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		<title>Tits and Sass Stands With Black Lives Matter</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/tits-and-sass-supports-black-lives-matter/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[suzyhooker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2020 22:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ahmaud Arbery]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Latesha Clay]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ramsey Orta]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Solidarity]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[UPDATED FROM 2016: Four years later, Tits and Sass and the sex worker community reiterate our alliance with the Black Lives Matter movement and all communities of color protesting the police nationally. We have updated the list of fundraisers below through which you can demonstrate support. Twitter user @Chateau_Cat has compiled an ever-growing list of&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/tits-and-sass-supports-black-lives-matter/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Tits and Sass Stands With Black Lives Matter</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8220;If U Only Knew How They Were Really Doing Us&#8221;: Inside/Outside Communication During A Pandemic</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/if-u-only-knew-how-they-were-really-doing-us-inside-outside-communication-during-a-pandemic/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[suzyhooker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2020 20:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alisha Walker]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Decatur Prison]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[prison abolition]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Red Schulte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Support Ho(s)e]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[by Alisha Walker and Red Schulte (written by Red, with editing and considerable input from Alisha) Alisha Walker is a 27-year-old former sex working person originally from Akron, Ohio. She was criminalized for an act of self-defense when a regular client threatened her life and the life of a fellow worker in January 2014. A&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/if-u-only-knew-how-they-were-really-doing-us-inside-outside-communication-during-a-pandemic/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8220;If U Only Knew How They Were Really Doing Us&#8221;: Inside/Outside Communication During A Pandemic</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers:  Reliving the Decade You Survived</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/international-day-to-end-violence-against-sex-workers-reliving-the-decade-you-survived/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[suzyhooker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2019 01:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blast From the Past]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#idevasw]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#idevasw19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decade retrospective]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[december 17th]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sex worker history]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Caty Simon and Josephine Ten years ago, the remains of four sex workers &#8212; Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Maureen Brainard-Barnes and Amber Lynn Overstreet Costello &#8212; were found close to Gilgo Beach, near Long Island, New York. The bodies were unearthed after a frantic 911 call from another worker: Shannan Gilbert spent 21 minutes&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/international-day-to-end-violence-against-sex-workers-reliving-the-decade-you-survived/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers:  Reliving the Decade You Survived</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Massage Parlor Means Survival Here: Red Canary Song On Robert Kraft</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/the-massage-parlor-means-survival-here-red-canary-song-on-robert-kraft/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Canary Song]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2019 17:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[butterfly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elene lam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[massage parlors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[migrant sex workers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[police stings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[red canary song]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[As we gathered on the busy street corner in front of the Queens Public Library in Flushing on Friday March 29th, over one hundred community members heard our cry: “性工作是真工作!” Sex work is work! The police had blockaded Red Canary Song members from the library steps, protecting the carceral narratives that were being pushed inside&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/the-massage-parlor-means-survival-here-red-canary-song-on-robert-kraft/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Massage Parlor Means Survival Here: Red Canary Song On Robert Kraft</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Racism of Decriminalization</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/the-racism-of-decriminalization/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nada Zenith DeCat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2019 14:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[new south wales]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[racism]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Since I began writing this piece, both Scarlet Alliance and SWOP NSW have issued an apology to migrant sex workers for their part in the SEXHUM research. This is an unprecedented move in the right direction for peer organizations. I hope that there will be more attempts in the future to empower migrants and POC,&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/the-racism-of-decriminalization/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Racism of Decriminalization</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>How To Start A Post-SESTA Emergency Organizing Group</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/how-to-start-a-post-sesta-emergency-organizing-group/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[suzyhooker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2018 15:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arabelle Raphael]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BAPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cybersecurity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maxine Holloway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[service activism]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This post was jointly written by Maxine Holloway and Arabelle Raphael, co-founders of BAPS. On the morning after the Senate passed FOSTA we texted each other about whether we should remove our ads from our social media accounts. We weren&#8217;t exactly sure what to do and knew that many other people were in the same&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/how-to-start-a-post-sesta-emergency-organizing-group/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">How To Start A Post-SESTA Emergency Organizing Group</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Four Easy Tips For Doing Street Outreach</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/four-easy-tips-for-doing-street-outreach/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2018 14:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After the 2016 election I thought I would die if I didn&#8217;t do something now, immediately, something tangible where I walked away knowing that both I and the other person were better off after interacting: them with something concrete&#8212;whether it was a sandwich or hot coffee or condoms or whatever&#8212;and me feeling like I had&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/four-easy-tips-for-doing-street-outreach/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Four Easy Tips For Doing Street Outreach</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>International Whores&#8217; Day (And Lobby Day!) Link Roundup</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/international-whores-day-and-lobby-day-link-roundup/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[suzyhooker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2018 15:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anna Moone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Sex Workers Collective]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catherine Healy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ceyenne Doroshow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Whores' Day]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Support Ho(s)e]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Susan Elizabeth Shepard]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://titsandsass.com/?p=24286</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[What a week it&#8217;s been for sex worker organizing! The first sex worker Lobby Day on June 1st was followed by nationwide sex worker action on International Whores&#8217; Day on June 2nd. Post-SESTA, this annual day of organizing picked up more momentum than ever. Here&#8217;s our attempt at curating the coverage of this week&#8217;s news&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/international-whores-day-and-lobby-day-link-roundup/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">International Whores&#8217; Day (And Lobby Day!) Link Roundup</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fundraisers For Sex Workers Struggling Post-SESTA</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/fundraisers-for-sex-workers-struggling-post-sesta/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[suzyhooker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2018 14:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s note: Inclusion on this list does not indicate that Tits and Sass is endorsing a particular fund. Newwhoreizons is &#8220;a wealth redistribution club by [sex workers] for [sex workers].&#8221; $newwhoreizons on cash.me to donate, newwhoreizons on a private Instagram account for information&#8212;DM to request to join the club or ask for help. Lysistrata is&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/fundraisers-for-sex-workers-struggling-post-sesta/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Fundraisers For Sex Workers Struggling Post-SESTA</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sex Workers Are Not Collateral Damage: Kate D&#8217;Adamo on FOSTA and SESTA</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/sex-workers-are-not-collateral-damage-kate-dadamo-on-fosta-and-sesta/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Caty Simon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2018 19:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Both sex workers&#8217; rights and anti-trafficking organizations have been watching a bill winding its way through Congress for a while. Here at Tits and Sass, we&#8217;ve had plenty to say about it. SESTA, the Stop Enabling Sex Trafficking Act, the Senate version of the bill, would have been disastrous enough&#8212;it would create a trafficking-related loophole&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/sex-workers-are-not-collateral-damage-kate-dadamo-on-fosta-and-sesta/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Sex Workers Are Not Collateral Damage: Kate D&#8217;Adamo on FOSTA and SESTA</span></a>]]></description>
		
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