Mind Body Health & Politics

Sitting down with Cathy Reisenwitz was a wonderful peek into sex work and the intellectual ideas revolving around it. Cathy’s journey from an evangelical, to a sugar baby, and now a thriving journalist is a testament to anyone working to forge their own path in life. From her personal story to politics, the impact of socioeconomic status, masculinity, and choice – we talk about it all in this week's program. “As the war on drugs [is] kind of ramping down, I believe, the war on sex is ramping up.”Cathy Reisenwitz is a writer with bylines in VICE, Reason, the Daily Beast, The Week, and other publications. Her newsletter is Sex and the State on Substack – a newsletter about power. Cathy works to end loneliness and foster human connection through her writing.Show notes:* Coming from Huntsville, Alabama- Author and Journalist Cathy Reisenwitz* As the war on drugs is ramping down the war on sex is ramping up* The laws surrounding sex work vs. sex trafficking* The attitudes towards sex growing up in Madison County*