Trans and sex workers’ rights activist Monica Jones appealed her conviction on false charges of “manifesting prostitution” this Monday. In related news, Project ROSE, the criminally wrongheaded alliance between the Arizona State School of Social Work and the Phoenix police in which sex workers were arrested in stings and funneled into jail or diversion programs,… Continue reading The Week In Links—November 28th
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The Week In Links—July 5th
The New York Times ran a substantial piece on the still-unsolved Long Island sex worker murders by Robert Kolker, author of a forthcoming book on the same subject. Anwar al-Awlaki, a cleric assassinated by a US drone strike in Yemen, “regularly visited high end prostitutes” — if you think 7 times over ten months counts as regularity. How… Continue reading The Week In Links—July 5th
Activist Spotlight: Hawk Kinkaid on Negotiation and Shared Knowledge
Hawk Kinkaid, a former escort, Internet porn performer and pro-dom, is the founder of HOOK, a grassroots non-profit organization that since 1997 has undertaken to share knowledge, reduce harm and build community among male sex workers. HOOK has published guides on best practices, negotiation, and legal issues, has collected stories and interviews, and runs the… Continue reading Activist Spotlight: Hawk Kinkaid on Negotiation and Shared Knowledge
Week In Links–March 22
Renowned 70s porn star Harry Reems died this Tuesday. Apparently, you can tell a lot about a state or country by the porn it favors. The state of Kentucky has an unexpected fondness for hentai, and Britain is into girls who can squirt. Russia has a thing for Sasha Grey. Tomorrow there is a book release… Continue reading Week In Links–March 22
An Excerpt From Pros(e), Issue #1 (2012)
Pros(e) is the Red Umbrella Project’s literary journal, which collects and publishes the writings of participants in their writing workshops. The first Becoming Writers Workshop, which took place in Fall 2012, resulted in this first edition edited by Melissa Petro. You can buy the print and e-book versions of Pros(e) here. They will be running a… Continue reading An Excerpt From Pros(e), Issue #1 (2012)