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Here is a list of resources to learn about sex worker from actual sex workers who are engaged in the struggle for worker's rights:
- https://www.nswp.org/resources/types/nswp-briefing-papers-248
- https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/white-mans-burden-revisited/
- https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/from-brothel-to-sweatshop-questions-on-labour-trafficking-in-camb/
- https://titsandsass.com/the-massage-parlor-means-survival-here-red-canary-song-on-robert-kraft/
- https://medium.com/purplerose0666/the-af3irm-agenda-b5ec31216904
- https://medium.com/@katezenjoy/dear-esperanza-5aa7db4d501a
- https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/decriminalising-sex-work-in-new-zealand-its-history-and-impact/
- https://www.mayamorena.com/anti-equality-model-campaign/2021/5/22/pscegcnr680fh4oazlmwe8i5527o9j
Bigger repo of theory / resources:
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oWxx3yodCJJGxTmqgCeB6csVAeRkllSQq_VUe78MJA4/view
Books to check out:
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36224357-sex-lies-statistics
This is a super important point and one I get hung up on a lot when thinking about this.
There’s a clear distinction in my mind between the former and the latter. I don’t mean to cheapen people with OF, but let’s not pretend it’s the same.
Maybe this makes me a swerf. Idk. This deserves a broader discussion.
I see SW discussion on twitter and more often than not it’s people with OF accounts and maybe a stripper or two, not someone who has worked under a pimp to buy drugs they are addicted to because they’re afraid of going to jail by seeking rehab… or feed their kid
Also a ton of OF stuff is now run by pimps as well, especially in more poorer countries where the USD to local currency exchange rate is good enough for pimps to take a large cut while still paying the people under them more than they would earn elsewhere.
(This felt bloody gross to type out as well)
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