Posts Tagged ‘sex work’
The problem with “privilege”
I’ve been grappling with this a lot lately. On one hand, those most involved in sex workers’ rights are those with more privilege (economically, educationally, racially), while on the other hand, privilege is used to discount their arguments and experiences. I’m struggling to find a way that acknowledges my privilege without completely negating what I [...]
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Tags: abolition, crazy, empowerment, exploitation, mental illness, privilege, sex work
I just wanted to link to this fabulous post by Snowdrop about the problems with these models, especially as Illinois considers this.
As a whore, I just have to say, as happy as I am about not risking a prostitution arrest, the kind of work I do still puts me at risk of an assault charge [...]
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Tags: abolition, end demand, law, sex work
So-called feminists.
You know, I have to say, I’m getting really fucking sick of being told by so-called feminists that I don’t know shit about my own experiences. When I talk about sex work and my experiences, I’m not trying to generalize, I’m not trying to downplay that I have privilege, I’m not trying to act that [...]
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Tags: abolition, feminism, sex work
Rio ‘16.
All right, I’ll say it. Chicago didn’t get the Olympic bid and I am happy about it. The traffic and infrastructure problems would have been a nightmare to deal with. My business would get fucked up. Not to mention that this city can’t afford the games and they’d kick out all the poor black people [...]
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Tags: olympics, sex work
I occasionally read Feministing, but I avoid commenting there. I do comment at Feministe. But not Feministing. I’ve seen one too many sex workers torn apart by the commentors of this “feminist” website for being too “privileged” or what the fuck ever.
This post is an excellent fucking example. A dude, not a typical client, runs [...]
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Tags: blogs, feminism, sex work
We were sitting in his car on a dark street outside my apartment. He was giving me a ride home. I remember thinking about how still everything seemed for my usually chaotic urban street. We’d been at some bar or something, someone’s house drinking. Who knows.
I do know that when I told him I was [...]
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Tags: feminism, 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
Bust out your Pepto!
Bust out your Pepto because this is going to make you sick. Renegade Evolution posted Donna Hughes’s response to a letter by fifty academics opposing the banning of indoor prostitution in Rhode Island. Other bloggers like Amber Rhea have analyzed Hughes’s letter. (A Feminist View gives an amazing account.) What I find most interesting is [...]
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Tags: feminism, law, sex work, sexism
Feminism and “women do this”
Often times, I’ll be writing about something and think, wouldn’t it be fucking wonderful if I had an example of what I mean? Well, I do, for once! Amber Rhea wrote a response to some discussion that was happening over at Renegade Evolution’s post. I’ve noticed a trend recently that I feel like needs to [...]
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Tags: feminism, gender, sex work, sexism
Profanity-laced safer sex tear.
Even though I was raised in an abstinence-only environment and had no formal training on safer sex techniques, today I am the queen of safer sex techniques. However, it seems like the world around me is living in the abstinence-only bubble of mythology about STDs. Which is why when I saw SerpentLibertine’s most recent post, [...]
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Tags: condoms, safe sex, safer sex, sex, sex work, STDs
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