Bibliography

I read these books leading up to and during the writing of Thriving in Sex Work: Sex Work and Money. For the general reader who is interested in sex work, self-care, and personal finances. 

Financial Advice Books- Required Reading

Benson, April Lane. To Buy or Not To Buy: Why We Overshop and How To Stop. Boston: Trumpeter, 2008.

Fredricks, Laura. The Ask: How to Ask Anyone for Any Amount for Any Purpose. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006.

Khalfani-Cox, Lynnette. Zero Debt: The Ultimate Guide to Financial Freedom, 3rd Ed. Advantage World Press, 2016. 

Kobliner, Beth. Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009.

Lowry, Erin. Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life in Order. New York: TarcherPerigree, 2017.

———. Broke Millennial Takes on Investing: A Beginner’s Guide to Leveling Up Your Money. New York: TarcherPerigree, 2019.

Luhrs, Janet. The Simple Living Guide: A Sourcebook for Less Stressful, More Joyful Living. New York: Broadway Books, 1997.

McCall, Karen. Financial Recovery: Developing a Healthy Relationship with Money. Novato, CA: New World Library, 20011. 

Mundis, Jerrold. How to Get Out of Debt, Stay Out of Debt, and Live Prosperously. New York: Bantam Books, 2012.

Nemeth, Maria. The Energy of Money: A Spiritual Guide to Financial and Personal Fulfillment. New York: Ballantine Wellspring Press, 1999.

Orman, Suze. The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke. New York: Riverhead Books, 2005.

———. Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny. New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2007.

Robin, Vicki and Joseph Dominguez. Your Money or Your Life. New York: Penguin Books, 2008.

St. Kitts, Lori A. The Tax Domme’s Guide for Sex Workers and All Other Business People. CreateSpace Independent Pub., 2013.

Stanny, Barbara. Overcoming Underearning: A Five-Step Plan to a Richer Life. New York: Collins Press, 2005.

Tessler, Bari. The Art of Money: A Life-Changing Guide to Financial Happiness. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 2016.

Von Tobel, Alexa. Financially Fearless. New York: Crown Publishing, 2013.

Financial Advice - Extended Reading

Fagan, Chelsea, and Lauren Ver Hage. The Financial Diet: A Total Beginner’s Guide to Getting Good with Money. New York: Holt Paperbacks, 2018.

Hill, Napoleon. Think and Grow Rich. Los Angeles: Highroads Media, 2008.

Khalfani-Cox, Lynnette. College Secrets: How to Save Money, Cut College Costs, and Graduate Debt Free. Advantage World Press, 2014. 

Levinson, Kate. Emotional Currency: A Woman’s Guide to Building a Healthy Relationship with Money. New York: Celestial Arts, 2011. 

Ramsey, David. The Total Money Makeover, A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness. Nashville: Nelson Books, 2013.

Stanley, Thomas J. and William D. Danko. The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy. Lanham, Md.: Taylor Trade Publications, 2010.

Twist, Lynne. The Soul of Money: Reclaiming the Wealth of Our Inner Resources. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2003.

Advertising & Brand Building

Brooks, Amanda. The Internet Escort’s Handbook Book 2: Advertising & Marketing. Golden Girl Press, 2009.

Jones, Taylor B. The Sugar Daddy Formula: A Sugar Baby’s Ultimate Guide to Finding a Wealthy Sugar Daddy. R&D Publishing, 2014.

Rothfield, Amberly. How I Made $10,000 a Month as a Phone Sex Operator. 2017.

Career/Self-Employment Support

Bolles, Richard. What Color Is Your Parachute? 2020: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career Changers. Ten Speed Press, 2020.

Edwards, Paul and Sarah Edwards. Finding Your Perfect Work: The New Career Guide to Making a Living, Creating a Life.New York: J.P. Tarcher, 2003.

Edwards, Paul. Home-Based Business for Dummies. 3rd ed. Hoboken: Wiley Pub., 2010.

Wendleton, Kate. Targeting a Great Career. The Five O’Clock Club, 2006.

Mindfulness and Self-Help: Required Reading

Chödrön, Pema. fail fail again fail better. Boulder, CO: Sounds True Press, 2015.

———. Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion. Boston: Shambhala, 2008.

———. The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times. Boston: Shambhala, 2005.

———. Start Where You Are: A Guide To Compassionate Living. Boston: Shambhala, 2004.

———. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times. Boston: Shambhala, 2002.

Duhigg, Charles. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business. New York: Random House, 2012.

Hạnh, Thích Nhất. Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm. New York: HarperOne, 2012. 

