sexworkhistorian.bsky.social
She/her| Historian| PhD candidate| Author| SW ally/accomplice| Opinionated feminist harpy
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(11/11) Happy #InternationalSexWorkersRightsDay!
#SW
#RightsNotResuce
#NothingAboutUsWithoutUs
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(10/11) It is so important to support sex workers, and especially sex worker artists, because it is often assumed they can go uncompensated for their time and labour. Pumpka and their work deserve recognition, support, and praise.
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(9/11) I couldn’t have created a better or more fitting image for International Sex Workers’ Rights Day if I tried.
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(8/11) Pumpka made sure to include a star in honour of Venus/Aphrodite (the goddess ruling sex work). They also used the Belle statue for reference (another tribute to international sex worker rights: talkingstatues.com/statue/statu...).
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(7/11) Go support @pumpkabooty.bsky.social. They took the time to make this absolutely stunning art for me. Not only is the piece beautiful, but it is so well-thought.
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(6/11) Speaking of acknowledging, uplifting, and supporting sex workers, the art accompanying this acknowledgement is particularly significant because it was created by someone with sex-working experience!
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(5/11) Acknowledge, uplift, and support sex worker voices and initiatives today and every day.
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(4/11) - www.nswp.org/event/intern...
- www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/phoeb...
- www.nswp.org/news/nswp-me...
- rabble.ca/columnists/i...
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(3/11) I could go on about the importance of International Sex Workers’ Rights Day. However, I think it’s best to let sex workers speak for themselves (as they always have):
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(2/11) The event was organized by the Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, a Calcutta-based group with over 50,000 sex worker members. Sex worker groups across the world have subsequently celebrated March 3 as an annual international event.
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I'm actually not! But upon some (quick) research, I'm so happy you pointed me in this direction. I quite enjoyed searching up ghoti lol. English really is something. 🐟🐠
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I am very much interested. Thank you so much for sharing!
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(2/2) This video (see above post) approaches such an incendiary discussion/topic in a way that leaves room for space and anger but in a non-consuming way. Also, their channel as a whole is very well-thought and constructed: www.youtube.com/@momshouldve
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(2/2) CW: Whorephobia. This clip is a particularly blatant example: m.youtube.com/shorts/jFO9O.... But there is so much overt and covert anti-sex worker stigma throughout the show's run. I noticed the same pattern for Why Women Kill (2019-2021), re: the whorephobia & all the above-mentioned issues.
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Composed the thoughts! bsky.app/profile/sexw...
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(2/2) Founded in 1985/1986, "Maggie's" is named after Margaret (Babba Yabba). Margaret was the founder of Toronto's first sex worker advocacy network, Better End All Violent Erotic Repression (BEAVER). You can read more on Maggie's history here: www.maggiestoronto.org/ourhistory
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For every step forward, whorephobia takes you two steps back. I think Anora is a good example of this. As the article makes clear, for all the good this movie does, there is a long way to go in terms of eradicating anti-sex worker stigma.
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(2/2) LinkedIn markets itself as a professional networking website. Guess what? Sex work is a profession. Even if you don't want folks promoting sexual content specifically, you can at least allow folks to connect with others in their field.
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(4/4) I think said analysis leans into broader questions. I'd like to see it used for a comparative analysis as to how online platforms emerge, evolve, and eventually get replaced (and the factors informing this).
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(3/4) I know historians don't like to play predictive what ifs, but I'm also wondering if folks can use Skype and Myspace as examples of what might happen between Twitter/X and Bluesky.
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(2/4) I'd like to know what comparisons can be made between Skype shutting down and Myspace shutting down (re: one being replaced by FB and the other Zoom). I also wonder how this will impact sex workers who use Skype for their work.
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(5/5) And let us stand in solidarity with/work alongside them as they fight against the oppressions impacting us all.
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(4/5) Every month is #WomensHistoryMonth and #BisexualHealthawArenessMonth. But let some of us take this month to keep in mind the struggles women and femme persons, bi folks, and especially bi women face.
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(3/5) Likewise, all folks deserve adequate medical care. The healthcare system in many countries is riddled with intersectional biphobia that makes getting care difficult. This causes bi folks, especially bi women and femme persons, physical, emotional, and intellectual harm. No more.
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(2/5) #WomensHistoryMonth is for ALL women. It recognizes ALL women and femme persons. Not just the ones you like or “recognize” as women, but ALL women in their (to name a few) racialized, queer, trans, disabled, sex working glory!
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This has been the province for a while, I wouldn't give Trump that much credit
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Thank you ❤️. I've amended the post: bsky.app/profile/sexw...