something I appreciate from Record of a Spaceborn Few
Pleasant thing: not only is sex work normal and valued in the Fleet, at the end Sunny introduces himself to the class with his name and says "I'm a sex worker" as straightforwardly as someone would any other job. It's not treated even a little bit as a taboo subject.
And sex work is still very much his profession because that's his jam; teaching the class is just a side gig. It's not something the narrative wants him to stop doing.
something I appreciate from Record of a Spaceborn Few
@starkatt I really loved that too, for obvious reasons. I love narratives that destigmatize it. :-)
(Other examples: The Companions in the Firefly universe, the Academy in the Finder universe...probably others I'm forgetting. )