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… Continue reading Tits and Sass Stands With Black Lives Matter
Category: Cops
The Massage Parlor Means Survival Here: Red Canary Song On Robert Kraft
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… Continue reading The Massage Parlor Means Survival Here: Red Canary Song On Robert Kraft
Actually, the Detroit Police Department Visited Stormy Daniels First
Stormy Daniels’ performance in Columbus, Ohio last week wasn’t the first to get interrupted by a vice squad. On April 18, her performance in Detroit was also paid a visit by the Detroit Police Department Vice Squad. They appeared between her first and second performance, shortly after the majority of journalists had already left to… Continue reading Actually, the Detroit Police Department Visited Stormy Daniels First
When Will It Be #TimesUp For Rapist Cops? #MeToo And Sex Workers
Content warning: This piece contains general discussion of sexual assault and state violence. Last week, Time Magazine published a story about sex worker exclusion from the #metoo phenomenon. Sex workers are a criminalized population vulnerable to sexual assault, composed of people oppressed in many intersectional ways, so the inaccessibility of this newly popularized movement against… Continue reading When Will It Be #TimesUp For Rapist Cops? #MeToo And Sex Workers
Activist Spotlight: BARE on the Mass Closure of Strip Clubs in New Orleans
An unholy mix of gentrification and trafficking hysteria created the perfect political climate to allow law enforcement to shutter several New Orleans strip clubs, leaving scores of dancers unemployed. The Bourbon Alliance of Responsible Entertainers rapidly sprung into action; they disrupted the mayor’s press conference and organized the Unemployment March the following night, which drew… Continue reading Activist Spotlight: BARE on the Mass Closure of Strip Clubs in New Orleans