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		<title>Black Trans Sex Worker Leaders Reflect On December 17th</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[suzyhooker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2017 15:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ava Talley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black trans sex workers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ceyenne Doroshow]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[December 17]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[For this International Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers, Tits and Sass asked two Black trans sex worker leaders what the sex workers&#8217; rights movement should be doing in the face of the epidemic of violence against sex working trans women of color.  Ceyenne Doroshow is an activist role model in the trans sex&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/black-trans-sex-worker-leaders-reflect-on-december-17th/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Black Trans Sex Worker Leaders Reflect On December 17th</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Thinking About Cyntoia And My Black Body</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Naomi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2017 16:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trafficking]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cyntoia Brown]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[naomi]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Content warning: this piece contains accounts of child sexual abuse and violence against a sex working minor as well as discussion of structural violence.  I spent my teen years selling sex on the internet. I grew up on the Craigslist Erotic Services section, finding men who would pay me for something I didn’t take seriously&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/thinking-about-cyntoia-and-my-black-body/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Thinking About Cyntoia And My Black Body</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Eros Raid Means None of Us Are Safe</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/the-eros-raid-means-none-of-us-are-safe/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Caty Simon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2017 15:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Caty Simon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eros raid]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Three days ago, Eros-Guide’s call center in Youngsville, North Carolina, was raided by the Department of Homeland Security. On Tuesday morning at 10:30 AM, a dozen black government vehicles converged on parent company Bolma Star Service’s office and data center, beginning a search and seizure operation that would last into the night. They confiscated computers,&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/the-eros-raid-means-none-of-us-are-safe/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Eros Raid Means None of Us Are Safe</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Activist Spotlight Interview: PJ Starr On Marcia Powell And Prison Abolition</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/activist-spotlight-interview-pj-starr-on-marcia-powell-and-prison-abolition/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Caty Simon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2017 17:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Activist Spotlight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Prison Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carol Leigh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caty Simon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Monica Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NO HUMAN INVOLVED]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peggy Plews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PJ Starr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prison abolition]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[respectability politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sheriff Joe Arpaio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SWOP-Phoenix]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s note, 8/31/2017: In light of Trump&#8217;s pardon of former sheriff Joe Arpaio for his contempt of court conviction re: the order to cease his reign of terror against immigrants in Arizona&#8217;s Maricopa County, we&#8217;re posting an updated edition of my September 2014 interview with PJ Starr. I interviewed Starr on her documentary about Marcia Powell,&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/activist-spotlight-interview-pj-starr-on-marcia-powell-and-prison-abolition/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Activist Spotlight Interview: PJ Starr On Marcia Powell And Prison Abolition</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Activist Spotlight: AMMAR Rep Maria Riot On Putas Feministas and Participating In The Women&#8217;s Strike</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/activist-spotlight-ammar-rep-maria-riot-on-putas-feministas-and-participating-in-the-womens-strike/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Caty Simon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Georgina Orellano]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Maria Riot]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Maria Riot, a member of Argentine sex worker trade union AMMAR, contacted Tits and Sass after the Women&#8217;s Strike this month, eager to talk about how her organization participated in the event in their country. AMMAR has maintained a strong presence in Argentina for more than two decades, and its many bold campaigns have often&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/activist-spotlight-ammar-rep-maria-riot-on-putas-feministas-and-participating-in-the-womens-strike/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Activist Spotlight: AMMAR Rep Maria Riot On Putas Feministas and Participating In The Women&#8217;s Strike</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>WTF, Backpage?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Caty Simon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-trafficking hysteria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Backpage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[backpage.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carl Ferrer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[criminalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Larkin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kamala Harris]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[We all knew it was coming. With California Attorney General Kamala Harris filing a second set of multiple charges of pimping and money laundering last month against Backpage CEO Carl Ferrer and shareholders Michael Lacey and James Larkin, and with Ferrer and his shareholders&#8217; Senate hearing coming up last Tuesday before the Permanent Subcommittee on&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/wtf-backpage/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">WTF, Backpage?</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>We Deserve Better: Reflections On The War On Backpage</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/we-deserve-better-reflections-on-the-war-on-backpage/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cyd Nova]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2016 14:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s happening again. I remember the drop in my stomach as my browser opened on the homepage of MyRedBook in 2014 and I saw the emblems of the FBI, DOJ, and the IRS occupying a page which used to host an escort ad, review, and forum website used by thousands of providers across the West&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/we-deserve-better-reflections-on-the-war-on-backpage/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">We Deserve Better: Reflections On The War On Backpage</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why Sex Workers Shouldn&#8217;t Vote Green</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/why-sex-workers-shouldnt-vote-green/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Schulte]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2016 15:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cathryn Berarovich]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[end demand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green party usa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jill stein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mass incarceration]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Red Schulte]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[With contributions by Cathryn Berarovich.  In this election, there is no viable option for those of us looking to build a better world. People have exclaimed, “What about Bernie?! What about Jill Stein?” And maybe a little while ago, before looking into their respective platforms, I would have said, “Okay, yeah, sure—but organize.” But fortunately,&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/why-sex-workers-shouldnt-vote-green/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Why Sex Workers Shouldn&#8217;t Vote Green</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Right To Survive: The Case of Alisha Walker</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/the-right-to-survive-the-case-of-alisha-walker/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[suzyhooker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2016 15:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alan Filan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alisha Walker]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Red Schulte]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[by Red Schulte and Cathryn Berarovich of the Support Ho(s)e Collective  Alisha Walker was just 20 years old when she had to defend herself against a client who was drunk and violent. She was 22 when she was convicted of second degree murder and 15 years in prison for defending both her own life and the&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/the-right-to-survive-the-case-of-alisha-walker/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Right To Survive: The Case of Alisha Walker</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Activist Spotlight: Bonnie On Violence And Endurance</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/activist-spotlight-bonnie-on-violence-and-endurance/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robin D]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Feb 2016 15:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[gigi thomas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Content warning: This interview contains graphic descriptions of police violence and rape, imprisonment, and domestic abuse. Bonnie is a veteran sex workers’ rights activist who has done outreach work in the D.C. area since 2001. She was a HIPS (Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive) client who lived on the streets in Maryland. Later, she was inspired&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/activist-spotlight-bonnie-on-violence-and-endurance/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Activist Spotlight: Bonnie On Violence And Endurance</span></a>]]></description>
		
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