7. Molly Morey
The Courageous Heart of Molly Morey: Molly leaned on dancing to get by after ending the relationship with her oldest child’s father and discovered that she truly loved it. As a young and newly-sober mother, the opportunity to get paid to doll up and socialize was invaluable to her mental health and self esteem. Sadly, a lack of worker protections from predatory male management ran her out of the industry. Today Molly and I talk about her fond memories from that now-former life, her sadness that some scumbag sucked the wind out of her sails, and how she found meaning and joy again in harm reduction, specializing in outreach to street-based sex workers at her hometown syringe echange. Today's episode was produced by me, Blair Hopkins, and brought to you in part by SWOP-Behind Bars. Music by New Orleans' own Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes. Special thanks as always to Alex Andrews; to contribute to the good work she's doing with SWOP-Behind Bars, visit SWOPBehindBars.org and remember: All In A Day's (Sex) Work is an ever-expanding narrative. If you are a sex worker, partner, patron, or other adult industry-adjacent person, I want to hear from you! Email me at info@ADSWProject.org.