Virulently transphobic and whorephobic radical “feminist” lawyer Cathy Brennan was at it again this week on twitter, intensifying her campaign of terror against trans women by threatening to out trans sex workers. One trans sex worker whom Brennan has victimized told Tits and Sass, “She has a webpage for me on her…site, where I sit… Continue reading The Week In Links—October 25th
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The Week In Links—October 11th
An open letter extravaganza began this week when Sinead O’Connor wrote to Miley Cyrus, warning her that the music industry “will prostitute you for all you are worth, and cleverly make you think its[sic] what YOU wanted.. and when you end up in rehab as a result of being prostituted, ‘they’ will be sunning themselves… Continue reading The Week In Links—October 11th
Who Gets Left Out: Respectability Politics Round Table, Part Two
You can read part one of this dialogue here. Emma Caterine: Red Umbrella Project has definitely encountered issues around pressure to conform to respectability politics from larger groups who fund or sponsor us in different ways. It is telling that I can’t mention many of the specifics for fear of re-opening old wounds. Particularly the… Continue reading Who Gets Left Out: Respectability Politics Round Table, Part Two
The Week In Links—August 30
Brooke Magnanti picks apart the spurious statistics behind panic in the UK over Vietnamese nail salons serving as fronts for sex slavery. The LA Times published a long story about former studio executive Richard Nanula, including his habit of hiring porn performers to make “private” movies, thinking he would be legally immune to solicitation charges… Continue reading The Week In Links—August 30
The Week In Links—August 16th
Help out a sex worker-run research project, Adult Industry Truth, by taking this survey on trafficking. The survey is for current and former sex workers, clients of sexual services, staff management of industry establishments, and/or social service workers that work with sex workers, to record their observations of trafficking in the industry. xojane disappointed us by posting… Continue reading The Week In Links—August 16th