Behold, new project roll out number one!
Since I started doing the Sex Worker Literati events a year ago, lots of people have been bummed out that they aren’t in NYC and able to attend. And now I have an answer. The Red Umbrella Diaries Blog Carnival is a way for sex workers and their allies to participate in the Red Umbrella Diaries from afar. Every month, I’ll do a carnival of pieces of writing on the upcoming event’s theme.
For the next event, which takes place on July 1, the theme is Coworkers and Co-conspirators. Here’s a little something to get you started thinking:
In every industry, quirky coworkers keep jobs entertaining, livable, or sometimes downright miserable. But what’s too much information and even sexual harassment at other jobs is just a day in the life in the sex industry.
Send me a piece that is up to 700 words long, and I’ll pick my favorite to read at the event – and of course then I’ll put the recording in the new Red Umbrella Diaries audio podcast, which will launch in July. Your piece can be previously published on your own blog or elsewhere, or you can conceal your identity and email me a piece that you can’t put your name on. The themes can be interpreted all kinds of different ways, I love to see creativity. Send your links or text to stories@redumbrellaproject.com by June 15th.
