In Merseyside, England, violence against sex workers is treated by the police as a hate crime. This means that when a sex worker is the victim of an assault, robbery, or rape, she or he can report the incident without fear of being charged with prostitution, because the police have agreed to place a higher… Continue reading The Merseyside Model, Part I: Can Sex Worker Activists Partner with the Police and a Conservative London Politician?
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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