History has certainly shown that women are capable of achieving great things. But, it’s much harder to do when stymied by an establishment that ignores or perpetuates the discrimination and stereotyping that still occurs every day.
Update on NH HB 287
NH HB 287 Yea 177 NaY 135 Congratulations Senator Edwards and everyone who contributed testimony to the Committee.
E v G: Sex Work & Family Values
The husband of an ESPLER Project board member and acclaimed Dominatrix explains in a shared post from Facebook why he supports ESPLERP v Gascon (E v G). The ESPLER Project is a 501 C 3 non profit charity attempting to establish sexual privacy rights, and decriminalize consensual sex work.
As the founder and executive director of the Rhode Island Chapter of Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics (COYOTE RI), Bella looks to build and strengthen support networks for sex workers in Rhode Island and she works in close collaboration with activists nationwide. Bella's personal experiences with the criminal justice system over the past four decades give her unparalleled expertise in the areas of sex trafficking and sex worker rights. Sunday, February 4, 2018 at 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM 1220 Kingstown Rd Peace Dale, Rhode Island 02897 https://www.facebook.com/events/165195230759840/?active_tab=about
REASON Hit & Run Year in Review
The Best Sex Work Writing of 2017: Elizabeth Nolan Brown covered the issues with such clarity that this year a re/post instead my personalized Year in Review (YIR) seems most effective. Let's Step To It! - M. [Hit and Run] rounded up the year's best writing, reporting, and research on erotic industries, those who work in them, and how they're getting screwed by U.S. authorities and laws. Elizabeth Nolan Brown Dec. 31, 2017
Re/Visiting The Invisible John Interview About Jane
The Invisible John Interview About Jane ORIGINAL POST ON SWOP PHL SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 Journalists ask the darndest questions then don’t publish the answers sex workers give them or purposely don’t share all viewpoints if the views don’t fit in with the desired angle of an expose. So – we’ve decided to publish an unpublished and unquoted requested dialog by a journalist who interviewed SWOP Philly’s M. Dante.
Prostitution & The Larksville Pennsylvania Police
Why should Larksville PA cops bother with investigations and due process when they can rely on anonymous tips and social shaming?
Sunday December 17th
“Its time to change the social perception that she wasn’t a person, she was a “prostitute”. No one wants to feel a sense of community or sameness with her. She was something other than us and therefore we don’t need to feel fear or grief at the fact or the manner of her death.”
Death In Queens Raid Leads To D/17 at 109th Police Precinct
Unidentified women, (now known as SONG) 36 years old, falls from her death from a 3rd story building during prostitution raid, Nov 27th, 2017 in Flushing NY http://queenstribune.com/woman-falls-death-flushing-raid/ Freaking sad as hell that this woman died because the cops were doing a prostitution raid: https://www.facebook.com/events/1950197371901135/permalink/1950641071856765/?notif_t=event_mall_reply¬if_id=1511894726094505 The Facebook Shares: The NYPD has murdered one of our community members. On Sunday, … Continue reading Death In Queens Raid Leads To D/17 at 109th Police Precinct
Woodhull Sexual Freedom Town Hall
For this week's issue of the PGN, I wrote about the Woodhull Sexual Freedom Town Hall, a daylong event focused on ending sexual violence. It takes place on Saturday at the First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut Street. Here's a link to the article: http://www.epgn.com/news/local/12826-lgbt-inclusive-town-hall-explores-solutions-to-sexual-violence In addition to Woodhull, Project SAFE and other local groups are involved. Check it … Continue reading Woodhull Sexual Freedom Town Hall
The Woman Project Interviews: Bella Robinson, Executive Director of Coyote RI
Sex workers are the only population besides undocumented people that are criminalized for their status as a person. In fact many of the institutions that are supposed to protect us, are sent to erase our existence. Sex workers face many barriers in organizing, fighting for their labor rights and are often faced with hostility from members of their own communities.
PA House poised to declare pornography a public health crisis
Some lawmakers who voted in opposition to the resolution said they were opposed to the concepts covered by it since there are more pressing matters relating every day to sexual mores, the effects of which should be the first objective of a similarly declarative action by the committee. "For the last month, the biggest cultural issue that has not been talked about in this committee or the Pennsylvania House is sexual harassment,” said Rep. Kevin Boyle (D-Philadelphia). “The focus should really be on something that women feel every day, not just in this country, but in the western world.” Others, noting the language of the resolution, felt that despite its aims in trying to bring awareness to the damaging effects of early-life exposure to pornography, the resolution was so broadly drafted that it might infringe on First Amendment free speech rights.
AK Update: Amber Batts Released on Parole
In 2014, Batts was arrested on several felony counts of sex trafficking, accused of running one of Alaska’s largest known prostitution businesses. She pleaded guilty to one class B felony charge of sex trafficking, in 2015, and was sentenced to serve five and a half years. Batts has been serving her sentence on electronic monitoring since March -- after spending time incarcerated and in a halfway house. Her days start early and revolve around the clock. The morning of her release onto parole, she made her coffee as usual, and a cup of hot cocoa for her teenage daughter.
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