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		<title>When Will It Be #TimesUp For Rapist Cops? #MeToo And Sex Workers</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/when-will-it-be-timesup-for-rapist-cops-metoo-and-sex-workers/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lizzy Starr]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2018 15:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[#metoo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gloria Steinem]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Content warning: This piece contains general discussion of sexual assault and state violence.  Last week, Time Magazine published a story about sex worker exclusion from the #metoo phenomenon. Sex workers are a criminalized population vulnerable to sexual assault, composed of people oppressed in many intersectional ways, so the inaccessibility of this newly popularized movement against&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/when-will-it-be-timesup-for-rapist-cops-metoo-and-sex-workers/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">When Will It Be #TimesUp For Rapist Cops? #MeToo And Sex Workers</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fabrication Used To Scam Sex Worker Community Funds</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/sex-worker-rights-activist-bambi-ortiz-raped-arrested-and-held-without-bail-by-nypd/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[suzyhooker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 May 2017 20:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[5/22: THIS WAS A FABRICATION. WE ARE DEEPLY SORRY, ESPECIALLY TO OUR READERS WHO ARE SEX WORKING WOMEN OF COLOR, AND TO THE WOMAN WHOSE PHOTOGRAPH WAS USED FRAUDULENTLY. SEX WORKER COLLECTIVE FUND LYSISTRATA HAS STATED IT WILL RETURN ANY DONATIONS GIVEN TO THEM FOR THIS. LILY FURY IS A FORMER CONTRIBUTOR, AS WERE HER&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/sex-worker-rights-activist-bambi-ortiz-raped-arrested-and-held-without-bail-by-nypd/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Fabrication Used To Scam Sex Worker Community Funds</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>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Activist Spotlight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bonnie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[criminalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gigi thomas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[harm reduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HIPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[police violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robin d]]></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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		<title>Who&#8217;s The Victim: The Tragedy of Latesha Clay</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/whos-the-victim-the-tragedy-of-latesha-clay/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katya M]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2016 15:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Cops]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trafficking]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[katya m]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latesha Clay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[misogynoir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[police violence]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Content warning: This piece contains general discussion of child sexual abuse. Reading about the plight of Latesha Clay, the child in Grand Rapids, MI sentenced to nine years in prison after being used as live bait in a robbery scheme, the thing that struck me was the use of the word “victim.” Of course, referring&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/whos-the-victim-the-tragedy-of-latesha-clay/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Who&#8217;s The Victim: The Tragedy of Latesha Clay</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Naked Music Monday: Beyoncé Shows Us Blackness, Unapologetically</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/naked-music-monday-beyonce-shows-us-blackness-unapologetically/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Autumn Rose]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2016 17:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Autumn Rose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beyonce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black history month]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Lives Matter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black sex workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Formation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[misogynoir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[police violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[structural police violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl 50]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Beyonce’s &#8220;Formation&#8221; can be described with two words: unapologetically black. Images of black babies sporting their natural hair, lyrics such as “I got hot sauce in my bag (swag)”, and Beyonce atop a sinking New Orleans police car in what appears to be the wreckage of Katrina are what make that description a snug fit. The&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/naked-music-monday-beyonce-shows-us-blackness-unapologetically/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Naked Music Monday: Beyoncé Shows Us Blackness, Unapologetically</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>October 22nd And After: The Movement Against Police Violence And Black Sex Workers</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/october-22nd-and-after-the-movement-against-police-violence-and-black-sex-workers/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cherno Biko]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2015 15:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Race]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Black trans sex workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cherno Biko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[misogynoir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mya Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[police brutality]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[racism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shelley Treasure Hilliard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[structural police violence]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Every year since 1995, thousands of people all over the world have joined forces in an effort to end police brutality, repression, and the criminalization of our lives. In America, yesterday, October 22nd, has become known as the National Day to End Police Brutality. These efforts were launched by the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA and&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/october-22nd-and-after-the-movement-against-police-violence-and-black-sex-workers/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">October 22nd And After: The Movement Against Police Violence And Black Sex Workers</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Week in Links—May 28th</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/the-week-in-links-may-28th/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2015 21:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Laura Lee]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[San Francisco Sex Worker Film and Art Festival]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sonagachi project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this video game brothel, clients and workers become disembodied parts before they fuse together in a scene that manages to be amusing and nightmarish at the same time. The top Honolulu prosecutor had to drop charges against the massage parlor workers who were arrested in a raid and then charged with sexual assault after&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/the-week-in-links-may-28th/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Week in Links—May 28th</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Activist Spotlight: Derek Demeri on the United Nations and Universal Rights</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/activist-spotlight-derek-demeri-on-the-united-nations-and-universal-rights/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Caty Simon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2015 14:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[criminalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Derek Demeri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monica Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[police violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[queer sex workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the New Jersey Red Umbrella Alliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trans sex workers]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[On May 11th, American sex workers’ rights activists Monica Jones and Derek Demeri met with the United Nations’ Human Rights Council in Geneva to advocate for protections for sex workers, in preparation for the Council&#8217;s quadrennial Universal Period Review of the US&#8217; human rights record that same day. The following interview was conducted with Demeri,&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/activist-spotlight-derek-demeri-on-the-united-nations-and-universal-rights/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Activist Spotlight: Derek Demeri on the United Nations and Universal Rights</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Week In Links—May 8th</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josephine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2015 21:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Possibly cancelled A&#38;E reality TV show 8 Minutes reneged on its promise to help sex workers. Some argue that their lives were made worse after filming. The subsequent backlash has attracted a lot of negative press for the show; representatives from the show don&#8217;t seem to be responding to any journalists&#8217; inquiries, including our own&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/the-week-in-links-may-8th/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Week In Links—May 8th</span></a>]]></description>
		
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