Sex Workers Art Show
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Starting in 1998 in Olympia, Washington, and founded by a stripper known as Annie Oakley (named after a woman performer in Wild West shows, the subject of the musical ''Annie Get Your Gun''), the show has occurred annually, and expanded in 2004 to a month-long national tour. | Starting in 1998 in Olympia, Washington, and founded by a stripper known as Annie Oakley (named after a woman performer in Wild West shows, the subject of the musical ''Annie Get Your Gun''), the show has occurred annually, and expanded in 2004 to a month-long national tour. | ||
| − | The pieces typically range from the very [[wikipedia:sex-positive|sex-positive]] to some very dark pieces about the abuse that sometimes comes with working in the industry. | + | The pieces typically range from the very [[wikipedia:sex-positive|sex-positive]] to some very dark pieces about the abuse that sometimes comes with working in the industry. A lot of people come because they want to see naked ladies,†Oakley says. “They get the naked ladies, but they also get political and emotional content.†[http://www.annarborpaper.com/content/issue14/sex_politcs_14.html] |
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Revision as of 13:27, 9 October 2006
The Sex Workers Art Show is an annual tour in the United States of art and performance by former and current sex workers: prostitutes, strippers, phone sex operators, professional dominatrices, porn models and performers, etc. Performance modes include burlesque, spoken word, and music (ranging from solo acoustic performance to punk rock to R&B). Participants in past years have included Annie Sprinkle, Scarlot Harlot, Candye Kane, and Michelle Tea.
Starting in 1998 in Olympia, Washington, and founded by a stripper known as Annie Oakley (named after a woman performer in Wild West shows, the subject of the musical Annie Get Your Gun), the show has occurred annually, and expanded in 2004 to a month-long national tour.
The pieces typically range from the very sex-positive to some very dark pieces about the abuse that sometimes comes with working in the industry. A lot of people come because they want to see naked ladies,†Oakley says. “They get the naked ladies, but they also get political and emotional content.†[1]
