Episode 3: Jessa Jordan
AIR DATE: APRIL 25th, 2021
In episode three we chat with erotic laborer, writer, educator, indie event coordinator and reproductive justice, human rights and sex worker’s rights advocate Jessa Jordan. How she created her own role and identity in the adult modeling field (i.e. refused to be pigeonholed as the “Alternative Black Girl”) and how many of her jobs forced her to develop a thick skin. (Stripping and the racism/body shaming from clients - i.e. her body type was not appreciated at the “urban” clubs but at the predominantly white male clubs she was fetishized.) How various service jobs taught her about unfair fees and dues, the devaluation of workers, and thus why she decided to be her own agent, promoter, and manager in her erotic modeling and film career. Photographer elitism much like tattoo artist elitism. Fighting for yourself as a model and what you deserve when this is your livelihood. An industry where survival is based on word of mouth teaching and warnings. We also talk about the popular weird milk bath photos, Kamala Harris and the poor way that black and brown people are shot in photos and film, and sketchy situations that owners and bosses put us in, especially earlier on that condition us as we move through the working world.
SUPPORT FOR SEX WORKERS
BIPOC Adult Industry Collective : a resource for education and support services to make the adult entertainment industry a safe space for everyone who chooses this labor.
Pineapple Support : Pineapple Support provides 24/7 online, emotional support as well as free and subsidized professional therapy and advice to all performers and producers who have been active in the adult online industry within the past 6 months.
Stilletos Inc. : To educate, unify, support & liberate BIPOC strippers, sxwrkrs, & allies.
