Esme Providence Brown

Esme Providence Brown, a former professional sex worker, discusses the impacts of white knight saviors on trafficked children and adult sex workers. They explore anti-trafficking movements, portrayal of sex workers in media, origins of satanic panic, adrenochrome, and power dynamics in Lolita.

Esme Providence Brown, a professional dominatrix and yoga teacher, discusses the overlapping realms of yoga, wellness, neo-tantra, and sex work. Topics covered include transparent vs. non-transparent labor practices, performative intimacy, gendered inequalities, the involvement of neo-tantrics in the January 6th insurrection, the gendered nature of spirituality, the importance of consent, the evolution of comfort and boundaries in sex work, critique of Kelly Brogan's views on femininity and kink, exploring shame and stigma, the intersection of yoga and sex work, extreme ideologies within certain groups, advocacy for sex worker rights, autonomy and transparency in the wellness industry, dangers of gender-essentializing and trans bigotry, and discussions on BDSM and trauma healing.