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Watch Anderson and Angus Discuss Alice, with Speakers from SWOP Bay Area, the Erotic Service Provider's Union, and US PROS Collective

April 25, 2017

Notes on the Underworld

Here you will find commentary from Ivy Anderson and Devon Angus touching upon all aspects of Alice Smith's story, from sex and gender at the turn of the century, to the history of journalism and today's sex worker rights movement.

You will also find a selection of letters written in response to Alice Smith's story in 1913, which up until now have gone unpublished.

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