A tool to test myself

July 20, 2011 11:08 PM

Letters from Johns. Letters from Working Girls. Letters from Men Who Watch Pornography. Three projects from Susannah Breslin.
posted by vidur (16 comments total)

These are really interesting, thanks. Reminds me of Studs Terkel's Working. Always interesting to hear people's descriptions of their lives like this.
posted by iotic at 1:11 AM on July 21, 2011

Shouldn't that third link just be titled: 'Letters from Men'?
posted by metaxa at 1:25 AM on July 21, 2011 [6 favorites]

Letters From Women Who Watch Pornography might actually tell us something we don't know.
posted by GallonOfAlan at 2:41 AM on July 21, 2011 [5 favorites]

Some men don't watch pornography, due to being blind.
posted by iotic at 2:57 AM on July 21, 2011 [2 favorites]

I wrote this.
posted by dancestoblue at 3:03 AM on July 21, 2011 [4 favorites]

Letters From a Woman clearly obsessed with the Sex Lives of other People.
posted by homodigitalis at 4:29 AM on July 21, 2011 [1 favorite]

Fascinating stuff. Thanks.
posted by heatvision at 6:14 AM on July 21, 2011

This is really interesting stuff, thanks for posting.

I love how the silhouette of the john is a guy in a suit, while the man who watches pornography has a trench coat on. Like it's still 1974.
posted by stinkycheese at 6:25 AM on July 21, 2011 [3 favorites]

This is old, but Breslin's stories about what she did after she lost her job are interesting and show someone who made lemonade out of the situation in creative ways. Give that person a job.
posted by cogneuro at 7:48 AM on July 21, 2011 [1 favorite]

Some men don't watch pornography, due to being blind.

I've adapted the old saw about masturbation: 95% of men look at porn, and 5% of men are compulsive liars.
posted by Halloween Jack at 9:05 AM on July 21, 2011 [1 favorite]

"To this day, I look at housewives and girlfriends who don’t pay their own way and wonder if they realize they are prostitutes."   lol
posted by jeffburdges at 9:11 AM on July 21, 2011

Very interesting read. It is always interesting reading about people's reasons for doing things (or lack thereof)
posted by promptcurry at 1:26 PM on July 21, 2011

Perhaps also of interest: blog of an erotic masseuse.
posted by smirkette at 6:23 PM on July 21, 2011

"To this day, I look at housewives and girlfriends who don’t pay their own way and wonder if they realize they are prostitutes." lol

I can kind of see where she's coming from, if she's talking about women who are with men they despise simply to be taken care of. It's not an original sentiment. But I know guys who are happy to let their girlfriends/wives support them, and don't hear near as many people calling them gigolos. ...Although, to be fair, there's a hell of a lot more social stigma attached to female sex workers than male sex workers. I might venture to say that mainstream society doesn't think much of male sex workers at all.

Anyhow, it's interesting to hear these people's stories.
posted by smirkette at 6:43 PM on July 21, 2011

Letters From a Woman clearly obsessed with the Sex Lives of other People.

Who among us isn't?
posted by converge at 2:59 AM on July 22, 2011

I'm really surprised this hasn't been posted here before. I was sure that the blue was where I originally saw Letters From Johns. Now I have no idea where I saw it. Hrmph.
posted by antifuse at 8:29 AM on July 25, 2011