Modern Whore

A Memoir

Andrea Werhun’s sex work career gives her money, freedom, joy, and a lot of dick. An intellectually curious university student, she revels in the opportunity to invent 'Mary Ann,' her escort counterpart, and introduce her to men all over the city. She whores, she learns, she writes it all down, and then, as per a signed agreement promising her Catholic mother she'll retire by age 24, she quits. To become a stripper.

This new, engorged edition of the sold-out memoir-cum-art book features 100 full-color photographs by Nicole Bazuin. In image and text, Modern Whore explores the many identities sex workers adopt in the service of their clients and in the eyes of the public–in both a literal and literary way. But Andrea doesn’t shy away from the serious side of sex work, either, exploring the risks sex workers take and the rights our culture is constantly taking away from them.