The Vixen Hour

Christian, Anastasia, and Gala Vanting talk about mainstream and alternative porn, looking at issues of feminism and ethics, and asking, "What does porn mean to you?"

Anastasia and Christian look at some common myths and misconceptions about sex work. We talk about the evidence that debunks many of these beliefs. We also bring back some voices from previous episodes to show how the experience of sex workers often goes against the stereotype.

Happy 40th Episode! To celebrate, Anastasia and Christian talk about sex. It seems bizarre that it has taken this long for a sex worker radio program to get around to talking about sex but we're finally here.  What does sex mean to sex workers? How does sex happen in different types of sex work?  We also ask what work means to the community, and given that sex is our work, does this have any commonalities with how we define sex?  Listen in!

Christian & the Evas (Eva Sless and Eva Karlsen) talk about OH&S.  Most people think of fire drills and trip hazards when they think of workplace health and safety but how do sex workers manage these issues while they do their job? Not all of the workplace hazards are what you might think... 

Christian and Anastasia count down 10 sex workers who have made a unique contribution to human history. A pirate, a frontiers woman, an empress, a spy, a philosopher, a member of  parliament- Sex Workers are capable of amazing things & the Vixen Hour pays tribute to some of the achievements of community's ancestors.

What happens when famous people slag off sex workers? How does it impact on us? What does it feel like? Anastasia, Jane, Christian & Lara talk about not only dealing with whorephobia in the media but taking it on and responding to it.

Christian chats with Mistress Gala about professional domination.  

Matt, Christian and Anastasia focus on Victim Blaming, Slut Shaming and Whorephobia- we also headed down to SlutWalk Melbourne this weekend and caught up with the folks there.

Sex Work & Education. Has mainstream sex ed had an impact on sex work? How do sex workers learn the skills to do their job? Anastasia, Eva, Christian look at the intricacies of sex work and learning and ask- what do you wish you learnt in sex ed?

Christian and Anastasia look at how to be an ally to sex workers.  We speak to Michelle from Stand Up Straight, JOY's straight allies show.  We also discuss why it's important to be an ally, our top 10 tips for allies and where to go to find more information.  

We'll talk to Cam, a Sydney sex worker of over 30 years experience as well as Toby, a family man with a business background who also does sex work part time. After over 30 show we'll also turn the mic around and interview our regular host, Christian.

Estelle, Mistress Gala, Nada and Christian are all sex workers of diverse religious background. The get together to discuss belief and work.  

On Saturday the 20th of July, a woman was found murdered in St Kilda. On this show the Vixen Hour pays our respects to Tracy Connelly and her community. We speak to her close friend,  Deb Osmond, about street sex work and hear from the people who were close to her. http://www.stkildagatehouse.org.au/

  The 19th of July was a snap international day of protest remembering two sex workers who were recently murdered. Sex workers quickly mobilised to stage actions, vigils and demonstrations in 36 cities all throughout the world. We'll speak to sex workers about organising this amazing global movement and discuss how policies- in particular, "The Swedish Model"- have had an impact on the lives of sex workers. We speak to: *Janelle Fawkes, CEO, Scarlet Alliance (Australia) *Ari Ariari, Coordinator of the Australian protests *Luca Stevenson, International Committee for the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe (Scotland) *Pye Jakobsson, Coordinator, Rose Alliance (Sweden) http://jasmineanddora.wordpress.com/ Twitter Hashtags: #JusticeForJasmine  #JusticeForDora  #Stigma Kills  

Christian, Stella and Memphis discuss body image and how it relates to the sex industry.  We ask the general community, "Do you love your body?" and examine mainstream ideals about what is considered desirable- Are these real? How do these affect our work.  We also talk about body autonomy, stigma and how we work with the bodies of clients.