Sex Work & Folk Devils

My newest article is live on the Tryst Blog. Excerpt and link to the full article below;

“The media depiction of sex workers varies so wildly that it adds an additional element of confusion into the mix. Think the Cinderella like story of Pretty Woman followed up by a gritty dark-filtered, exploitative documentary on red light workers living on the streets. It’s a constant pendulum swing, like people can only grasp the most extreme ends of the spectrum, while entirely ignoring every reality that lies between. This became a bit easier to digest when I realised we are just a character to them, a narrative to fill in. A caricature or folk devil.”

Sex Work & Folk Devils