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		<title>International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers:  Reliving the Decade You Survived</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[suzyhooker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2019 01:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Caty Simon and Josephine Ten years ago, the remains of four sex workers &#8212; Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Maureen Brainard-Barnes and Amber Lynn Overstreet Costello &#8212; were found close to Gilgo Beach, near Long Island, New York. The bodies were unearthed after a frantic 911 call from another worker: Shannan Gilbert spent 21 minutes&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/international-day-to-end-violence-against-sex-workers-reliving-the-decade-you-survived/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers:  Reliving the Decade You Survived</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Erasure of Maya Angelou&#8217;s Sex Work History</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peechington Marie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 17:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As Black History Month draws to a close, we thought revisiting Peech&#8217;s seminal essay on Maya Angelou would be appropriate.  Dr. Maya Angelou, American Poet Laureate, most famous for authoring I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, passed away at age 86 on May 28th, 2014. Her literary agent Helen Brann confirmed the news to&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/the-erasure-of-maya-angelou/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Erasure of Maya Angelou&#8217;s Sex Work History</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hugh Hefner: Rapist And Revolutionary</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/hugh-hefner-rapist-and-revolutionary/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maggie McMuffin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2017 20:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Content warning: this post contains brief references to rape and abuse.  Hugh Hefner died. Of course he did. Dude was 91. When my castmate announced it after rehearsal, I didn’t feel shock at the news. Hefner may as well have died when he stopped being the editor of Playboy magazine. Or when The Girls Next&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/hugh-hefner-rapist-and-revolutionary/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Hugh Hefner: Rapist And Revolutionary</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Activist Spotlight: AMMAR Rep Maria Riot On Putas Feministas and Participating In The Women&#8217;s Strike</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Caty Simon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Maria Riot, a member of Argentine sex worker trade union AMMAR, contacted Tits and Sass after the Women&#8217;s Strike this month, eager to talk about how her organization participated in the event in their country. AMMAR has maintained a strong presence in Argentina for more than two decades, and its many bold campaigns have often&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/activist-spotlight-ammar-rep-maria-riot-on-putas-feministas-and-participating-in-the-womens-strike/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Activist Spotlight: AMMAR Rep Maria Riot On Putas Feministas and Participating In The Women&#8217;s Strike</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Treading Air  (2016)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2016 15:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As a sex worker and a fairly enthusiastic reader, I’ve come across so few of our stories told in fiction—and very few set in my own country of Australia. So when I recently discovered Ariella van Luyn’s 2016 novel Treading Air, I was instantly intrigued. It had a fascinating historical premise and a sex worker&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/treading-air-2016/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text"><i>Treading Air </i> (2016)</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>To Live Freely In This World: Sex Worker Activism In Africa (2016)</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/to-live-freely-in-this-world-sex-worker-activism-in-africa-2016/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Caty Simon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2016 14:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A version of this review originally appeared in issue 19 of make/shift magazine In March 2016, South African deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa made a historic announcement of a nationwide scheme to prevent and treat HIV among sex workers, proclaiming, “we cannot deny the humanity and inalienable rights of people who engage in sex work.” Though&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/to-live-freely-in-this-world-sex-worker-activism-in-africa-2016/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text"><i>To Live Freely In This World: Sex Worker Activism In Africa</i> (2016)</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mary Wept Over The Feet of Jesus  (2016)</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/mary-wept-at-the-feet-of-jesus-2016/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[suzyhooker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2016 14:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Canadian comic artist Chester Brown is probably the most well-known punter-writer our there. His latest, Mary Wept Over The Feet of Jesus: Prostitution And Religious Obedience In The Bible, is an analysis of the Bible as a graphic novel. (Maybe Brown likes illustration because most clients need pictures in their books.) This review of his newly&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/mary-wept-at-the-feet-of-jesus-2016/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text"><i>Mary Wept Over The Feet of Jesus </i> (2016)</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Activist Spotlight: Morgan M Page on Trans History And Truth</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/activist-spotlight-morgan-m-page-on-trans-history-and-truth/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Caty Simon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2016 15:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Morgan M. Page, veteran Canadian trans and sex workers’ rights activist, artist, and writer, recently launched a new podcast focusing on Western trans history called One From The Vaults. Tits and Sass interviewed with her to coincide with the posting of the fourth episode of the podcast. Two of the three episodes you have up&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/activist-spotlight-morgan-m-page-on-trans-history-and-truth/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Activist Spotlight: Morgan M Page on Trans History And Truth</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Look At Her Work: Candida Royalle&#8217;s Legacy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leigh Alanna]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2015 17:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Candida Royalle was born in 1950 to a New York City that, to her, appeared buttoned-up and fucked-up about sex. She left that city, and the world, for good just a few days ago after several years of wrangling with ovarian cancer. Following in her musician father&#8217;s footsteps, Royalle pursued an arts education, funded first&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/look-at-her-work-candida-royalles-legacy/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Look At Her Work: Candida Royalle&#8217;s Legacy</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>How Sex Work Got Us This Far In Gay Liberation</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/how-sex-work-got-us-this-far-in-gay-liberation/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hawk Kinkaid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2015 14:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Like many of my LGBT peers and allies, I am grateful for the contributions made before and for the possibilities ahead. This summer, the Supreme Court acknowledged the humanity of LGBT individuals. And one of our pinnacle liberation symbols, New York City’s Stonewall Inn, the site of the 1969 Stonewall riots, was made a national&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/how-sex-work-got-us-this-far-in-gay-liberation/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">How Sex Work Got Us This Far In Gay Liberation</span></a>]]></description>
		
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