———. The Blooming of a Lotus: Guided Meditation for Achieving the Miracle of Mindfulness. New York: Beacon Press, 1993.

Gordon, James S. Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven-Stage Journey Out of Depression. New York: Penguin, 2008.

Kabat-Zinn, Jon. Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness. New York: Bantam Books, 2013. 

———. Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life. New York: Hyperion, 2005.

Neff, Kristin. Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself. New York: HarperCollins, 2011.

Richo, David. How To Be An Adult: A Handbook on Psychological and Spiritual Integration. New York: Paulist Press, 1991.

Ruiz, Don Miguel. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom. San Rafael, CA: Amber-Allen Publishing, 1997. 

The Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu. The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World. New York: Avery Press, 2017.

van der Kolk, Bessel. The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma. New York: Penguin Books, 2014.

Mindfulness, Psychology, and Self-Help: Extended Reading

Covey, Stephen. Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change. Mango Press, 2017.

Gilbert, Elizabeth. Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear. Riverhead Books, 2015.

Lamott, Anne. Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace. New York: Riverhead Books, 2014.

Morin, Amy. 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do: Take Back Your Power, Embrace Change, Face Your Fears, and Train Your Brain for Happiness and Success. New York: William Morrow, 2014.

Richo, David. The Five Things We Cannot Change: And the Happiness We Find in Embracing Them. Boston: Shambhala, 2005.

Salgado, Brenda (ed.) Real World Mindfulness for Beginners: Navigate Daily Life One Practice at a Time. Sonoma Press, 2013.

Salzberg, Sharon. Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness. Boston: Shambhala Press, 2002.

SARK. Transformation Soup: Healing for the Splendidly Imperfect. Fireside Press, 2000.

———. Eat Mangoes Naked: Finding Pleasure Everywhere (and Dancing with the Pits!) Touchstone Press, 2001.

Seaward, Brain Luke. Managing Stress: Principles and Strategies for Health and Wellbeing.  Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2017.

Tolle, Eckhart. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose. New York: Plume, 2005.

Whitfield, Charles L. Healing the Child Within: Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families. Pompano Beach, Fla.: Health Communications, 1987.

Williams, Mary Beth and Soili Poijula. The PTSD Workbook: Simple, Effective Techniques for Overcoming Traumatic Stress Symptoms. 3rd ed. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger, 2013.

Wright, Robert. Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2018.

Theory, Criticism, First-Person Stories, and Inspiration

Bartky, Sandra Lee. Femininity and Domination: Studies in the Phenomenology of Oppression. New York: Routledge, 1990.

de Rossi, Portia. Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain. New York: Atria, 2011.

Ehrenreich, Barbara. Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking Is Undermining America. New York: Picador, 2010.

———. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America. New York: Henry Holt, 2001.

Gay, Roxanne. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body. New York: Harper, 2017.

Goffman, Erving. Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986.

hooks, bell. Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center. Boston: South End Press, 1984.

Lorde, Audre. The Black Unicorn: Poems. New York: Norton, 1995

———. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches. New York: Crossing Press, 2007.

———. The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle The Master’s House. New York: Penguin Books Limited, 2018.

Rankine, Claudia. Citizen: An American Lyric. Minneapolis, MN, Graywolf Press, 2014.

Rubin, Gayle. “Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality.” From Pleasure and Danger: Exploring Female Sexuality, Carol Vance (ed.) Boston: Routledge & K. Paul, 1984.

Tirado, Linda. Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America. New York: The Berkeley Publishing Group, 2014.

Workbooks

Bornstein, Kate. My New Gender Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving World Peace Through Gender Anarchy and Sex Positivity, 2nd Ed. New York: Routledge, 2013.

Cameron, Julia. The Artist’s Way Workbook. TarcherPerigree, 2006.

Gardner, David, and Tom Gardner. The Motley Fool Personal Finance Workbook: A Foolproof Guide to Organizing Your Cash and Building Wealth. New York: Fireside Press, 2003.

Gillihan, Seth. Retrain Your Brain: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in 7 Weeks: A Workbook for Managing Depression and Anxiety. Althea Press, 2016.

Grey, Alexandra and Autumn Totten. I Am Here Now: A Creative Mindfulness Guide and Journal. TarcherPerigree, 2016.

Orman, Suze. Financial Guidebook: Put The Nine Steps to Work. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2006.

Ramsey, David. The Total Money Makeover Workbook. Thomas Nelson, 2018.

Schiraldi, Glenn. The Self-Esteem Workbook. New Harbinger Publications, 2016.