Tits and Sass contributor and Mastodon video vixen Lux ATL was featured in Atlanta alt-weekly Creative Loafing‘s Lust List last week. This VICE UK opinion piece takes abolitionist Julie Bindel to task for her use of the term “pimp lobby” to dismiss sex workers fighting for their rights. The largest study ever done on trafficking… Continue reading The Week In Links—February 20
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The Week in Links—February 6th
Rashida Jones replied (respectfully!) to Kitty Stryker‘s post earlier this week on Tits and Sass, and the two engaged in brief dialogue. Thailand is amping up arrests of sex workers in an attempt to appear to be compliant with US regulations on trafficking. SWOP-Seattle has written an open letter to lawmakers, asking them to stop bills that… Continue reading The Week in Links—February 6th
The Week In Links—January 30th
Monica Jones’ conviction for “manifesting intent to commit prostitution” was overturned this week! Jones said: …My conviction being vacated is important but it is a small win in our larger fight for justice. There are so many trans women and cisgender women who might be charged under this law in Phoenix and similar laws across… Continue reading The Week In Links—January 30th
The Week in Links—November 7th
Viktoria, a new film about migrant sex workers in Switzerland, is out now in that country. Switzerland attracts sex workers from Hungary, although prejudices against the Roma—a group many of the migrants belong to—color their reception. Jordan Flaherty, interviewed on this site about his reporting on Project ROSE, has a new story out about how Alaska’s… Continue reading The Week in Links—November 7th
The Week in Links—August 22nd
Christy Mack, who was brutally beaten by her ex-boyfriend last week, inspiring this week’s series on domestic violence, now has a fund to help cover medical and recovery expenses. Donate if you can, and share! Vice’s food column this week features an entertaining interview with lesbian stripper and sugar baby Jacq. Ruth Jacobs does a… Continue reading The Week in Links—August 22nd