We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs.
- Gloria Steinem
We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs.
- Gloria Steinem
Strip clubs are shut down, cam sites are saturated with newcomers & IRL sex work means risking Covid-19. She Spends freelancer Kira Rosemarie covers what it means to be a sex worker during the global pandemic.
Paynter and two friends started ilostmygig.com to connect workers with direct aid.
When South by Southwest officials announced that they were canceling the festival last week, three Austin residents sprung into action.
Mary Kathryn Paynter, Luke Lashley, and Shelly Lashley created a website called ilostmygig.com overnight, which aims to amplify the voices of displaced workers and connect them with the aid they need.
Paynter, a She Spends reader, spoke with us about what that process was like, how she and other Austin locals are coping, and what people can do to help.
Julia Reinstein, a staff reporter at Buzzfeed and a member of the union’s bargaining committee, talked with She Spends about how it all went down.
Gina lives as a freelance artist in Philadelphia. She shared with She Spends how she makes rent through her art.
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