Upcoming Events
Philly Fat Con 2024
October 19, 2024 —
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
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.
Evening Welcome Party | Location will be provided to ticket holders only.
October 19, 2024
Convention Day | 9:00 AM – 6 PM
Costume Party | 8:00 – 11 PM
October 20, 2024
The Plus Swap & Shop | 9:00 AM – 1 PM
Holy Hours: Reading, Discussion & Live Podcast Taping
October 16, 2024 —
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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!
Previous Events
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
Women of Sex Tech Virtual Conference 2020
May 2, 2020
To raise awareness and demonstrate the impact of COVID-19 on the intersection of human sexuality and technology.
This virtual conference will include talks ranging from reproduction rights to porn and policy and compliance. Special performances by Vally Latini and Jacq The Stripper. Keynote by Cindy Gallop.
Facts not Fear: A Night to Fight Stigma
September 24, 2019
This event features members of several highly stigmatized populations including sex workers, trans folks, and people living with HIV. Each will be talking about their reality and how stigma is harmful to the communities of which they are a part. There will be time for Q & A after each speaker, and the intention is to be an open dialogue rather than a lecture-style event. James is an accomplished stand-up comic, so his approach will be very different from Jessie and Dena’s, but will address the same issues of stigmatization.
Conference Presentation: “Podcasts, and Sex Columns, and VICE Articles, Oh My!”
May 26, 2019
Four years into my PhD program in philosophy, I left full-time academia, disillusioned by the field’s hostility toward women. Since then, I have built a career outside of academia, which includes working as an online sex worker and social justice advocate. As someone who has recently returned to teaching, I do so as an activist-scholar […]