Monica Jones’ latest court date is today. Jones, an Arizona State University student, was targeted for arrest after she attended a SWOP-Phoenix protest against an oppressive diversion program, Project ROSE, backed by her own social work program. She was set up on charges of “manifesting prostitution”, but the ACLU constitutionally challenged her case at her… Continue reading The Week In Links—April 11
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The Week In Links—March 21
The 58th meeting of the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women took place in New York over the last two weeks, and on Wednesday hosted a sex work panel, “Sex Work is Work: Making the case for the promotion of health and economic rights of sex workers.” It was sponsored by the American Jewish World Service (which published… Continue reading The Week In Links—March 21
The Week In Links—December 6
On Dec. 4 brothels, strip clubs and sex shops in Soho, London were raided by over 200 police officers. The officers arrived in riot vans and were reinforced by a police helicopter. Think about that for a second: 200 police officers were deployed. That’s a literal army. The English Collective of Prostitutes’ response to this… Continue reading The Week In Links—December 6
The Week in Links: August 31
Don’t forget that today is the deadline to vote for SXSW PanelPicker. Vote for Tits and Sass! And our friends. Not everyone in Illinois is happy about the new pole tax, which will benefit the state’s Sexual Assault Prevention Fund. Disapproval of the tax spanned across political party lines and gender, according to a graph published… Continue reading The Week in Links: August 31
The Week in Links: August 24
We’re getting a little tired of the endless headlines about Tampa strippers gearing up for the Republican National Convention. But it’s almost over, so here ya go, one more. It’s kind of cute when the owner of Thee Dollhouse estimates that his average customer’s age is “somewhere between 35 and 80 years old.” Lisa Ann talks… Continue reading The Week in Links: August 24