Sex Workers Archives

Movies

Screen Grabs: ‘Taking Venice’ questions 1960s US avant-gardists’ possible Cold Warfare

Dennis Harvey - July 3, 2024

Plus: 'MaXXXine' just may over-rely on Mia Goth and 'Last Summer' spins Ms. Robinson tale into trainwreck.

Art Review

Andrew Wilson’s ‘Torn Asunder’ sees Black men in new light, two ways at once

Charles Lewis III - March 6, 2024

Once a nude model, a photographer imparts the freedom he once felt to others, in show at Johnathan Carver Moore.

Art Review

A view of ‘Bay Area Now 9’: Protective orishas, booming speakers, and complex queries

Charles Lewis III - October 16, 2023

30 Bay Area creatives receive their due inside the well-resourced art institution's walls.

Culture

A farewell to SF Weekly

Peter-Astrid Kane - September 14, 2021

Editing San Francisco's last alt-weekly paper was probably the most fun I will ever have in my life.

Music

‘Queer, fluid, and Asian’: Bézier’s invigorating electronic frequencies

John-Paul Shiver - April 16, 2021

On eve of 'Undulate' release, the producer speaks about making music, anti-Asian violence, and queer representation

Performance

Review: ‘God of Vengeance’ still powerful 115 years later

Elaine Elinson - March 22, 2021

Taboo-busting play about Jewish tradition and lesbian love shone online in Yiddish Theatre Ensemble production.

News + Politics

The continual violence faced by Asian communities and women of color

Haemin Cho - March 21, 2021

There are so many things wrong with this murder spree, the bizarrely apologetic reaction of the sheriffs, and the ensuing media narratives about this hate crime.

News + Politics

No “Happy Women’s Day” at Mexico City’s radical March 8 protests

Caitlin Donohue - March 11, 2021

With powerful determination, feminists faced down the metal walls rape apologist President AMLO built to keep them under control.

Culture

The lady was a champ: Remembering Margo St. James, patron saint of sex work

Caitlin Donohue - January 22, 2021

Groundbreaking SF icon, who passed this month at 83, left an indelible mark on the fight for sex workers' rights

Homelessness

Housing advocates protest mayor’s plan to close hotels

Garrett Leahy - November 16, 2020

'Closures of the SIP hotels will put thousands of people at risk of returning to the streets and hundreds of essential workers being laid off.'

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Screen Grabs: ‘Taking Venice’ questions 1960s US avant-gardists’ possible Cold Warfare

Andrew Wilson’s ‘Torn Asunder’ sees Black men in new light, two ways at once

A view of ‘Bay Area Now 9’: Protective orishas, booming speakers, and complex queries

A farewell to SF Weekly

‘Queer, fluid, and Asian’: Bézier’s invigorating electronic frequencies

Review: ‘God of Vengeance’ still powerful 115 years later

The continual violence faced by Asian communities and women of color

No “Happy Women’s Day” at Mexico City’s radical March 8 protests

The lady was a champ: Remembering Margo St. James, patron saint of sex work

Housing advocates protest mayor’s plan to close hotels

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