Help Tits and Sass contributor Peechington Marie’s fundraiser to offset funeral costs for murdered young Black strippers Tjisha Ball and Angelia Mangum meet its goal in its final week. The Daily Dot covers an online campaign to have the AP style book replace “prostitute” with “sex worker.” Want more on this? You’re in luck, as… Continue reading The Week In Links—October 17
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The Week in Links—October 10th
Mayang Prasetyo, a trans woman sex worker, was killed by her boyfriend in Australia (trigger warning: article describes a brutal, perverse murder). The Courier Mail used some unconscionably unfeeling headlines in relating the murder, and is being called on it. Oregon lobbyists are working with strippers and social workers to come up with legislation that… Continue reading The Week in Links—October 10th
The Week In Links—June 27
In a terrible blow for Bay Area sex workers, the sites MyRedbook.com and SFRedbook.com were shut down by the FBI, accused of money laundering and facilitating prostitution. Redbook was one of the few free advertising sites left where sex workers could advertise, talk to and screen clients with a degree of distance. Steph Key, a member… Continue reading The Week In Links—June 27
Canada’s Doomed Compromise On Prostitution Laws
On June 4, Canada’s Justice Minister Peter MacKay introduced Bill C-36. According to the Pivot Legal Society, this legislation will, if passed, criminalize “the purchase of sex, communicating for the purpose of selling sex, gaining material benefit from sex work, and advertising sexual services.” It would be functionally impossible to establish brothels, agencies, and sex… Continue reading Canada’s Doomed Compromise On Prostitution Laws
The Week In Links—June 20
In Washington, D.C., police make an effort to make sure sex workers know that condoms (in whatever quantity) are not admissible evidence. The Network of Sex Work Projects has put together a short film about the damage anti-sex work anti-traffickers do: Collateral Damage: Sex Workers and the Anti-Trafficking Campaigns. Very bad news about Jill Brenneman’s… Continue reading The Week In Links—June 20