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Downtown Brooklyn wrote a great review for the new Prose &...
Downtown Brooklyn wrote a great review for the new Prose & Lore! Check it out:”It is not uncommon for the media to skew the perspective of those who have worked in the sex industry, painting a...
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The intersection of whorephobia, xenophobia, and misogyny in...
The intersection of whorephobia, xenophobia, and misogyny in India. From The Times of India:NEW DELHI: Somnath Bharti’s midnight raid to catch prostitutes at Khirki village “red handed” didn’t shock...
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In light of the approaching Super Bowl and the usual outcry of...
In light of the approaching Super Bowl and the usual outcry of trafficking rumors, here is Emi Koyama’s classic debunking of some of the worst myths about trafficking:Rescue is for Kittens: Ten Things...
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From the Commercial Appeal:”A former Memphis police...
From the Commercial Appeal:”A former Memphis police officer was sentenced Tuesday to 12 months and one day in jail on charges of taking a woman across state lines for prostitution…In a letter filed...
View Article"Whether we make online videos that directly respond to terrible portrayals...
“Whether we make online videos that directly respond to terrible portrayals of us in the media, videos with the purpose of educating and doing advocacy, or produce feature films, sex workers who make...
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Rest in Power Andy Wade. From Express and Star: Andy Wade was...
Rest in Power Andy Wade. From Express and Star:Andy Wade was thought to be Britain’s first male stripper.His performance at Dudley’s Saltwells Inn in 1974 is thought to have been the basis for Ladies’...
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From the Indy Star: Vice detectives made 30 prostitution-related...
From the Indy Star:Vice detectives made 30 prostitution-related arrests from Thursday through Sunday, according to police reports.Nine of the arrests occurred on the Eastside along Washington Street....
View ArticleThe Bad Kind of Unionism | Jacobin
The Bad Kind of Unionism | Jacobin: thisweekinpoliceviolence:Their profession is heavily unionized. Culturally, they have more in common with bus drivers than business executives. Many come from...
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(via A Former Sex Worker Tells Her Story | NY City Lens) From...
(via A Former Sex Worker Tells Her Story | NY City Lens)From October throughout November, Hope gathered weekly with a dozen other Prose & Lore authors to attend the Red Umbrella writing workshops...
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From The Rumpus:"…I worked at a project for sex workers in...
From The Rumpus:"…I worked at a project for sex workers in Edinburgh for six and a half years. I didn’t focus on just one area of the industry: I spent two nights a week with women working the streets,...
View Article"Julie Ham, a former researcher with the Global Alliance Against Traffic in...
“Julie Ham, a former researcher with the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women and author of a report on trafficking and sporting events, said the hype is “overblown.”“These concerns aren’t valid....
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From Feminist Ire:"…The police do monitor the sex industry...
From Feminist Ire:"…The police do monitor the sex industry to some degree, of course, and their findings are included every year in a document titled Trafficking in human beings for sexual and other...
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Phoenix, Arizona has some of the most severe prostitution laws...
Phoenix, Arizona has some of the most severe prostitution laws in the United States.According to a municipal statute titled ‘manifestation’, an intent to commit prostitution includes activities like...
View Article“On Sunday, February 2, 2014, Guyana Sex Work...
“On Sunday, February 2, 2014, Guyana Sex Work Coalition’s Miriam Edwards, SASOD’s Joel Simpson and Guyana Trans United’s Quincy McEwan participated in a discussion on “Decriminalising Sex Work” on...
View Articleraw-noize-slut: First episode of the Sassy Syndicalist! This...
raw-noize-slut:First episode of the Sassy Syndicalist! This week’s is on sex work, particularly abolitionism and why it is silly nonsense. Like and share please.
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In this article from the Daily Post Nigeria, a sex worker takes...
In this article from the Daily Post Nigeria, a sex worker takes off her clothes to protest her arrest. This act of protest, especially in a world of Femen’s odd tactics, may seem strange to many folks,...
View ArticleDiscussion of the rewards and risks of PrEP.
Discussion of the rewards and risks of PrEP.
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"All of the issues I listed above affect all three groups that people like...
“All of the issues I listed above affect all three groups that people like Scarpa harbor prejudices against: transgender women, HIV positive people, and people in the sex trades. This is no...
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3 New Books About Survival & Resilience You Need to Read
Dear Sister shares the lessons, memories, and vision of over fifty artists, activists, mothers, writers, and students who share their stories of survival or what it means to be an advocate and ally to...
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