I’m Molly B. Simmons
The “B” stands for Beatrice.
Writer, literary editor for Petit Mort Magazine and co-founder of Working Girls Press. After founding SWOP Brooklyn in 2019 and serving as a chapter representative for over two years, I finally stepped down to focus on my writing projects and other ways to serve my community.
My ongoing projects are my sex worker novel, my relationship advice column for Petit Mort, my editing work for both the press and the magazine, and volunteering with Sex Work Survival Guide.
The next project release will be a guidebook for workers and their partners in building and navigating loving relationships. This will be a free community resource that will be published here and available for free download. Check my twitter for updates!
In 2023 I founded the independent press Working Girls Press with poet Emily Marie Passos Duffy, with our debut publication slated for Spring of 2024. Our first publication will be The Holy Hour: An Anthology of Sex Work, Magic, and the Divine, which is currently available for presale here.
If you’d like to know more about my work or commission me for a piece, please email me a molly.b.simmons@gmail.com .
my writings and appearances.
Rebirth, Petit Mort Magazine, March 2024
Sex Work is Magic, Interview with Hustler Magazine, February 2024
Control, Petit Mort Magazine, October 2023
Why Work? The Meaning Behind the Label “Sex Work” and Why it Saves Lives, Petit Mort Magazine, August 2023
The Right to Remain Silent, Petit Mort Magazine, July 2023
The Mating Game, Petit Mort Magazine, May 2023
Where the Buck Stops: A Look at the Pornhub Story, Petit Mort Magazine, March 2023
Fatal Attraction: Gen X vs. Gen Y, Petit Mort Magazine, March 2023
Awesome Foundation Grant Winner, February 2023
Making it Last Longer, Petit Mort Magazine, February 2023
Sex Workers & Civvie Dating, Petit Mort Magazine, Spring/Summer 2022
GOOD SEX, Petit Mort Magazine, Winter 2021
Sex Workers Vs. Big Banks, Interview with More Perfect Union, September 2021
Relations of Care Across and After Worlds Conference, University of Wisconsin, May 2021
Quoted in Rolling Stone Magazine, April 2021
Mutual Aid for Sex Work Livelihood, Sex Work x Social Work Conference, Columbia University, April 2021
Strategies of Financial Care in Times of Crisis, Freedom Network Conference, March 2021
Body Forensics with Rude Ink Art, March 2021
The Sharpe Way, December 2020
Interview with Paper Magazine, March 2020
Interview with Buzzfeed News, March 2020
Interview with The Guardian, March 2020
As Sex Workers, We Know the “Equality Model” Is a Dangerous Mistake
Filter Magazine, published February 10th, 2021
Invisible: Sex Work and Mutual Aid During COVID-19
Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Foundation, published December 21st, 2020
Don’t act at sex workers’ expense
NY Daily News, December 22nd, 2020
How COVID-19 Is Driving Sex Workers Like Me Into Crisis
Huffington Post, published March 17th 2020
Herbal Care For Sex Workers
Tryst Blog, published September 28th, 2021