Posts tagged poverty

Call Girl

The woman on the telephone gave me a 9pm appointment for an interview — I guessed that meant to see if I was pretty enough. I found the hour strange, but then again, many call girls probably worked at night.

Personal EssayMary McBethApril 30, 2018sex work, sex workers, USA, labour, labor, sexual abuse, abuse, capitalism, poverty, money, work

Introspection and Culture

It’s not just that I belong to multiple oppressed groups; it’s that I feel as if I don’t fit into any one of them.

Personal EssayAmal WilliamsSeptember 25, 2017racism, homophobia, misogyny, body shaming, fatphobia, classism, poverty, Islam, islamophobia, hijab, religion, bullying, education, school, queer