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<Demented Debby -confronts the demons of anti-sex work diatribe to amputate that part of herself that calls herself a whore but wont let her be one..

"What do you do?" "….I'm a sex worker." Debby Dysphoria
Mannequins, sound-installation, projection and work paraphernalia.
A 13 year history of sex work is displayed through clothes, wigs, work bags, balance sheets, notes from clients and anecdotes. Sound installation and a video piece speak of sex work experiences; exclusion from mainstream society, friends made, fun had, anger at misrepresentation by academics and 'feminists.' Issues in the artwork are further discussed in written pieces presented poster-like around the installation.

"Peepboxes" Difficult Debby
Floorboards, collage, peepholes
Boxes made from well worn floorboards are a home for collage pictorials of the banal aspects of sex work life, only visible through peep-holes. "House of Dicks," "Money Box", "House of Clocks" and more.

"Wrap me up" Debby Debutante -
Prophylactics, reinforced steel
Printed words on latex and plaited condoms create a new use for prophylactics; as artistic tools of communication. Over 1,000 pieces of safe sex equipment become unrecognisable when brought together to present notions of pride and shame relating to working in the sex industry.

"tiny whorish shrine," "consensual sex is not abuse," "hairy purse" by Debby Diamante Dildo Harness paper arts, mixed media, assemblage piece, found objects
3 tiny shrines looking at the role of sacred harlots in ancient holy rites. "Hairy purse" is a celebration of the financial freedom sex work offers. Have genitals, will travel.

Debby Dirty Digits>

We're sex worker scouts and we're ok we work all night and sleep all day. We've got skills that you can't see to be the best whores that we can be.

p.s. some of us do day shift.

<Debby Diamante Dildo Harness has a head for theory and a body for sin. She is obsessed with queer theory, sex radical thought, Goddess religions, unveiling the effects of Judeo-Christian sex negativity, the proud history of whoredom and wearing nose bleed heels. Just your cliché left-wing, pagan, queer sex worker activist, really.

Performances include: 'Stone the Whores', 'Unrepentant Whore', 'Don't W.H.I.S.P.E.R., SHOUT!', 'Ballet of Oppressive Sex Worker Stereotypes', "Meditation on the Representation of Whores"

nurse Whore-see >

if you thought the pathologisation of sex workers bodies by the sexual health sector was simply accepted by sex workers, think again. Nurse Whore-see tells it from both sides. Her nasty Admin off-sider - Loose lips Lisa critiques concepts of anonymity and confidentiality for sex workers at Australian STI clinics.

< Debby Jett parodies the Joan Jett I Love Rock n Roll hit with her rendition "I Love Hockin' my Hole" This pro-whore ballad questions whether academics like Sheila Jeffreys who earn money from their writings about sex work are any better than the pimps they think we are all being exploited by. (ps pimps do not feature in the Australian sex industry - maybe a result of the industry being legal)