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Andrea WerhunThe Bed Post Podcast, April 2, 2023

Ep. 10: The Creativity of Authentic Authorship with Andrea WerhunThe Viral Creative, June 22, 2022.

Season 2, E7: The Art of the Thirst Trap with writer, performer, and sex worker advocate Andrea WerhunHigh Low Brow: The Podcast, May 29, 2022.

Ep. 337 Andrea Werhun – The Bed Post Podcast, May 15, 2022.

Can I ask a sex worker: “What was your worst experience?” Inappropriate Questions (CBC Podcasts), August 25, 2021.

Modern Whore: Street Harassment, Self-Love and Eczema with Andrea WerhunTend Your Garden Podcast, March 17, 2021.

Modern Whore: One Sex Worker’s Story & InsightsSex with Dr Jess Podcast, May 29, 2020.

Andrea Werhun: Inside a Modern WhoreIntellectual Erection Podcast, March 11, 2019.

“Modern Whore” with Andrea WerhunThe Infectious Myth Podcast, September 25, 2018.

Episode 129 – Andrea Werhun and Nicole Bazuin (Youtube)The Bed Post Podcast, May 11, 2018.

Episode 129 – Andrea Werhun and Nicole Bazuin – The Bed Post Podcast, May 11, 2018.

Episode #97 – Modern Whore: Andrea Werhun – The Dark Room Podcast, January 8, 2018.

Episode 100: Andrea WerhunThe Bed Post Podcast, October 20, 2017.

Episode 13: Andrea Werhun – The Bed Post Podcast, February 13, 2016.

Features

‘Modern Whore’ is a love letter to sex workers—and the art of the hustleXtra, June 9, 2022.

Street Meat Stories [Modern Whore excerpt]Hazlitt, June 9, 2022.

Sex Worker Storytelling: Beyond DecriminalizationShe Does The City, May 25, 2022.

All new Modern Whore is like The Godfather Part II of sex work memoirsNOW Magazine, May 3, 2022.

On creating your own platformThe Creative Independent, April 21, 2021.

Toronto sex worker Andrea Werhun: “Whores are pretty relatable when it comes down to it” – NOW Magazine, March 28, 2020. 

In documentary ‘Modern Whore,’ a former escort takes control of her own narrative – Daily Dot, February 22, 2020.

This Former Sex Worker Reviewed the Terrible Johns That Reviewed Her – VICE, November 26, 2019.

Le client que toutes les prostituées craignent – VICE France, October 26, 2018. 

Le client que toutes les travailleuses du sexe craignent – VICE Quebec, October 26, 2018.

Une ex-escorte se dévoile sans filtre dans un manifeste féministe– TABLOÏD, October 22, 2018.

Modern Whore, par Andrea Werhun; un manifeste féministe puissant – PassionMTL, October 15, 2018. 

The Client Sex Workers Warn Each Other AboutVICE, October 3, 2018.  

‘I’m fascinated by the human body:’ Former escort says job is like any other – New Zealand Herald, March 11, 2018.

Exclusive Interview: Modern Whore author Andrea Werhun – My Entertainment World, March 2, 2018.

When a Playboy Writer Publishes a Sex Art Book – Widewalls, March 1, 2018.

‘Sex Work Has Enriched My Life In Everlasting Ways,’ Says Escort Turned Author – Bedford + Bowery, February 28, 2018.

‘I Wanted to Bait the Male Gaze While Also Satirizing It’: An Interview with Andrea Werhun and Nicole Bazuin Hazlitt, February 8, 2018.

Andrea Werhun: “It’s a really good time to talk about sex work” – The Guardian, December 21, 2017.

Ex-Toronto escort pens memoir: Modern WhoreToronto Sun, December 9, 2017.

Modern Whore: Inside the Life of a Sex WorkerShe Does The City, December 5, 2017.

Guest Columnist: Andrea Werhun (Modern Whore excerpt) The Honest Courtesan, November 10, 2017.

An ex-sex worker has penned a tell-all book called Modern Whore – and admits she particularly enjoyed romping with an 80-year-old manThe Sun, November 4, 2017.

‘I felt no shame’: Former student, 27, who earned thousands from sex with clients as old as 80 reveals she ‘loved every minute’ of her stint as an escort (and says ‘whoredom was my destiny’)Daily Mail, November 3, 2017.

What It’s Like to Tell the World You’re a Sex WorkerVICE, February 1, 2017.

Free Spirit: Interview with Andrea Werhun – Culture Fancier, March 18, 2016.

Satan’s Doll: Andrea Werhun – Toronto Verve, December 13, 2014

Expertise

Un groupe défendant les travailleurs du sexe se syndique, une 1re au CanadaCBC Radio-Canada, Oct 3, 2021.

Sex worker outreach staff at Maggie’s Toronto unionizeNOW Magazine, September 11, 2021.

Life as a sex worker during COVID-19National Post, July 12, 2021.

The Double Exploitation of Deepfake PornThe Walrus, June 10, 2021.

The state of sex work: Risks and rewards in the era of OnlyFans NOW Magazine, Feb 11, 2021.

How sex work is changing in the coronavirus pandemicThe Lily, March 30, 2020.

Erotica alive and well in Toronto – Toronto Sun, March 14, 2020. 

Sex Workers Bracing for Income Loss During Coronavirus Pandemic  – VICE, March 12, 2020. 

Canadian filmmakers look to alternative screenings amid coronavirus – The Globe & Mail, March 11, 2020.

How Sex Work Turned Millennial PinkNYLON, September 25, 2019. 

Why Outing a Sex Worker Can Have Devastating ConsequencesHuffington Post, March 30, 2019. 

The last dance: Why the Canadian strip club is a dying institutionGlobe & Mail, September 4, 2018.

Pubic Hair Grooming Style: 10 Women on Whether They WaxFLARE, March 7, 2018.

Sex Worker Chic: How Fashion Borrows from Prostitution – The Independent, November 12, 2017.

It’s Always Fishnets Season SomewhereThe New York Times, October 27, 2017.

We Asked Sex Workers About Their First Day on the JobVICE, November 16, 2016.