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Lux Alptraum

Latest articles by Lux Alptraum

Why is sex work illegal?
The Highlight

It will be considered unthinkable 50 years from now.

By Lux Alptraum
Culture
Porn actress August Ames’s death was a lost chance to talk about sex workers and mental healthPorn actress August Ames’s death was a lost chance to talk about sex workers and mental health
Culture

Sex workers battling mental health problems often face stigma when they seek help from therapists.

By Lux Alptraum
Culture
Young people are having less sex. Who cares?Young people are having less sex. Who cares?
Culture

The “sex recession” assumes there’s a right way for young people to have sex. There isn’t.

By Lux Alptraum
Money
How sex toys made their way to the shelves of WalmartHow sex toys made their way to the shelves of Walmart
Money

PlusOne is the first brand of personal massagers Walmart will sell.

By Lux Alptraum
Culture
Kanye West and the damaging way we talk about celebrities and mental healthKanye West and the damaging way we talk about celebrities and mental health
Culture

Celebrities with mental illnesses are not “curiosities to be observed and studied.”

By Lux Alptraum
Will we ever pay for porn again?
Money

Stigma and a preponderance of free sites have hurt the pornography industry’s bottom line.

By Lux Alptraum
The Big Idea
A push to shutter legal brothels in Nevada is based on misguided ideas about sex workA push to shutter legal brothels in Nevada is based on misguided ideas about sex work
The Big Idea

The war on sex work continues.

By Lux Alptraum
Gender
Sex workers cannot solve the problem of angry, misogynistic menSex workers cannot solve the problem of angry, misogynistic men
Gender

I’ve worked alongside sex workers for years. They shouldn’t (and can’t) help “incels.”

By Lux Alptraum

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