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Why I Chose to Have a Pimp

I do not enjoy my job, but I’m thankful for it

Lydia Caradonna
Human Parts
Published in
8 min readMay 5, 2020

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A washed out grainy image of a person touching a light switch.
Photo: Rika Hayashi/Getty Images

Downstairs, in the back office, is a man. He’s around 50 years old; we’ll call him “Bryan.” Bryan is counting out stacks of twenties and dividing them between plastic wallets. Some of the money is going to the bank to pay the rent on the building or to pay the wages of the reception…

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Lydia Caradonna
Human Parts

Sex worker, “””journalist””” and activist from the UK! // Tweets at: @LydiaCaradonna // works with: @ukdecrimnow // argues with: the government