In light of the recent murders of Long Island sex workers, vigilante justice group New York Initiative has been getting attention for their offers to protect and rescue sex workers in need, all while wearing superhero costumes. Their Craigslist post, beginning with a somewhat creepy and condescending “Hello, pretty lady!”, gives some obvious safety advice… Continue reading Army of Me: Sex Worker Self Defense
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The Week In Links: May 6
Stephen Soderbergh, director of The Girlfriend Experience, is coming out of early retirement to make a movie about a male stripper. Mr. Soderbergh, meet Ms. Fey: you two are both certifiably Obsessed With Sex Workers! Welcome to the club. Kansas is (unsurprisingly) using trafficking rhetoric to push its (otherwise failed) attempts at restricting adult-oriented businesses. Colorado… Continue reading The Week In Links: May 6
Protect, Don’t Prosecute
(Reposted in full from The Red Umbrella Project) In the week leading up to December 17, 2010 – the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers – the remains of four women who were killed while doing sex work were discovered on a beach in Long Island. Over the past two weeks, the remains… Continue reading Protect, Don’t Prosecute
The Week in Links: March 4
Studies are being conducted to evaluate whether some lubes might increase risk of HIV transmission. Louisiana currently requires citizens convicted of having oral or anal sex in exchange for money register as sex offenders. But the law is now being challenged. (Deon Haywood, who is quoted in the linked article, spoke on this very same… Continue reading The Week in Links: March 4
I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear LYCRA®
Koch Industries is one of America’s largest privately owned companies and a major funder of conservative political causes. You can read about the Koch brothers (there’s family drama in addition to coverage of their Tea Party-supporting ways) in a couple of thorough articles from last summer in New York and the New Yorker. Currently… Continue reading I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear LYCRA®