In this episode, Kyla Wazana Tompkins talks with Heather Berg, author of "sex work" entry of Keywords for Gender and Sexuality Studies. Berg emphasizes the importance of sex work in feminist discussions and the lessons it can teach us about power, the state,  and care. Overall, the conversation highlights the intersection of gender, sexuality, sex work, disability studies and labor in academic and everyday contexts. 

Kyla Wazana Tompkins is Professor and Chair of Global Gender Studies at the University at Buffalo.

Heather Berg (she/her) is Assistant Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. She is the author of Porn Work: Sex, Labor, and Late Capitalism and “Left of #MeToo” in Feminist Studies.

 keywords.nyupress.org