Alice Little
{{short description|Irish-American sex worker and advocate}}
{{distinguish|Alice Liddell}}
{{use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{infobox person
| name = Alice Little
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|5|3}}
| birth_place = Ireland
| nationality = {{hlist|Irish|American}}
| occupation = Sex worker
| employer = Chicken Ranch
| website = {{URL|https://thealicelittle.com|TheAliceLittle.com}}
| module = {{infobox YouTube personality
| embed = yes
| channel_handle = Thealicelittle
| channel_display_name = Alice Little
| years_active = 2016–present{{Cite web |via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/c/AliceLittletv/about |title=Alice Little: About |accessdate=July 11, 2022}}
| subscribers = 88.7 thousand
| views = 14.65 million
| stats_update = 11 July 2022
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Alice Little (born May 3, 1990) is an Irish-American sex worker and YouTuber. Her stage name, Alice Little, refers to her height, which is 4'8", making her the "shortest legal escort" in Nevada, and consequently, in the United States.{{cite web |last1=Schrager |first1=Allison |first2=Siyi |last2=Chen |title=Alice Little: The shortest legal escort in Nevada is a bed and breakfast owner |url=https://qz.com/779424/the-shortest-legal-prostitute-in-nevada-is-also-her-brothels-top-booker/ |website=quartz |publisher=Uzabase |access-date=31 August 2020 |date=23 September 2016}}
Little gained attention in 2017 after she wrote an article for Refinery29 entitled "A Week as a Legal Sex Worker in Mound House, NV, on a $267,000 Salary."{{cite web |last1=Little |first1=Alice |title=A Week As A Legal Sex Worker In Mound House, NV, On A $267,000 Salary |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/money-diary-nevada-legal-sex-worker-salary |website=Refinery29 |publisher=Refinery29 INC. |access-date=28 October 2019 |date=23 November 2017}} She has since become known for her advocacy for sex workers.{{cite web |last1=Ravitz |first1=Jessica |title=Prostitutes speak out against Senate health bill |url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/29/health/hookers-for-health-care/index.html |website=CNN |publisher=Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. |access-date=28 October 2019 |date=30 June 2017}}{{cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=Zahra |title=A Conversation With the Founder of Hookers for Health Care |url=https://www.self.com/story/hookers-for-health-care |website=SELF |publisher=Condé Nast |access-date=28 October 2019 |date=14 July 2017}}{{cite web |last1=Nightline |author-link=Nightline |title='Hookers for health care' are fighting against Trumpcare |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXQL8s5V5cg |via=YouTube |publisher=ABC News Internet Ventures |access-date=28 October 2019 |date=29 July 2017}}{{cite web |last1=Nightline |title=Ladies of the Fight |author-link=Nightline |url=https://archive.org/details/KGO_20170719_073700_Nightline |website=The Internet Archive |publisher=ABC New Internet Ventures |access-date=28 October 2019 |date=19 July 2017}}{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Emily |title=Sex Workers Are Canaries In The Free Speech Coal Mine |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emilysmith/sex-workers-sesta-censorship-free-speech |website=Buzzfeed News |publisher=BuzzFeed |access-date=28 October 2019 |date=7 April 2018}} In 2019, she received further press for offering a 50% discount for attendees of Alienstock Festival.{{cite web |last1=Chung |first1=Frank |title=Sex worker Alice Little offers 'Storm Area 51' attendees 50 per cent discount off 'close encounters' |url=https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/space/sex-worker-alice-little-offers-storm-area-51-attendees-50-per-cent-discount-off-close-encounters/news-story/a738fc54c59ad3fd7095f977ca8e2e19 |website=News.com.au |publisher=News Pty Limited |access-date=28 October 2019 |date=5 September 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Lupiani |first1=Joyce |title=Nevada sex worker claims she will make $600K by offering 'out-of-this-world' experience for UFO and alien fans |url=https://www.ktnv.com/now-trending/nevada-sex-worker-claims-she-will-make-600k-by-offering-out-of-this-world-experience-for-ufo-and-alien-fans |website=KTNV Las Vegas |publisher=Scripps Media, Inc |access-date=28 October 2019 |date=20 September 2019}}
When not working, Little resides in Carson City, Nevada.
Early years
Little was born "just outside of Dublin," Ireland and moved to the U.S. when she was five years old.{{cite news |last1=Ferriss |first1=Tim |author-link=Tim Ferriss|title=The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: The Erotic Playbook of a Top-Earning Sex Worker — Alice Little (#280) |url=https://tim.blog/2018/02/03/the-tim-ferriss-show-transcripts-alice-little/ |website=The Tim Ferriss Show |publisher=Tim Ferriss |access-date=28 October 2019 |format=Podcast and transcript |date=3 February 2018}} Little grew up in Nassau County, Long Island, New York.
