Tag Archives: Sex Work
CLPP 2010: Feminism and the rights of people involved in sex work and street economies
TweetThis panel was an incredible conversation about the issues surrounding sex work and street economies. What was so great about it was that it featured and centered the experiences of folks who are sex workers themselves or work directly with sex workers. So often conversations and debates about sex work simply leave the workers themselves [...]
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Iceland bans strip clubs: A victory for feminism?
TweetThe news last week that Iceland has passed legislation banning strip clubs in the country was met with news outlets claiming this makes Iceland the “most female-friendly country in the world.” The move was promoted as a law motivated by feminism, not religion, as these types of laws often are. Iceland also boasts an openly [...]
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Sex worker uses labor law to sue D.C. club, WaPo reports lasciviously
TweetQuansa Thompson, an exotic dancer who was fired by The House in Washington, D.C., is suing the club for unfair wage practices under the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. The House paid her and the other dancers $20 for showing up each day, with the understanding that they could keep their tips after [...]
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International Sex Workers Rights Day
TweetMarch 3rd is International Sex Workers Rights Day. Some history, from Sex Worker Outreach Project USA (SWOP-USA)’s website: The day originated in 2001 when over 25,000 sex workers gathered in India for a sex worker festival. The organizers, Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, a Calcutta based group whose membership consists of somewhere upwards of 50,000 sex [...]
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Nothing foreign about it: The commercial sexual exploitation of children in America