Essay series

CEASE Voices.

A long-form essay series on pornography, prostitution and modern sexual culture. Commissioned writing from survivors, academics, clinicians, journalists and people who have worked inside these industries.

The essays · newest first
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One essay a month.

The first Thursday of the month. No campaign asks, no fundraising, no newsletter round-up. Just the essay.

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The next essay lands on the first Thursday of September. Nothing else will arrive between now and then.

The contributors
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Who writes for CEASE Voices.

Survivors. Clinical psychologists. Former performers. Academics. Journalists. People who worked inside the industry and left. People who came to this from the left and people who came to it from the right.

They do not always agree with each other and we do not ask them to. Contributors write what they think, not what we think.

If you have something to say
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We would like to hear it.

This series exists because so many people have been made to feel that what they know is not allowed to be said out loud.

Whether you have the research behind it, the professional experience, or you lived it. If that is you, we want to read it.

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You will be edited carefully, and you will see every change before anything is published.
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You can write under a pseudonym.
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If you have never written for publication before, that is not a barrier. Say so, and we will help you.
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Roughly 1,500 to 3,000 words, or tell us what you have and we will work it out together.
Pieces are commissioned