Meghan Murphy, a Canadian feminist writer who has spent at least five years on this site waging misogynist harassment campaigns against sex workers and trans women, as if it were all she had for a content strategy… is finally suspended. pic.twitter.com/lo9sW9niv8 — Melissa Gira Grant (@melissagira) November 24, 2018 Meghan Murphy was booted from… Continue reading Gender Critical Feminism is Fascism
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Post-SESTA/FOSTA Self-Censoring for Twitter, Reddit, and other Social Media
In the immediate aftermath of SESTA/FOSTA passing, before it’s even been signed into law, we’re already seeing discussion of sex work on the internet hit. Some companies, like Patreon, seem to have preemptively changed their policies last year while the legislation was being written. Others have started publicly changing their policies today and it should… Continue reading Post-SESTA/FOSTA Self-Censoring for Twitter, Reddit, and other Social Media
More Than Silence: Tjhisha Ball, Angelia Mangum, and the Erasure of Black Sex Workers
Tjhisha Ball and Angelia Mangum: Two names you should know but probably don’t. Tjhisha Ball and Angelia Mangum were 19 and 18 years old, respectively, two young women who were brutally murdered on September 18th. Their bodies were found in Duval County, Florida, reportedly thrown off an overpass, by passerby in the wee hours of… Continue reading More Than Silence: Tjhisha Ball, Angelia Mangum, and the Erasure of Black Sex Workers
The Role of Humor In Sex Worker Activism: Should We Always Be So Goddamn Hilarious?
If you’ve been hanging out in the digital sex work community for long enough, you’ve learned a handful of things. One is that some men really like to interrupt your conversations uninvited to assume that you do your work for the sake of your sexual liberty, and to assure you that they’re totally cool with… Continue reading The Role of Humor In Sex Worker Activism: Should We Always Be So Goddamn Hilarious?
I’m Special, Baby: The Sex Worker Edition of #notallmen
Just as the rallying cry of men defending themselves from those mean, mean feminists seems to be, “Not ALL men!” so does the sex work client object to generalizations about him. In fact, the one thing all sex work clients have in common is that they all think they’re different, special, and not like those… Continue reading I’m Special, Baby: The Sex Worker Edition of #notallmen