Hey everybody, this is Against Everyone with Connor Abeb.

This is an Against Saturday's episode.

Just about every Saturday I bring you an informal episode of the show

where I talk about an idea that's in development,

a concept I'm thinking about, or something that's happening in my life, or whatever.

So this week I'm going to be talking about my encounter with Irish media. You might know

that I moved to Ireland about a month ago. And what that shows us about attitudes towards sex

workers and sex in Ireland, but also more broadly in the media.

Now, that might not sound very exciting to you,

but I think you'll all like the story

and thrill with me in the irritation and annoyance of it all.

Before I go on, I do want to say,

please donate to the show via Patreon. Go to patreon.com

forward slash Connor Abeb. Your contributions and donations through Patreon are what keep this show

going. And they're also a really good way to keep me out of that artist trap of not knowing when

the income is coming or how much it's going to be. That's actually the real blessing of Patreon is that it helps give a regular and dependable

source of income to artists and creators.

So when you are freelancing, you're like, if I don't write an essay this week or do like

or give a talk at a university, like in my case, well, will I be able to eat pancakes tomorrow and pay the rent and buy a book and just not be freaking out all the time?

So in other words, it creates, not only does it support me and other artists financially when you donate to Patreon, but it also just creates a lot

of psychic space to be able to do the work that needs to be done, which I think is really important

in this culture, talking about ideas deeply with people who have radical and big projects, which is

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