It is argued by some that patriarchy and colonialism are at the root of sex work, and therefore sex work should be abolished. Can’t the same be said of marriage? Aren’t Indigenous women violated, raped and murdered by intimate partners, including spouses, at three times the rate of Canadian women? If our streets, workplaces and… Continue reading Quote of the Week
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Quotes of the Week–Special Doubleheader Edition
We don’t need to polarize people’s experiences in the sex trade. We need a better understanding of those experiences in all of their complexities. I feel like I get sucked into this debate where I have to argue that lots of different parts of the sex trade exist, over and over again. What is the… Continue reading Quotes of the Week–Special Doubleheader Edition
The Week In Links–April 12th
The Root and the Daily Beast ask porn perfomers whether the industry is racist—the answer is a resounding NO DUH. A Westminster Council study shows that the recession puts sex workers under a greater risk of violence. This is yet another reason to adopt the Merseyside model in which crimes against sex workers are treated as hate crimes… Continue reading The Week In Links–April 12th
The Week in Links–March 8th
International Sex Workers’ Rights Day was this week, on March third, and it came with a whole slew of links. Maggie’s Toronto, The Toronto Sex Workers’ Action Project, produced a press release for the occasion in which street workers demand full decriminalization of their lives. Many sex workers honored the day by creating a hash tag on… Continue reading The Week in Links–March 8th
The Week in Links–March 1st
Vice mag contributor Helen Rimmel did a photo essay on South Mumbai sex workers who are peer teachers on HIV, STDs, and women’s rights in the community. Ignore Rimmel’s offensive attempts at a narrative—“Life in the red light districts is…pretty much like living in a giant toilet bowl full of syringes and awful people”—and enjoy the photos… Continue reading The Week in Links–March 1st