Talking of this has anyone else been approached by an American Radio show to their work email, asking them if they can talk live about the Sugar Daddy thread? Yes hello there mr American Radio Show, I'm still making up my mind.

His email said:

"Dear Marilyn,

I am a producer on a public radio station called XXXXX. We're
based out of New York City, but have an international listener base. I'm
writing you in the hopes that you might agree to a group interview by
telephone for an upcoming show we're working on.

To explain a bit better:
I was recently reading the online discussion at www.saafe.info, under the
topic heading "Sugar daddies - how do you approach them?." I found your
discussion there frank, business-minded and candid.

I particularly liked your contribution to the discussion, because you are
one of the only people in the discussion who found playing the role of sugar
baby do-able, whereas I understand how many of the other female escorts on
the site found it to be a waste of time.

The reason I am writing you is because of that particular discussion group.
I have an idea, that if a few of you from that online discussion group were
willing, I'd love to organize an interview with you that would be similar to
the discussion online, where you'd discuss the business strategy of being an
escort versus a sugar baby. The pro's and cons basically.

I'm guessing that this is something of an unusual request, so let me explain
quickly how this would work, in order to help you better make a decision.
In a perfect scenario, I'd organize a "conference call" where all you'd need
to do is answer your phone at the scheduled time, and we'd record a few of
the women from the discussion group, including yourself talking on this very
subject. Someone from our radio show, possibly myself, or maybe our show's
host, XXXX, would guide/clarify the discussion to a certain extent, and
ask questions when necessary. This wouldn't take long, though I'd say 30 -
45 minutes on the phone. Lastly, you would not be required to use your name,
though you are welcome to, whichever you prefer.

Ultimately your phone conversation would be trimmed into a segment in our
one hour radio show.

Thanks for hearing me out in my request. If you are interested or have any
questions for me about this, please contact me directly.

Lastly, we are on a production deadline of 2 weeks until the show airs, so
this would need to happen as soon as next week. Which is to say, if you can
let me know either way, I'd really appreciate it. And if you know other
business savvy escorts who may benefit this discussion, please pass my info
to them as well.

Thank you,
Robyn
PS Our website, www.XXXXXXXXXX.org, if you want to know more about our
show, or listen to an old show for free


It kind of spooked me as I realised that journos could be scouring through here. I think I should politely decline, as it would compromise my privacy even more.

So yeah did anyone else receive something like this?

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It kind of spooked me as I realised that journos could be scouring through here. I think I should politely decline, as it would compromise my privacy even more.

So yeah did anyone else receive something like this?

I received the same thing and did indeed politely decline as I have no need to take the risk of playing with the media and I certainly don't need to advertise myself in the US right now. I also told them that I would NOT be suggesting other escorts for them to contact but I did say thank you for being so polite and providing references/company information etc.

I've been contacted by journos who've read SAAFE before. As I think the Janitor said, it's an open site so threads will show up on certain Google search results and I'm pretty sure that Google is the first step for any journalist who's gotta write an article on something they don't have an effing clue about.

I got a similar email this week from a "journo" who reads SAAFE, waffling on about conference calls and documentries. I enquired how much I would be paid for my time only to be told "Sorry they WISH they could pay me."
Needless to say I did not decline quite so politely! You can rest assured THEY are being flipping paid! (unless of course it was simply a useless tosser after free phone sex.)

Yep - it was moved from the Questions and Answers because that section is especially for people who are needing specific help and advice about their work, but I should really have posted a Redirection thingy to say where it went.

Information that is intended to help others should always be freely available (although the self-help section in any bookshop is full of trite, cynical crap written by those who earn a living from the vulnerable). The important part is for everyone to keep this in the back of your mind when a/ deciding whether to reveal your identity on your profile and b/ when posting, assuming that you do. This is particularly important when it comes to matters regarding security procedures but applies everywhere - I've cringed before at so many things I've seen online, from Field Reports that idiot punters have posted with ladies' full addresses, to a girl whose website photos included her baby. Don't even get me started on Adultwork .

Regarding the journos mentioned before (and I know it's been a few weeks), if anyone is being pestered by the media because of something arising from a post they have made here (and I do mean pestered, not the occasional irritating enquiry, obviously) by all means let me know. We have a Media Enquiries secti0n here and this is the appropriate place for such queries. If an organisation wants to ask something they ought to be sticking their necks out and asking it there, NOT harrassing our members in private.