Prostitutes — Personal narratives.

  • Street Walking Blues

    Iris De La Cruz (1954?-1991), former prostitute and organizer for PONY – Prostitutes of New York, interviews her 10-year old daughter Melissa about her feelings around Iris’s work. Iris describes being a girl scout leader and Melissa takes questions from callers. STREET WALKIN BLUES : Produced by WBAI. Recorded on July 2, 1980. Broadcast on…

  • Interview with a Texas working girl / interviewed by Charles Hayden.

    A sex worker from Texas discusses her life with Charles Hayden (later Randy Wicker). She talks about some of the reasons why men solicit prostitutes, describes the differences between “call girls” and “working girls”, and also describes the different kinds of johns she encounters on the job.

  • Do working girls lead a glamorous life? / produced by Susan Anderson.

    Susan Anderson’s documentary about the lifestyle of prostitutes. Includes interviews with Buffy (no last name given), organizer for California Association for Trollops (CAT); an anonymous street walker working in Los Angeles; Chris Becker, who works with prostitutes through GROW, an organization based in Hollywood; Margo St. James, founder of the prostitutes’ advocacy group COYOTE (which…