The many faces of human trafficking victims
A distant relative of mine was trafficked. Depending on what you’ve read and seen in the media, you may not expect this story to look like this: he is male, and wasn’t destined to become a sex slave, but a construction-site slave. Desperate for a job in Western Europe, he left his Ukrainian village with [...]
...read moreLegal Bullshit of the Day
Studying for the Bar is mind-numbingly boring, but every once in a while you do come across something infuriating enough to pique your interest. For example: New York has a rape shield law, meaning that irrelevant evidence of a rape victim’s sexual history or “reputation for promiscuity” cannot be introduced into evidence. However, in NY, [...]
...read moreOn Child Pornography
Child porn should be an easy issue, feminist and otherwise. We’re all against it, right? I mean, no one “supports” child porn, except sickos. And yet… Ren has a post up about the recent Supreme Court child pornography ruling, and she raises a really interesting point: My feelings? Honestly? I think porn featuring real children [...]
...read moreConfess to Killing a Sex Worker Today, Go Free Tomorrow
One day after being convicted in the death of a sex worker, having killed her by his own admission, Wayne Ryczak was free to walk the streets. Judge Stephen Glithero sentenced the 55-year-old St. Catharines construction worker to one day in jail Thursday for the death of 29-year-old Stephine Beck. The one-day sentence is in [...]
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INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence has a new website
INCITE! is one of my favorite feminist organizing projects and I’m excited to spread the word about their gorgeous new website. If you don’t already know about their amazing anthology, The Color of Violence, I highly recommend picking it up (especially since I helped craft the chapter that intersects with trans issues, toot toot.) Even [...]
...read moreIf You Have Not Heard Of CCG …
I already posted about reading one sex worker’s blog; that’s not the only one that got my attention recently. I’ve been reading College Call Girl. She has been on a bit of a break for the last three weeks, and I don’t know her personally, so I have no idea when or if she’s coming [...]
...read moreTragic Result
The “D.C. Madam” has committed suicide. Opinions among feminist about sex work vary widely, but I think we probably all agree about one thing: no just system would make things worse for the women that do the sex work, than for the men who act as customers. Yet, this blog has covered before, in this [...]
...read moreSpeak For Yourself
Some of you know me from the comments, and from my past guest spots here. I’ll be around to fill in for a couple of weeks. I’m not big on introductions. Back when the Spitzer story broke, there were posts (notably this one) here and a lot of discussion about sex work. Whenever that happens, [...]
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