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Mar 2012
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'Hooker Teacher' to Activist: A Talk wit...

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Cristen and Caroline talk to Melissa Petro, sex worker activist who retired from the New York City public school system after the media publicized her past work as a stripper and Craigslist sex worker. Petro talks to Stuff Mom Never Told You about how she 
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