Events

Fatcon: Fat Tuesday Chats

December 17, 2024

Philly Fat Con 2024

October 19, 2024

Join us for a fabulous weekend filled with fat joy!

Learn from experts during our keynote address and discussion panels, move your body in classes lead by certified instructors, shop dozens of vendors in the marketplace, swap plus size clothing, dress up in your Halloween costume, and marvel at fat burlesque performances.

Holy Hours: Reading, Discussion & Live Podcast Taping

October 16, 2024

You’re Invited to a special collaboration between Working Girls Press, Stay Gold Books, SWOP Pittsburgh and the When We’re Not Hustling podcast! To celebrate the launch of The Holy Hour, debut publication of Working Girls Press, we’re putting together an evening of readings, conversation, and a live episode taping of the When We’re Not Hustling podcast, hosted by Pittsburgh’s own Jessie Sage. Guests will include Molly B. Simmons, co-founder of Working Girls Press, Adrie Rose, musical guests Benjamin J Benamati and Emily Foster, and more! Join us for an in-depth look at some of the incredible pieces in the anthology, an interactive conversation about sex work, magic, and the divine, plus an after party where you can get your book signed and get to know some of the contributors. We can’t wait to see you there!

After party to follow!

The Holy Hour: An Anthology on Sex Work, Magic, and the Divine – Book Launch Reading & Party

April 30, 2024

Welcome to The Holy Hour: An Anthology on Sex Work, Magic, and the Divine – Book Launch Reading & Party! Join us at Bowery Poetry Club for a night of celebration and literary magic. Come listen to readings from the anthology, meet the authors, and mingle with fellow book lovers. Let’s raise a glass to the power of storytelling and the divine within us all. See you there!

The Holy Hour: An Anthology on Sex Work, Magic, and the Divine is a multi-media collection of art and writing by sex workers that explores themes of divinity, magical practice and the sacred. This work is the debut publication of Working Girls Press, and features pieces from 45 different workers in a variety of formats – poetry, prose, nonfiction essays, flash fiction, photography, digital collage, and more!

Dr.Sketchy’s Anti-Art School Pittsburgh: Sketch Social

February 25, 2023

Dr.Sketchy’s Anti-Art School Pittsburgh: Sketch Social featuring Jessie Sage.

Online Event: NCJW Pittsburgh hosts Sex Work Is Work

July 12, 2022

Together with Debby Applegate and Jessie Sage, we’ll take a deep dive discussing the Jewish history of sex workers and the current complexities of parenting as one.

Zoom Event: July 11 – Digital Security Talk with SWOP PGH

July 11, 2022

Let’s get Digital via Zoom for our next support group meet! Mark your calendars for Monday, July 11th from 6:30pm-8:30pm. @curvaceous_sage and a volunteer from the National Lawyers Guild will be speaking.

Event: June 2 – International Whore’s Day, SWOP Pittsburgh

June 2, 2022

International Whore’s Day began 46 years ago after hundreds of sex workers stormed churches in Lyon, France, in protest against horrid working conditions. For this International Wh0re’s Day, we honor some incredible minds who’ve written about the intersections of being in the sex industry and living in a marginalized body in this punitive world. You’ll […]

Virtual Book Launch for We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival

February 18, 2021

Join Feminist Press and the writers of We Too at Bluestockings for a group reading from the new anthology We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival, MC’d by coeditor Tina Horn!

The State of the Industry

February 10, 2021

Internext Online Conference Other Speakers: Mistress Blunt, Gem Stone, Dylan Thomas, Lotus Lain