The Oldest Profession show

The Oldest Profession

Summary: Kaytlin Bailey details the storied history of the world’s oldest profession and the audacious sex workers that had a hand in shaping society as we know it today. In addition to a history lesson, she also brings a whore's eye view of current events and the latest in the ongoing struggle for sex worker rights. Produced by Justine T. McLellan

Podcasts:

 Lou Graham | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 17:06
 Cardi B | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 22:45

One of the most famous former sex workers of today's music industry, Cardi B unabashedly flaunts and celebrates her past as a stripper in her songs, music videos, and social media. 

 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 19:31

French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec is best known for is commercial paintings of the moulin rouge, but he was also a john who (literally) lived in brothels. As a tenant and client, Toulouse-Lautrec created compelling portraits of the full service sex workers with whom he socialized. His empathetic gaze captured the elements of their lives often missed by more sensationalist or romanticized depictions of sex work by other artists of his time.

 Ching Shih | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 17:46

Ching Shih went from working as a full service sex worker on a floating brothel in Canton to becoming the one of the most successful pirate captains in the history of the world.

 Marilyn Monroe | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:44

In 1949, Marilyn Monroe, struggling to make ends meet as an actress, got paid 50$ to pose nude for a calendar. She worked as a pinup and, some say, as a prostitute before becoming an internationally recognized sex symbol & box office sensation.  To this day, her vibrant, sensuous charisma, her comedic genius and witty flair deeply resonates with old pros and civilians alike. Over fifty years after her death, we're still obsessed with her. 

 Tlazōlteōtl | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 19:40

This Mesoamerican Goddess was the deity of vice, filth, purification, steam baths, lust, fertility, adulterers and, you guessed it, sex workers.  She symbolically castrated priests in elaborate rituals, and provoked and pardoned her followers' sin in a never ending circle of life, sex and death. 

 Aileen Wuornos | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:44

This infamous female serial killer and misandrist martyr murdered seven men while working as a prostitute in Florida. Aileen Wuornos' life became a symbol of revenge fantasies, exploitation, systemic failure & abuse.

 Nasty Newscast : the Anti-Old Pro Policies of Seeking.com, Marriott Hotels & United Airlines | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 05:28

In this new special segment, Kaytlin responds to the alarming but predictable trend of companies who are spending millions to train their staff to spot 'trafficking victims'. Surprise surprise: the training doesn't actually help trafficking victims, but rather targets old pros and women travelling alone. Kaytlin also addresses the recent wave of arrests on seeking.com. 

 Holiday Special: Coming Out Stories | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 32:04

This week we're doing something a little different- we compiled heartbreaking and heartwarming coming out stories from Coyote Fawn, Allie Oops, and many more. 

 International Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:07

To commemorate the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers on December 17th we pass the mic to Ceyenne Doroshow who interviews long time friend & activist JyAsia Kylee about her experience with violence & the police. For more information about vigils & events in your area visit http://www.december17.org/

 Stormy Daniels | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:50

In this episode Kaytlin focuses on the life of unlikely national hero, Stormy Daniels. The uneventful sex she definitely had with Donald Trump might be the least interesting part of this incredible woman’s story.

 Sex Work in Colonial Nigeria Part II: Lagosian women vs the Colonial State | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:27

Beginning in the 1920's, upper class Lagosian women demanded that the colonial state work to eradicate prostitution. However, when the government passed and aggressively enforced anti-prostitution laws in the 1940s, the legislation impacted their lives in ways that they could not have predicted.  

 Sex Work in Colonial Nigeria Part I: Segilola | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:11

Segilola Eleyinju Ege was an immensely popular Nigerian prostitute who wrote what is considered by many to be the first Yoruba novel,"The Life History of Me Segilola Endowed with Fascinating Eyes, the Sweetheart of a Thousand and One Men". Between 1929 & 1930, Segilola published tales from her exciting life as a monthly column in the Lagos Herald.

 Sylvester Stallone | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 36:25

Six years before writing and starring in Rocky, Sylvester Stallone was the lead in a soft core porn film originally titled 'Party at Kitty and Stud's', which was re-released and renamed 'The Italian Stallion' after Stallone became famous. 

 Reformed Whores Part 2: Bettie Page | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:22

Bettie Page, one of the most iconic pin-ups and bondage models of the twentieth century, had an on-and-off again relationship with evangelical christianity. While her involvement with the church led her to become 'reformed', she never repented her nude modeling days, believing that that since Adam and Eve were created naked in the Garden of Eden, then God probably didn't have too much of an issue with nudity. 

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