Melissa Gira Grant
Journalist and author
Melissa Gira Grant is an American journalist who writes about sex, technology and politics. She is the author of Playing the Whore, a book about sex work.
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American Born 1978 in Boston, United States
About Melissa Gira Grant
Melissa Gira Grant is an American journalist, born in 1978. Her reporting and commentary have appeared in The Nation, Wired, The Guardian, The New York Times and The Washington Post, among other publications. She has also worked as a staff writer at The New Republic. Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work was published by Verso in 2014. She also co-edited the ebook Coming and Crying (2010). Grant is a former exotic dancer. She has spoken up for the rights of sex workers and for human rights more broadly.