Posts Tagged ‘activism’
You know, I never thought that I would, but I got burnt out. I’m taking a hiatus from activism for a couple of months to hopefully get my steam up. I think I always expected to maybe someday get burn out, but I wasn’t prepared for what it would feel like. It feels pretty fucking [...]
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Tags: activism, burnout
Faux hos
By now, most people even slightly in touch with sex worker issues have seen this article, which has basically ignited a shitstorm. I wish I had the emotional and mental capacity right now to articulate how I feel. About Alexa, about faux hos, about blogging. But I don’t. I find the whole thing to be [...]
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Tags: activism, faux ho, sex work
Listening to my heart.
At the height of my illness (and the lowest weight), I would lie awake at night, watching the clock tick the minutes out. I would plant one hand on my chest and count the beats. Twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty. And wonder where it would end up. The number got progressively smaller. If I had a spry [...]
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Tags: activism, bodies, crazy, eating disorder, feminism, mental illness, sex work, women
Ableism and sex work
I have been thinking lately about disability and mental illness, part of which is inspired by Amber Rhea. I came into sex work activism from mental health activism. I wanted to fight the stigma of mental illness. Now, it seems to me, couching mental illness in the framework of disability is beneficial. I don’t think [...]
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Tags: abolition, activism, identity, mental health, privilege, sex work
Too Serious.
I have been taking things Too Seriously. The only place I don’t is in my work. I am not one of those posturing kind of professional dominants. I just love to play. Getting paid for it makes me so happy. It’s everything else. I think, as an activist, as someone who takes seriously the matrices [...]
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Tags: activism, mental health, seriousness, sex, sex work
Exhaustion.
I am so tired. I have inevitably, as I always so, internalized all the stress and drama of the past two weeks. First the Operation Cross Country nonsense, and then the Craigslist fuckery. I am just so tired. There is still so much to be done. And I just need a fucking break. I’m very [...]
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Tags: activism, sex work
Making ourselves the expert.
A mountain of articles, books, and blogs on different social movements tends to boil down to one important point: who holds the power to frame the discourse? (The first time I read The History of Sexuality, I was both eager and horribly, horribly depressed.) Those with the power use knowledge to shape the dominant discourse, [...]
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Tags: abolition, activism, feminism, research, sex work
Dec 17th is International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, if you weren’t aware. For the first time ever, the folks of SWOP national are organizing a march on Washington for sex workers’ rights visibility. I cannot be there, sadly, but I do hope you all organize and show up. It won’t be quite [...]
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Tags: activism, sex work, violence
My feelings of anger, outrage, ire, elation, hope, and so forth, in the wake of the election are ebbing into serious critical thinking. I am thinking about the future of social movements I care about. The sex workers rights movement, the queer rights movement, the feminist movement, pro-choice movements. I have had a number of [...]
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Tags: abolition, academia, activism, sex work
Wordy activists.
While I would hardly claim to hold expertise on activism and intellectualism, there are certain words I have strong opinions on. I think a lot of activists and intellectuals use certain words without critically engaging with their context, meaning, and previous use. While I am not a credentialed expert, I am a blogger, and as [...]
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