by Alisha Walker and Red Schulte (written by Red, with editing and considerable input from Alisha) Alisha Walker is a 27-year-old former sex working person originally from Akron, Ohio. She was criminalized for an act of self-defense when a regular client threatened her life and the life of a fellow worker in January 2014. A… Continue reading “If U Only Knew How They Were Really Doing Us”: Inside/Outside Communication During A Pandemic
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Sex Workers: YOU CAN AND SHOULD REQUEST PANDEMIC RELIEF
So we’re about a month into strip clubs being shut down. Before that, most in-person sex workers had already been worried about the potential of getting or spreading COVID-19 (the illness caused by the coronavirus) at work, and probably noticed a significant dip in business. Most times we’d be SOL when it comes to accessing… Continue reading Sex Workers: YOU CAN AND SHOULD REQUEST PANDEMIC RELIEF
Coronavirus and the Predictable Unpredictability of Survival Sex Work
With the coronavirus hitting a market which has still not recovered from SESTA/FOSTA and the Backpage seizure, sex work has taken a double whammy in a two year period, and it is most adversely affecting those of us who have the least power, influence, and resources. Still, for us survival sex workers—people who work just… Continue reading Coronavirus and the Predictable Unpredictability of Survival Sex Work