HA HA! No.. luckily I am not going to share that kind of “news” with you. ;-) But here are a few more interesting and useful blog posts and news articles that I have read recently about sex work and the like. Please share if you found them interesting also. Spread the word. Knowledge reduces stigma.
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Slipping under the radar: uOttawa researchers study third parties in the sex industry
By Sabrina Abraham
” We’ve all liked some managers and disliked others. In the latter case, we may have thought of going off and starting our own business. This can be great. To get your clients, you may need a website to attract them and a receptionist inviting them in. However, regardless of the service you offer, starting a business almost always means finding third parties to help manage, organize or provide a service of some kind. According to Chris Bruckert, professor in the Department of Criminology, and her doctoral student Tuulia Law, this applies anywhere in the market, including in one of the most clandestine of trades: the sex industry.
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Frequently Told Lies [About Sex Work]
By Maggie McNeill
“I recently realized that because the prohibitionists have a set of stock lies they can repeat in an article or internet comment, someone trying to refute them is forced to link to a number of different sources to debunk those lies. In order to make things easier, I’ve decided to consolidate responses in one place…
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No One Campaigns for Back Street Abortions
By Everyday Whorephobia
“Sex worker activists have faced accusations of not being representative from those opposed to our fight for rights, often coupled with the accusation we glamorize our jobs. This has permeated the discourse around sex work legislation so deeply that many sex workers are afraid to even mention they enjoy their work for fear of being called fools and liars.
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Rights Not Rescue: An Open Letter to the Salvation Army
By FIRST ( Feminists advocating for the rights of sex workers and decriminalization of prostitution)
“Dear Salvation Army:
Vancouver’s sex workers are distressed and angry over your ‘The Truth isn’t Sexy’
anti-trafficking campaign. Sex workers are appalled that you never consulted the sex
worker community before launching this highly offensive campaign. Research has
repeatedly found that the involvement of sex workers is critical to the success of antitrafficking
campaigns.
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Sex Worker Nikki Thomas Talks About Normalizing her Profession
By Adrian Humphreys
“Nikki Thomas has a distinctly rosy view of her job, even though she needs elaborate safety protocols at the Toronto apartment where she works with a fellow prostitute. This week’s Ontario appeal court ruling legalizing brothels left many sex workers feeling empowered and triumphant, Ms. Thomas among them. As the executive director of the Sex Professionals of Canada, the case thrust her into the spotlight as the modern voice and face of the sex trade — as she experiences it. The loquacious and well-educated woman might be seen as Canada’s Happy Hooker and she says we had better get used to it. In the glow of the court victory, she chatted with the National Post’s Adrian Humphreys about prostitution moving out of the shadows. Here is some of that conversation.
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