brothel Archives - Mike South The institute for the advance study of insensitivity and pornography Sat, 08 Jul 2023 11:30:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/mikesouth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 brothel Archives - Mike South 32 32 1788040 The Strange Case of the American Brothel and the German Actor https://mikesouth.com/the-internet/the-strange-case-of-the-american-brothel-and-the-german-actor-73599/ https://mikesouth.com/the-internet/the-strange-case-of-the-american-brothel-and-the-german-actor-73599/#respond Mon, 05 Sep 2022 06:45:13 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=73599 Everything is not as it seems at the famous Pahrump, NV legal brothel As a former independent sex worker, that occasionally dipped her toes into the Nevada brothel scene, I often visit the various brothel websites, to keep tabs on former colleagues and stay up-to-date ,on the only places in the United States where prostitution […]

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Brothel-Backed Blundo Busted for Corruption https://mikesouth.com/politics/brothel-backed-blundo-busted-for-corruption-66743/ https://mikesouth.com/politics/brothel-backed-blundo-busted-for-corruption-66743/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2020 19:26:13 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=66743 Pahrump, Nevada — On Thanksgiving morning, Nye County Commissioner Leo Blundo was arrested for misconduct of a public officer after county administrators filed a complaint noting that Blundo voted on coronavirus relief funding in which he had personal interest of monetary gain. The Nye County Sheriff’s Office provided an update on Thursday morning that Blundo […]

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Alice Little Sues Nevada Governor over ‘Arbitrary’ Legal Brothel Closures https://mikesouth.com/https-mikesouth-com/alice-little-sues-nevada-governor-over-arbitrary-legal-brothel-closures-66404/ https://mikesouth.com/https-mikesouth-com/alice-little-sues-nevada-governor-over-arbitrary-legal-brothel-closures-66404/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2020 23:23:29 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=66404 Alice Little, the highest-earning courtesan at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch brothel, is instituting legal proceedings against Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak over his refusal to reopen the Silver State’s legal bordellos amid the COVID-19 pandemic. She is taking legal action because she believes that Sisolak is violating the Nevada constitution by unjustifiably snubbing sex workers while […]

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How COVID Has Totally Screwed Things Up for Nevada’s Legal Sex Workers https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/how-covid-has-totally-screwed-things-up-for-nevadas-legal-sex-workers-66088/ https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/how-covid-has-totally-screwed-things-up-for-nevadas-legal-sex-workers-66088/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2020 19:16:04 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=66088 At the start of 2020, it looked like things were about to change for the better for Nevada’s legal brothels. The industry was riding high following a huge win against a referendum to shutter the establishments in Lyon County, and legal sex workers were anxiously awaiting a review from a legislative interim committee to study […]

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Elko, NV City Council OKs relief for brothels shuttered amid COVID-19 https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/elko-nv-city-council-oks-relief-for-brothels-shuttered-amid-covid-19-57775/ https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/elko-nv-city-council-oks-relief-for-brothels-shuttered-amid-covid-19-57775/#respond Thu, 11 Jun 2020 20:08:14 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=57775 The licensed Elko establishments will receive help on brothel and liquor license fees. Elko City Council agreed Tuesday to give license-fee breaks to the brothels in the city and to The Stage Door Elko through emergency ordinances due to coronavirus impacts, Elko Daily reports. The ordinances will come back to the council June 23 for a […]

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Nevada Brothel Worker Lobbies for Hazard Pay for Legal Sex Workers Amid COVID-19 https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/nevada-brothel-worker-lobbies-for-hazard-pay-for-legal-sex-workers-amid-covid-19-57716/ https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/nevada-brothel-worker-lobbies-for-hazard-pay-for-legal-sex-workers-amid-covid-19-57716/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2020 18:10:31 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=57716 In an interview with Insider, licensed prostitute Alice Little called for a higher revenue split as a kind of hazard pay, along with better representation for sex workers, as Nevada’s legal brothels plan to reopen amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Little told journalist Julia Naftulin that Nevada sex workers aren’t being compensated appropriately for the coronavirus transmission […]

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Bangladesh sends food aid to brothels locked-down due to #coronavirus https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/bangladesh-sends-food-aid-to-brothels-locked-down-due-to-coronavirus-56605/ https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/bangladesh-sends-food-aid-to-brothels-locked-down-due-to-coronavirus-56605/#respond Mon, 06 Apr 2020 20:37:33 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=56605 The government of Bangladesh is sending emergency food aid to the tens of thousands of women working in the country’s sex industry as brothels across the country have been forced to close. To contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus, the state has ordered lockdowns in the sex business, closing the country’s biggest brothel in […]

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Catalan: How #coronavirus has affected sex workers in one of Europe’s biggest brothels https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/catalan-how-coronavirus-has-affected-sex-workers-in-one-of-europes-biggest-brothels-56557/ https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/catalan-how-coronavirus-has-affected-sex-workers-in-one-of-europes-biggest-brothels-56557/#respond Sat, 04 Apr 2020 19:18:38 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=56557 The Catalan border town of La Jonquera, a busy crossing point for traffic between Spain and France, is also home to one of Europe’s biggest and best-known brothels, Paradise. At 2,700 square meters, it has 80 rooms and also provides accommodation for its sex workers. Inaugurated in 2010, this establishment shut its doors on March […]

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Aussie sex workers in crisis as brothels shuttered due to #coronavirus restrictions https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/aussie-sex-workers-in-crisis-as-brothels-shuttered-due-to-coronavirus-restrictions-56472/ https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/aussie-sex-workers-in-crisis-as-brothels-shuttered-due-to-coronavirus-restrictions-56472/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2020 18:05:08 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=56472 Crisis: Sex workers are likely to be hit hard by the coronavirus downturn as social distancing restrictions mean they are unable to ply their main trade. The sex industry, already under threat from the virus, is now scrambling to deal with new regulations after adult entertainment venues around Australia were instructed to close their doors […]

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Sex workers from Bangladesh brothel shuttered over coronavirus fears appeal to government for emergency funding https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/sex-workers-from-bangladesh-brothel-shuttered-over-coronavirus-fears-appeal-to-government-for-emergency-funding-56333/ https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/sex-workers-from-bangladesh-brothel-shuttered-over-coronavirus-fears-appeal-to-government-for-emergency-funding-56333/#respond Tue, 24 Mar 2020 21:14:18 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=56333 Lats week, Bangladesh has closed the operations of Daulatdia, the largest brothel in the country, amidst the outbreak of coronavirus. Now, sex workers from the brothel have appealed to the government for emergency funding after a ban on customers to prevent the spread of coronavirus. More than 1,500 sex workers are based at the Daulatdia brothel, […]

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