Trafficking survivor Jes Richardson offers a concise, helpful critique of most ‘rescue’ operations: “When someone is rescued the power, strength, courage, and control is placed in the hands of the rescuers, rather than empowering the person being rescued.” Here are a few “no duh” sex tips from sex worker Siouxsie Q. This guy read Melissa… Continue reading The Week In Links—February 14th
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The Week In Links–May 31st
Brooklyn prosecutors advised local police to stop confiscating condoms as evidence of prostitution. Labour MSP Rhoda Grant lodged a Members Bill to criminalize the purchase of sex in the Scottish Parliament. The Daily Record reports the sobering revelation that a public consultation on the proposed Purchase of Sex Bill found almost 80 per cent of respondents would back… Continue reading The Week In Links–May 31st
The Week In Links–March 29th
Louis Vutton has been accused of promoting prostitution in a promo video for its 2013 fall collection, in which models do a poor imitation of street workers on a Parisian set. Sex work abolitionist feminist Joan Smith concludes in the Independent that the Swedish model of criminalizing clients works, based on her experience jumping in a squad car to… Continue reading The Week In Links–March 29th
The Week In Links: July 1
Not-quite-strippers in Saskatchewan find a way around the laws against dancing for alcohol drinking patrons. The Scarlet Alliance’s Elena Jeffreys explains why feminists should listen to sex workers. Des Moines police have arrested two people, a man and a woman, for the brutal murder of a prostitute in 2010, while Liverpool police may have solved the 2005… Continue reading The Week In Links: July 1
The Week In Links: June 17
Wee, stripper gifs! Lots of articles coming out of Canada this week, as Ontario’s highest court considers an appeal that could legalize a variety of activities related to sex work. Read more at The Vancouver Sun (“This is ethically unsound – no government should be able to jeopardize the safety of its citizens just to… Continue reading The Week In Links: June 17