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    Tired Faces of Addiction

    The photos by Chris Arande are captivating and disconcerting.
    That being said, I feel that they further cement the stereotype that sexworkers and drugs are intertwined
    It's very unfortunate.

    I felt compelled to share this. That's all.

    Article: http://jezebel.com/5982500/sex-worke...s-of-addiction
    Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/arnade/...7627894114489/
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    Default Re: Faces of Addiction

    aside from the offensive " strippers are all just a buncha crack-whores!" message, i hate the whole addict stereotype..as a former addict myself, sometimes its not readily obvious at all..the media loves the dramatic, the shocking, the disgusting, all that crap..but the truth is, they don't all have the teeth falling out, wrinkled, pock-faced appearance..most people don't believe me when i say i was a huge addict as a teenager because i look like a regular, healthy girl in my early 20s. addicts are just as varied as dancers are in their appearance and habits.
    i also hate how they make it sound like all sex workers are desperate street walkers who have crack addictions.once again, its just the shocking and ugly that draws people in, its sad . really sickening

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    I'd find it revolutionary to show the soccer mom addicts, the Wall Street addicts, the cop addicts, and teacher addicts. They are most certainly there and make up the ranks of most rehab centers, not the most down and out addicts. I'm sick of the idea that bad things only happen to certain types of people. It would be helpful if the media reported things as they actually happen and stop cherry picking cases for dramatic effect. Ironically, it would be more dramatic to stop throwing certain designated throwaway groups under the bus and show all of humanity's foibles.

    This is a perfect example of why I disagree with saying stripping is sex work and we are all sex workers. When anyone says that, this is what comes to people's minds. Nobody's gonna guilt trip me into trying to share that crazy stigma. The unfairness is not my personal responsibility to share or clean off anyone else. That's for society to do.
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    I was just sadden by the faces, it didn't matter where they were from or how they tried to frame them.

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    So over photographers going to areas rapt with poverty and social isolation and taking posed photographs for their voyeuristic admirers. So over the applause and bravery theyre granted for this kind of stuff.

    Were releases even signed? The participants hunted down afterwards and shown the images? The ones written as 'nodding off' then their medical issues and children and housing situation written up: did they know itd be so publicized or did they think it was an off the record casual conversation? It is a common problem in "voyeur street photography" that consent is really tenuous.

    Hunts Point is so exploited by filmmakers and photographers. It is just criminal at this point. I feel like Ive seen so much 'art' about this area of NYC without anything ever given back.

    Re: addicted worker stereotype - I wont reject it because it makes me uncomfortable or is personally reflective or inhibits my ability to challenge sex industry (or adult entertainment) stigma, theyre human, it is a real life and experience for them, theyre supporting a habit and regardless are still my colleagues addiction has many faces that supersedes socioeconomic status and race/gender, everyone knows this... however, this very common 'face' is just easiest to manipulate, exploit and capitalize on without any legal challenge or followup, that's why we see it the most often. The poorest often dont have the same voice as the rest of us, so theyre used for 'art' or 'research' or other lazy armchair crap. But I wont fault them for their vulnerabilities by denying their experience or identity even if it doesnt match mine or my own social status.





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    Quote Originally Posted by Optimist View Post
    I'd find it revolutionary to show the soccer mom addicts, the Wall Street addicts, the cop addicts, and teacher addicts. They are most certainly there and make up the ranks of most rehab centers, not the most down and out addicts. I'm sick of the idea that bad things only happen to certain types of people.
    (*** SARCASM Alert ***)

    But Optimist... the drug addicted Soccer Moms, Doctors, Wall Street Bankers, Teachers, Trust Fund Babies, Businessmen, etc. are people who happen to have a Problem. They have a Disease. They are good people who happen to be SICK... they need privacy because any sort of public exposure could ruin their liiiiiives. Documenting their struggle could damage their reputation...

    Those gnarly street walking hussies in this photo series... they're fair game. They threw their lives away because they are bad bad badbadbadbadbad BAD. Of course.

    (*** SARCASM Alert De-Activated ***)

    I viewed these photos with a critical eye and gave the issue more thought.

    It's a lot easier to exploit someone who society perceives as sub-human.

    One of the photographers' blog posts labels some of the women as "The Walking Dead". http://arnade.tumblr.com/post/357133...e-walking-dead With that definition, any sense of responsibility, empathy, and compassion flies out the window. They are characterized as a lost cause.

    I'm uneasy with this brand of photojournalism. On one hand, it may raise awareness and possibly lead to some form of help for the people involved. On the other hand, it could desensitize the public to their plight.

    It's easy to ignore reality when you're viewing in on a screen or are separated from it by a camera lens. The photographer writes: "I felt guilty for leaving her, felt guilty that as I could speak to her, listen to her plea for another blanket, that at the same time I was watching the stars." -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/arnade/...n/photostream/
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    Quote Originally Posted by Optimist View Post
    This is a perfect example of why I disagree with saying stripping is sex work and we are all sex workers. When anyone says that, this is what comes to people's minds. Nobody's gonna guilt trip me into trying to share that crazy stigma. The unfairness is not my personal responsibility to share or clean off anyone else. That's for society to do.
    I'm not going to try and persuade you that strippers are sex workers. But the same way that the streetwalkers in Hunts Point are considered a "throwaway group" by society... strippers also have to deal with prejudice and ambivalent attitudes from society at-large. Case in point, the tragic death of Lauren Block (the young woman who fell from a balcony at her club), and the slew of nasty commentary making light of the incident and basically saying... "so what, she was a stupid stripper... etc." There are some parallels that can't be overlooked. At least that's my opinion anyway.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sophia_Starina View Post
    (*** SARCASM Alert ***)

    But Optimist... the drug addicted Soccer Moms, Doctors, Wall Street Bankers, Teachers, Trust Fund Babies, Businessmen, etc. are people who happen to have a Problem. They have a Disease. They are good people who happen to be SICK... they need privacy because any sort of public exposure could ruin their liiiiiives. Documenting their struggle could damage their reputation...

    Those gnarly street walking hussies in this photo series... they're fair game. They threw their lives away because they are bad bad badbadbadbadbad BAD. Of course.

    (*** SARCASM Alert De-Activated ***)
    It's just like those people who push to try children as juveniles because they are personally far more offended by the concept of child criminals than adult ones. They don't see the vulnerability and humanity just a concept that offends and maybe frightens them. Women exploiting male sexuality -oogety boogety- so very frightening.

    We in this industry don't have to agree on seeing stripping as sex work. I threw that out there as something to consider when identifying as a sex worker. When you're trying to establish yourself how you present and identify yourself can make or break you and that stigma is the definition of needless bulls*t. ETA: another convo made me realize I should share this
    No state other than Louisiana requires anyone convicted solely of selling sex for money to register as a sex offender. Only in Louisiana does merely offering to provide oral or anal sex in exchange for something of value land you on the sex offender registry.
    http://www.bilerico.com/2011/02/pros..._offenders.php
    this is how extreme the public's stigmatizing of prostitutes is beginning to go. Hopefully this practice will not stretch to other states but this is why I am concerned.
    Last edited by Optimist; 02-08-2013 at 08:08 PM.
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