We don’t need to polarize people’s experiences in the sex trade. We need a better understanding of those experiences in all of their complexities. I feel like I get sucked into this debate where I have to argue that lots of different parts of the sex trade exist, over and over again. What is the… Continue reading Quotes of the Week–Special Doubleheader Edition
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Activist Spotlight: Magalie Lerman on Exploitation, the Anti-Prostitution Pledge, and Outreach
Magalie Lerman joined Prax(us), a Denver homeless youth and anti-trafficking organization, in 2010, as an outreach worker – one who knew the lay of the land in a way that others at Prax(us) did not. She now directs the outreach program and Hartcore, the constituent community organizing program. Hartcore and SWOP Denver (Sex Workers’ Outreach… Continue reading Activist Spotlight: Magalie Lerman on Exploitation, the Anti-Prostitution Pledge, and Outreach
Les Mis Isn’t An Anti-Trafficking Bible
Les Miserables translates roughly as “The Downtrodden.” Fantine is one of these downtrodden, a young working-class grisette who hides her out-of-wedlock child to obtain respectable employment. When her secret is discovered, she is thrown out of the factory. In desperation, she sells her hair and her teeth, and finally, reluctantly, she sells sex. (Incidentally, she may not be… Continue reading Les Mis Isn’t An Anti-Trafficking Bible
What Antis Can Do To Help, Part One: Aiding Those Still in the Industry
I am a sex worker who hates the sex industry. As an anti-capitalist, I hate all industries. It’s not quite as if I’d prefer another system in place of capitalism. If I had to describe my ideology in positive terms, I’d call it fatalistic socialism, which I define as the belief that socialism would be… Continue reading What Antis Can Do To Help, Part One: Aiding Those Still in the Industry