Desiree Alliance 2010 Abstracts
April 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Presented at the 2010 Desiree Alliance Conference in Las Vegas
Police Treatment of Arrested Sex Workers and the law
Police are given the freedom to interpret and enforce prostitution laws as they see fit, which affects the daily lives of sex workers more than the actual laws themselves. In the partially-legal countries of England, Singapore and Hong Kong (technically not a country), and the fully-criminalized US, I will show that police treatment of arrested sex workers is not reflective of prostitution laws but instead reflects local police culture, effectiveness of police oversight and general local attitude toward sex workers themselves. The obvious solution to changing police treatment of arrested sex workers is more direct outreach and education with local police as well as actively engaging local police oversight resources, regardless of the actual laws regulating prostitution.
Safety for Sex Workers through Personal Privacy: Digital and Real-World Techniques for Safeguarding Your Identity and Your Life
Panel presentation with: Furry Girl, Brooke Magnanti, Alex Sotirov
From pornographer/web model Furry Girl: As someone who’s a model and a small business owner, I’d like to point out the potential identity breaches rooted in the United State’s federal 2257 laws.  I’m not a lawyer – so my focus is explaining from an indie pornographer’s sex worker’s perspective how 2257 laws put everyone in a bad place and work to stifle free sexual expression online.
From author and escort Amanda Brooks:  Offline privacy and money management.  I will offer simple, legal methods of disassociating your real name/home address from your work name.  It can also be important to keep your real name and actual place of residence separate from one another.  Learn which prepaid card can be used for registering domain names, do business banking without opening a business account, and discreetly move your earnings across state and international borders.
From author and former escort Dr Brooke Magnanti (aka Belle de Jour):  My contribution will be focusing on maintaining privacy in traditional media – how to publish anonymously, sign contracts, and give interviews without compromising anonymity.  It will discuss using limited liability companies to your advantage and managing profits to minimize tax burden.
Professional hacker Alex Sotirov will be covering online/digital privacy, with a focus on how your activities can be tracked online and what steps you can take to try and maintain as much anonymity as possible on the net.
Safety for Sex Workers Through Personal Privacy
April 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Legal and Relatively Simple Ways of Working and Living Out of Harm’s Way
Presented at the 2008 Desiree Alliance Conference in Chicago
This was a presentation from last year that many enjoyed and many others did not get to attend. New material will be added this year from my return to escort work — such as advance deposits without giving up my personal info. This is a straightforward how-to piece using legal techniques of misdirection and misinformation gleaned through my own experiences and research. The concepts of having an alternate name and an alternate mailing address are simple ideas. The trick is in learning how to achieve it. An untraceable cell phone, credit card and even business bank account is essential for sex workers with more complex business needs. None of these methods will hide you from the IRS or the government, but they are enough to keep predators at arms length, which is something most sex workers want.
Newsletter Signup Update
February 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Finally! The book’s site is ready for its makeover (followed by this blog’s makeover in another few months). As part of the makeover, I’m changing my newsletter service. It’s come to my attention that my newsletter signup form hasn’t been working for the past several months. So, I’ve changed my service to MailChimp and think that will work nicely. If you’ve attempted to sign up for my newsletter anytime in the past 9 months, you will have to resubmit your email. Sorry about that. But this time, it will work! (If you’re an older newsletter subscriber, no worries, your address has already been imported to my MailChimp account.)
Ebooks Are Here!
January 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Finally! I’ve had a lot of requests over the years and technology has caught up to where I need it to be, both from the producer and consumer end. Both books are now available as ebooks. You can directly download the books straight from us for use on whatever device you own that uses the .epub format, or purchase from Amazon to use on your Kindle. Your choice.
Book #2 is on the way!
January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Yes, finally, it is.
First, thank you for your patience. I make big plans, but they aren’t always on the timetable I’d like.
It is printed and should be at my fulfillment center within a week. It won’t be available to the public for another couple weeks.
If you want a jump on things, you can either sign up for my newsletter or reserve a copy. You’ll get an opportunity to buy the book at a discount before it’s available to the general public (at full price). That’s my way of thanking my many loyal readers who have been waiting patiently through publishing delays. Buying information will be included in the newsletter or purchase email.
I apologize for all the delays, but now there are no more delays! (Fingers crossed that the delivery truck doesn’t skid on an icy road and dump my books in the snow or something.)
CNBC Looks at High-End Escorts
November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment
For those who are curious to hear about high-end escort work from escorts in their own words, you can tune in tonight at 10pm to watch The Business of High-End Prostitution.
Yours truly is there as well. The entire show should be of interest.
When Will Book 2 Be Out?
August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I’m starting to worry about a pitchfork-bearing mob; hopefully this explanation will help.
Golden Girl Press is a very tiny company funded by one person. Though the company takes care of its own day-to-day expenses, the big things – like printing Book #2 – come out of the pocket of the company’s founder/owner. Right now, that pocket is very thin and the cost of printing is not going down.
Which is why the release date keeps getting moved back. Life happens. (Check the past few months of TexasGoldenGirl.com if you don’t already know.)
Though the enthusiasm from my readers is welcome (it means I’m doing something right), there’s not much else to say other than it will be out when it’s out. Unless one of you would like to be an angel investor! One day Golden Girl Press will be a solid small press churning out several books a year. But it’s not there yet. We’re struggling to finish giving birth to this one (it is a big one, though).
Fingers crossed – it will be able to see the light of day soon. It will be a great relief to me and I hope you enjoy the read.
Thank you all for your continued patience.
First Book Reading!
July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment
My first-ever book-reading is this Sunday, 7/20 at Early2Bed in Chicago at 6:30pm.
I’m sure not everyone reading this is in Chicago, but for those who are, please come by and show your support. I’ll be reading from Book 2: Advertising and Marketing.
Should be interesting.
Book 1 Discount
July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment
In honor of this week’s Desiree Alliance Conference, recieve a 20% discount on Book 1 when purchasing through CCNow using coupon code: DAC2008.
The order page is here. This discount is only available through the site.
Desiree Alliance 2008
July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I will be presenting at the Desiree Alliance Conference this year. I will give my privacy presentation in a greatly condensed format.
And, of course, the conference is just a wonderful thing to attend if you’re a sex worker. Registration ends July 10. Sign up and meet me in Chicago!
