In a terrible blow for Bay Area sex workers, the sites MyRedbook.com and SFRedbook.com were shut down by the FBI, accused of money laundering and facilitating prostitution. Redbook was one of the few free advertising sites left where sex workers could advertise, talk to and screen clients with a degree of distance. Steph Key, a member… Continue reading The Week In Links—June 27
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Quote Of The Week
Smith didn’t just consider it irrelevant to ask these women what the law has meant (and hasn’t meant) to them. She also refused to engage with the many sex workers who tweeted her to point out this omission […] She allowed police officers – people who see it as their mission to drive sex workers out of… Continue reading Quote Of The Week
The Week in Links: August 19
A Ron Paul supporter turned to the Austin Chronicle to solicit dirt on opposing presidential candidate Rick Perry. Seeking to expose Perry’s family values platform as hypocritical, Paul supporter Robert Morrow specifically asked strippers and escorts to come forward. SocialiteLife.com published an interview with former Jesse James mistress/stripper/model/alleged white supremacist Michelle “Bombshell” McGee. Gender Across Borders is looking for… Continue reading The Week in Links: August 19
In Defense of Backpage
History is repeating itself, and I doubt a single sex worker is surprised. It was common knowledge that Backpage would become the next political target after it absorbed the tremendous spillover of adult advertisers when Craigslist shut down its “adult services” section. Now, given The Village Voice’s willingness to take the fight to those who… Continue reading In Defense of Backpage
The Week In Links: July 1
Not-quite-strippers in Saskatchewan find a way around the laws against dancing for alcohol drinking patrons. The Scarlet Alliance’s Elena Jeffreys explains why feminists should listen to sex workers. Des Moines police have arrested two people, a man and a woman, for the brutal murder of a prostitute in 2010, while Liverpool police may have solved the 2005… Continue reading The Week In Links: July 1