I’ve had this fantastic little zine for a few months, but it got lost amongst the numerous book boxes during my move. I found it this week, just in time for a bus commute into the city.
I’d looked at it enough to already know the premise: this is a collection of emails that have been sent to Lusty Day, Professional Kinky Escort (check out an interview I did with Lusty last fall). The only changes she has made are to conceal both her own and the emailer’s identity—with one exception (more on that).
So, to the bare bones, this is a representation of what guys want from sex workers. As the legal debate rages about sex workers and their rights (particularly here in Canada), it is understandable to sometimes forget that the arguments are begun, at their core, by sexual wants and desires. In the case of this collection, those wants and desires are being requested of Lusty.
Think about some of the biggest societal sexual taboos. Lusty has had requests for them. In emails that can be simple and direct or long and detailed, men write to Lusty to see if she can make their fantasies come true.
One thing in particular struck me: how many of these guys are getting off just on the fact that they are sending her an email? Obviously, depending on her time, availability and financial fit, I wonder how many ever actually go through with a session? Do they just turn themselves on so much while writing that that is the transaction?
Well, one fellow isn’t turned on by writing to Lusty. Or is he…? I am sure it must come with the territory that to be a sex worker, you will attract various types who want to “save” you. One such fellow tries to convince Lusty of his ability to redeem her soul through religious salvation. You see, he lead a life of sin and how he wants her to turn her back and move to religious faith. It is his name and contact info that she leaves in. Ha!
I thoroughly enjoyed this zine because it gives an unadulterated look into the mind of a sex work customer. This is what they want. This is what they ask for. Great and fascinating stuff.
