In New Zealand, sex workers are regarded as workers, as people who are members of the community, people who have a stake in the community - not just …

- Melissa Gira Grant

Almost everything I've learned about journalism has been from other friends who are journalists, taking advantage of the money I hope they don't thin…

- Melissa Gira Grant

I think sex work gets over-mystified and overcomplicated because it's about sexuality, and women's sexuality in general. What strikes me when I look …

- Melissa Gira Grant

Women in the past thought all they had to do was see if he comes home late, or smells like cigarettes. But nothing's really changed, right? People st…

- Melissa Gira Grant

What shocked me was three different anti-prostitution feminists asking me to justify that I had been a sex worker, to prove it. That either I hadn't …

- Melissa Gira Grant

Look at how successful the domestic workers movement has been. But it's different when it's your husband hiring someone. Domestic workers quite liter…

- Melissa Gira Grant

Say you're a sex worker and your partner knows you're a sex worker, but you're not out to your family. That could be very dangerous, particularly in …

- Melissa Gira Grant

One of the biggest things going on in London, Amsterdam, San Francisco, and New York right now is gentrification. Every major city is dealing with ge…

- Melissa Gira Grant

I wouldn't advocate for a feminism that's buttoned-up and divorced of the messiness of our real lives. Your feelings are your feelings, but you're no…

- Melissa Gira Grant