Equality Now and other abolitionist groups campaigned against the UN’s recommendation to decriminalize sex work. Don’t read the articles linked unless you have a strong stomach. Melissa Gira Grant documented a particularly exasperating twitter exchange with Equality Now’s Rachel Moran on her blog, in which Moran claimed that “‘sex workers’ don’t exist.” Scott Long also provides some valuable context. The New York… Continue reading Week In Links—September 27th
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The Week In Links—September 20th
Amy Paul, an Ottawa sex worker, was found murdered in a local hay field this Tuesday after her family reported her missing on September 9th. Meanwhile, Amber Smith, another local sex worker who was reported missing two days after Paul, was found safe. SWOP-NYC and SWANK challenge Sudhur Venkatesh’s fallacious “research” on sex work, in which… Continue reading The Week In Links—September 20th
The Week In Links—September 13th
New York’s Red Umbrella Project is currently accepting submissions for Issue Three of its Prose & Lore literary journal. We’ve written about it here and here, and here’s Caty’s interview with project founder Audacia Ray. Some folks are working on a documentary to honor the work of Civil Rights pioneer, Stonewall veteran, former sex worker, Black transgender… Continue reading The Week In Links—September 13th
The Week In Links—September 6th
This story by Missy Wilkinson about the business slowdown in New Orleans strip clubs during the summer nails that “bad season” feeling so common in hot climates: “It’s also a time when she experiences a phenomenon she calls ‘bad-busy’: a club crowded with people who may pay the cover charge and buy a drink, but… Continue reading The Week In Links—September 6th
The Week In Links—August 30
Brooke Magnanti picks apart the spurious statistics behind panic in the UK over Vietnamese nail salons serving as fronts for sex slavery. The LA Times published a long story about former studio executive Richard Nanula, including his habit of hiring porn performers to make “private” movies, thinking he would be legally immune to solicitation charges… Continue reading The Week In Links—August 30