Sex Work 101 [http://sexwork101.com] was inspired by conversations that

happened during the Women, Action and the Media 2008 conference held in
Cambridge, MA from March 28-30, 2008.

I gave a talk at WAM called Sex Workers and Media Representation (link to
see notes for the workshop: wakingvixen.com/wam2008), and questions during
and after the talk made me realize that many people are curious about the
sex industry and want to support sex workers in their struggle for rights,
but they have no idea where to start. This site is an attempt to fill that
gap in public education in an approachable, easy to understand, and engaging
way - it's also the first public education project from Sex Work Awareness,
a new non-profit in NYC founded by four $pread staff members. Sex Work 101
is meant to add to public knowledge about sex workⁱ and to encourage
discussion about the issues sex workers face.

Participate in Sex Work 101! I'm looking for questions non-sex working
people want answered and their perceptions of/thoughts about the industry,
as well as posts from sex workers who want to share stories about their work
(a day in the life, how I got into the industry, reposts from personal
blogs, etc)

The official email for the site is ask [at] sexwork101 [dot] com but people can also
email me at dacia [at] wakingvixen [dot] com. I'd also love to hear from people who
want to help with the site - writing posts, answering questions, etc.