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New, From Slixa: Perfect Twitter Previews, Every Time

If you've ever shared your Slixa profile on Twitter (or Telegram, or WhatsApp, or iMessage), it's possible you didn't love the way your link preview looked! But we've cooked up something at Slixa HQ that allows you to make those previews juuuuuuust right, and even update it as often as you want!

Features

Slixa Sponsors SWOP USA's December 17th Mini Grants (And How You Can Apply for One)

It should come as no surprise by now that Slixa is deeply invested in the ongoing advocacy and assistance efforts of sex worker-focused organizations worldwide. So when approached to contribute to events around the International Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers possible, it was a no-brainer.

Advice

Making It Mandatory: Self-Care For Sex Workers

It's time to acknowledge that not only is sex work labor that demands commensurate self care, but also that said labor is embodied. The term 'self-care' has been so much a part of the zeitgeist that it's almost a tired expression. So why is it not part of the conversation when it comes to sex work?

Advice

Worth Repeating: Arabelle Raphael's "How To Treat an Escort"

Last year VICE worked with internationally renowned pornstar and escort Arabelle Raphael on a breathtakingly honest and real video titled "How to Treat Escorts, According to an Escort." The result was pure magic.

Opinion

The Mainstreaming of "Kink"

What "50 Shades" does is create a reduced, commodified, and wholly saleable product purporting to be kink that can be manipulated to a one-size-fits-all template of BDSM; the reductionism of kink to a product makes a faded photocopy of the experience of it.

Sex

Jade Jayden's 10 Most Unbelievable Instagram Photos That Prove She's Just Like the Rest of Us

There's nobody who lightens our social media feeds quite like Tampa's Jade Jayden! Her Instagram is a marvel of how-tf-is-she-getting-away-with-that magic. Jade's famous 34DDD's are front and center, and with a pair of blessings like those, it's no wonder she's racking up the likes left and right.

Features

G'Day Sydney and Melbourne

We've been doing some pretty intensive research here at Slixa HQ about Australia, and have been consistently blown away by the caliber of pro we've come to associate with the land down under. That's why we're so excited to bring Slixa's game-changing approach to these incredible Aussie providers.

Features

Single Day Ads: Flexible and Affordable

Advertising costs can add up quickly, and if you're new to a site, advertise infrequently, or are just starting out, it can seem daunting to invest lots on promotion right out of the gate. That's why Slixa has created new Daily Ads, as the perfect accessory to our existing range of placements.

Advice

How to Tell Your Friends What You Do for a Living

People stay in the sex work closet for all kinds of reasons. However, if you've recently decided to out yourself as a service provider: welcome! We realize that there aren't a whole lot of How To guides for sex workers who are looking to tell their friends about their carers, so here's a start.

Experience

The Truth About Those "Highest Paid Escort" Articles – As Told By 3 Top-of-Their-Game Companions

If an article’s headline begins with “you won’t believe…” or – worse – a dollar amount, you probably oughtn’t believe anything that comes next. And, sadly, it's almost all to do with websites trying to amp up the “wow factor” to get clicks and shares off the backs of sex workers.

Opinion

Economists Calculate Risk

Risk is a word that is loaded for marginalized communities, particularly ones in the sex industry: high-risk, risky behavior, at-risk. But a new podcast episode out by Planet Money details a new kind of baseline risk only sex workers can demonstrate.

Features

Slixa is Proud to Introduce the (First of Its Kind) Service Professionals Directory

The Slixa Service Professionals Directory is unlike anything we've made available before (or for that matter, even seen anywhere else!) and it will be exactly the jump-off that providers need to connect with reputable, industry-friendly photographers, web designers, and more.

Advice

Six Screening Tips for Providers

The internet is a wild, wonderful world – mostly. While it can be a robust resource for figuring out how to get work, network, and keep work, it can be challenging to funnel information about safety through a sieve, or to encounter a one-size-fits-all baseline of discretion...

Features

Take Your Ad Offline With Just the Click of a Button

We can think of any number of occasions when it might not be ideal to have your Slixa profile posted loud and proud. But until now there was no way to easily remove your profile from the site entirely. That's where "Hide My Profile" comes in.

Opinion

How To Keep Your Accounts From Getting Frozen in This Icy Time

As if providers don't have enough to worry about in this time of FOSTA/SESTA, now there's one more threat to their livelihood: a potential banking freeze. Here's a way to keep your money safer.

Features

CityXGuide VS Slixa

Here at Slixa we know it can be tough to choose the perfect site to showcase your unique offerings and wanted to take a minute to talk about what you can expect in contrast to platforms like CityXGuide. We’ve highlighted a few features we know are important to shed some light on why Slixa is...

Features

Start and Stop Slixa Ads On Your Schedule

We know how busy you are, and worrying about travel ads shouldn't take up even one unnecessary moment in your day. Rather than starting a Visiting Ad the day you announce your tour (or trying to remember to start it around your arrival), Slixa users can set a start date...

Opinion

Representation in Podcasts: The New Frontier

Podcasts are a beautiful format for narrative storytelling, which often leads to political action (because empathy is created when a listener or reader imagines themselves in the shoes of the character/situation)...

Opinion

Susan Sarandon and the Questionable Value of Celebrity Input

In May, Susan Sarandon tweeted this to the world: "Sex work is a job just like any other, but its criminalization exposes sex workers to discrimination, abuse & exploitation. ...decriminalization is the only way to implement safeguards to protect those in this industry." Oh.

Features

Giving Back Matters More Now Than Ever: A Letter From Slixa.com's CEO

We are (truly I, as the CEO of Slixa.com am) asking you to contribute any amount you can to help us open the Woodhull Sexual Freedom Summit up to as many community members as possible. We have many battles yet to fight and it is imperative we have informed supporters who know their rights.

Opinion

Where Have All the Fatal Attractions Gone? Sexpendables in a post-FOSTA/SESTA World

According to New York Times culture writers Wesley Morris and Jenna Wortham, sex in popular culture is notably absent: "Sure, there’s sex in film and TV," they write," but in recent history, there has been an absence of content that treats sex not as an aside, but as the main event."

Advice

Spring Cleaning Your Brand

We live in a beautiful world, with infinite possibilities for employment; whether you're a freelancer, a business-owner, or in a 9-5, there's room for everyone to give their work life a much-needed brand refresher. Let's talk about Spring Cleaning for your personal brand!

Interviews

Meet Kate D'Adamo: Rights Advocate + Roving Reporter

Slixa is excited to introduce a new weekly feature for the Slixa Blog, "Kate's Account," which will feature a first-person look at legal and political issues and news impacting the Service Provider community. Kate D'Adamo is just the woman to help us understand what it all means.

Features

Getting the Social Media Attention You Deserve

As Twitter has evolved their policies, particularly as they relate to content bans or even the mysterious and publicly denied shadowban, Slixa has been watching and deciding how best to alter the ways we engage in this space. Here are some tips for how best to engage with @slixa on social media:

Opinion

The Tricky Transition From Media 'Morality' to 'Exploitation' (or How A Conservative Christian Organization Yelled FOSTA Into Existance)

Anti-porn rhetoric has had a major influence on FOSTA/SESTA in that moralism has been the crux of savior-complex fueled stratagem for time eternal. Reductionist conflations of sex work and sex trafficking permeated public discourse, becoming a mainstream (read: SWERF) feminist torch to carry.

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