the fellas in the AA room walked over to me with a new box of kleenex which literally had my name written on…Oct 24, 20234Oct 24, 20234
Graceful HonestyI was going to call this ‘brutal honesty’ but honesty doesn’t have to be brutal, does it? Facing it may feel brutal but it can be given and…Oct 22, 20231Oct 22, 20231