Joe Conforte Archives - Mike South The institute for the advance study of insensitivity and pornography Tue, 04 Jul 2023 09:23:10 +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 Joe Conforte Archives - Mike South 32 32 1788040 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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]]> https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/how-covid-has-totally-screwed-things-up-for-nevadas-legal-sex-workers-66088/feed/ 1 66088 Dennis Hof: Showman and sex industry modernizer https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/dennis-hof-showman-and-sex-industry-modernizer-29706/ https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/dennis-hof-showman-and-sex-industry-modernizer-29706/#respond Wed, 24 Oct 2018 00:12:24 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=29706 An astute op/ed from UNLV sociology professor and sex work researcher Barbara Brents on the late Dennis Hof Dennis Hof was a showman who capitalized on the caricature bestowed by his business – the world’s greatest pimp. He would love the attention his death is getting. But let’s not confuse his flamboyant thorn-in-your side image […]

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