Before joining the legal sex work industry, she was a jockey at Belmont Stakes and an emergency medical technician in New York City.{{cite web |last1=Wollman Rusoff |first1=Jane |title=Sex Workers Need Financial Advice, Too |url=https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2019/06/03/alice-littles-million-dollar-sex-work-business-plan/ |website=ThinkAdvisor.com |publisher=ALM Media Properties, LLC |access-date=28 October 2019 |date=3 June 2019}}
Luxury companion career
Little has been in the legal sex work industry since November 2015 when she started work at the Sagebrush Ranch, then moved on to the Moonlite BunnyRanch in October 2017.{{cite web |last1=Lopez |first1=Sandy |title=Prostitution in Nevada has its advantages, experts say |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/downtown/prostitution-in-nevada-has-its-advantages-experts-say/ |website=Las Vegas Review-Journal |publisher=News + Media Capital Group LLC |access-date=28 October 2019 |date=7 July 2016}} In May 2021, Little moved to the Chicken Ranch due to its location in the first Nevada county to announce brothels were allowed to reopen since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web|title=Does A New Sex Revolution Beckon As The Pandemic Wanes?|url=https://knpr.org/knpr/2021-04/does-new-sex-revolution-beckon-pandemic-wanes|access-date=2022-02-13|website=Nevada Public Radio|language=en}} Little runs workshops for the other sex workers at the ranch, focusing on business management.
Sex education career
Little, who began her work in sex-positive careers as a BDSM sex educator, continues to produce videos for her YouTube channel with content focused on sex education. She has a seasonal series called Coffee with Alice. In this series of videos she discusses "different intimacy topics" and answers audience questions. Little also produces three other series for her channel, Ask A Sex Worker, Sex Toy Reviews, and (S)explained! An additional series, Bunny Ranch, was completed in April 2019.
In addition to her YouTube channel, she also writes sex education articles and opinion pieces for a variety of publications, including HuffPost,{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/the-alice-little|title=Alice Little | HuffPost|website=www.huffpost.com}} Business Insider,{{Cite web |access-date=2020-08-31
|url=http://www.sheknows.com/love-and-sex/articles/1138362/why-i-became-a-sex-worker |title=A woman with multiple college degrees shares the real reasons she became a legal sex worker |first1=Alice |last1=Little |date=2018-02-26 |website=Business Insider}} HuffPost United Kingdom, Yahoo! News, SheKnows, Insider Inc., Refinery29, The Reno Gazette-Journal, The Nevada Independent, and Guys Gab.
Advocacy
She is a founding member of Hookers for Healthcare and an active member of the Nevada Brothel Association.{{cite web |last1=Garcia |first1=Jessica |title=Sex under scrutiny: Sex worker Alice Little: 'Something new is going to happen' |url=https://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/local/sex-under-scrutiny-sex-worker-alice-little-something-new-is-going-to-happen/ |website=Nevada Appeal |publisher=Swift Communications |access-date=28 October 2019 |date=16 January 2019 |archive-date=July 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722175356/https://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/local/sex-under-scrutiny-sex-worker-alice-little-something-new-is-going-to-happen/ |url-status=dead }} She is an activist for sex workers' rights;{{Cite news|url=https://www.insider.com/sex-worker-alice-little-pay-brothel-workers-more-health-risks-2020-6|title=Legal sex workers say they want to get back to their brothel jobs, but believe they're underpaid for the coronavirus risks they'll take|first=Julia|last=Naftulin|website=Insider}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.rgj.com/story/news/local/leader-courier/2020/01/09/nevadas-highest-paid-sex-worker-based-lyon-county/4426565002/ |title=A 'Little' bit goes a long way - Nevada's highest-paid sex worker based in Lyon County |first=Amy |last=Alonzo |website=Reno Gazette Journal}} she has fought to counteract legislation to have sex work criminalized, such as by FOSTA-SESTA, and to keep the brothels of Nevada from closing down by 2018's proposed law Lyon County Question 1.{{cite web |last1=Little |first1=Alice |title=Want to know about Nevada's legal brothels? Ask a sex worker... |url=https://www.lyoncountyfreedom.org/want-to-know-about-nevadas-legal-brothel-system-ask-a-sex-worker/ |website=Lyon County Freedom Organization |access-date=28 October 2019 |date=11 September 2018}}{{cite web|last1=Little|first1=Alice|date=5 November 2018|title=A Week As A Legal Sex Worker Who Booked $1 Million This Year|url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/money-diary-legal-sex-worker-nevada-salary|access-date=28 October 2019|website=Refinery29|publisher=Refinery29 INC.}}{{cite web |last1=Zender |first1=Bree |title=Despite Hof's Death, Brothel Ban Question Remains On Ballot |url=https://www.kunr.org/post/despite-hofs-death-brothel-ban-question-remains-ballot#stream/0 |website=KUNR Public Radio |publisher=University of Nevada, Reno |access-date=28 October 2019 |date=19 October 2018}}
Personal life
Little is bisexual and a proponent of consensual non-monogamy. Little has an antiquarian rare book collection.
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMl6gE-PPKdjIWgJaNlvK3w Alice Little - Official YouTube Channel]
- [http://nevadabrothelassociation.com/ Nevada Brothel Association]
- Alice Little's [https://muckrack.com/alice-little Muck Rack] profile
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Category:Irish emigrants to the United States
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Category:People from County Dublin
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