This follow-up to the bestselling Rock Paper Sex provides a space for the varied voices of individual sex workers, massage parlour owners, and community organizations, in a startling and compelling investigation of the industry. Rock Paper Sex Volume 2: Trigger Warning is timely, compassionate, and enlightening.

The stories presented in this sequel offer a wide range of perspectives from the sex industry in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. As new voices are introduced and others from Rock Paper Sex are revisited, key themes related to sex work emerge, including barriers to safety, intersections with human trafficking, and challenging perceptions.

Kerri Cull is the author of Soak (2012) and Rock Paper Sex: The Oldest Profession in Canada’s Oldest City (2017). She has a Master of Arts in English literature and a Bachelor of Education in post-secondary education, and is currently working on a diploma in police studies. She lives and works in St. John’s.

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"An excellent and timely follow up investigation into the sex work industry in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Cull brings these voices and perspectives from those in the trade to the page with compassion and offers much insight."

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“[P]eopled with frank, vulnerable, often extraordinary voices … [Rock Paper Sex Volume 2] is another ranging and pointed take, shedding light on a shadowed occupation.”

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