Veteran activist Emi Koyama writes in Shakesville about how her talk at the 38th National Conference of Men and Masculinities on the problems with anti-trafficking discourse was censored and how she and other women of color were subsequently harassed by a group of so-called “feminist men”, members of a group called the National Organization of… Continue reading The Week In Links—August 23
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The Week In Links—August 16th
Help out a sex worker-run research project, Adult Industry Truth, by taking this survey on trafficking. The survey is for current and former sex workers, clients of sexual services, staff management of industry establishments, and/or social service workers that work with sex workers, to record their observations of trafficking in the industry. xojane disappointed us by posting… Continue reading The Week In Links—August 16th
The Week In Links—August 9th
WNYC did a segment on transgender and sex worker self-defense training with Daisey Lopez and Sempai Elena, “THE self-defense instructor for New York sex workers.” “We Got This: A Zine about Screening, Safe Calls & Buddy Systems For Safer Indoor Sex Work” has been released by Born Whore/Juliet November. It’s a PDF pamphlet that compiles… Continue reading The Week In Links—August 9th
The Week In Links—August 2nd
A piece in Australian lit mag Overland republished in the Guardian declares that the author “feels uneasy about sex work” but has “changed her mind” about it because “it’s not about me.” Uh, nice start, we guess? It’s interesting how many times the article employs the personal pronoun after its declaration that sex work is… Continue reading The Week In Links—August 2nd
The Week In Links—July 26th
There were Justice for Dora/Justice for Jasmine protests against violence against sex workers at Swedish and Turkish embassies in thirty six cities worldwide on the 19th, as documented by Melissa Gira Grant in her article on the movement in In These Times. But no sooner were the protests held were two more casualties of violence… Continue reading The Week In Links—July 26th