Hey Katherine,

Forgive me, but I’m a little confused. You claim you’re a feminist who “works with” sex workers in Melbourne, yet you seem unwilling to honour their experiences and you want to, in a fairly patriarchal fashion, save us from ourselves…a la the Christian right. Maybe you could explain your position a bit better; especially the part where your portrayal of Daly-Holt morphed from that of an educated, artistic girl who loves “the easy money” into someone who you insinuate was desperately giving her boss an outside work lap dance because otherwise she would be left destitute. Sorry honey, but unless you got those words from her own mouth, I’d be careful before making assumptions. I personally have never had to do any "extra" favours to get work. Neither have I had “rubbish, pornography or golf balls” thrown at me. The truth is a majority of clients are pleasant men who deserve to be able to enact their sexual fantasies without being pathologized as vicious, sexual predators, despite your attempts to exploit and stereotype them by playing on the image of Hudson. Thanks but no thanks for your help, Katherine.

Selina Kyle

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