by Alison Bass | Sep 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
Brassy Broad, now available on Amazon, is already receiving accolades from readers and reviewers alike. One reviewer called it “a worthy addition to the canon of memoirs of trailblazing women.” In this article for Advance Copy, I talk about how I became...
by Alison Bass | Sep 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
I will be discussing my new memoir, Brassy Broad: How one journalist helped pave the way to #MeToo, with the New York Science Writers Sept. 23. The virtual event is free and you can register for it by clicking on this link. Please join us! Click to share on Facebook...
by Alison Bass | Aug 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
Story Circle Book Reviews, a website that reviews books by and about women, posted a very nice review of my memoir, Brassy Broad: How one Journalist helped pave the way to #MeToo. As the reviewer noted, “Brassy Broad is a worthy addition to the canon of memoirs...
by Alison Bass | Aug 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Southampton Public Library has graciously agreed to host an event for me Sept. 21 at 6:30 pm to discuss my new memoir, Brassy Broad: How one Journalist helped pave the way to #MeToo. It tells the story of how I overcame significant obstacles to become one of the...
by Alison Bass | Jul 24, 2021 | intentional communities, investigative journalism, memoir, systemic racism
In a recent magazine interview posted on Medium and Thrive Global, I talk about how I hope my memoir, Brassy Broad: How one Journalist helped pave the way to #MeToo, will open readers’ eyes in a number of ways: 1) about how living in a racially and religiously...
by Alison Bass | Jul 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
My memoir, Brassy Broad: How one Journalist helped pave the way to #MeToo, is highlighted in Amy Deal’s book column this week in the Charleston Gazette-Mail. As Deal’s article noted, the book “chronicles the newsroom culture that told [Bass] she was...
by Alison Bass | Jan 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
For the past four years, I’ve been working on a memoir about how I overcame significant obstacles to become one of the first journalists in the country to write about sexual misconduct by men in positions of power. The narrative is framed by my childhood...
by Alison Bass | Apr 18, 2018 | conflicts of interest, human trafficking, law enforcement, media coverage, prostitution, sex trafficking, sex work, trafficking, Uncategorized, underage prostitution
A few months ago, I was given access to hundreds of internal documents that had been obtained from the King County prosecutor’s office and other law enforcement in the Seattle area by public records requests. The documents revealed that prosecutors and police in...
by Alison Bass | Oct 12, 2017 | pimps, prostitution, public health, sex trafficking, sex work, sexual violence, trafficking, Uncategorized, underage prostitution
In a groundbreaking study, researchers at Baylor and West Virginia universities have found evidence indicating that craigslist’s erotic services site may have prompted a 17 percent decrease in female homicides throughout the U.S., principally because sex workers...
by Alison Bass | Aug 26, 2017 | law enforcement, media coverage, pimps, prostitution, sex trafficking, sex work, trafficking, underage prostitution
“1,020 charged in national sex trafficking sting” blared the headline in the Chicago Sun Times earlier this month. The news story was essentially a rewrite of a press release issued by the Cook County Sheriff’s office with a very similar headline...
