Accu-Weather on Prostitution….. Huh?

Accu-Weather Meteorologist Brett Anderson ”
Friday, November 27, 2009
Prostitution Link??

When I first glanced at this article I just shook my head. This is a bit of a stretch, right?

Anyway, according to GMANews.TV, some women in poor, coastal countries are being driven into sex work due to climate change. “

Rights, Not Rescue: Dutch Org Mama Cash Hosts Conversation about Sex Work

This post was written by Dutch feminist Marije Janssen and originally published on the International Women’s Health Coalition blog Akimbo. On November 10th, international women’s social change fund Mama Cash packed the house at the culture and politics center De Balie in Amsterdam for Rights, Not Rescue. The evening-long event about sex workers rights had [...]

serial killer targets “a certain profile of a woman”

I am so upset.  Again, women have been assaulted, raped and murdered by a serial killer: Again, the “justice system” has turned a blind eye.  A blind eye to a women who was “bleeding and injured” because she wasn’t “credible.”  Read: a prostitute. While this article does not use the exact term “prostitute,” nor does [...]

Open Invitation to the Int’l Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

In 2009, sex workers from around the globe met gruesome deaths and endured unspeakable violence. Some died at the hands of a solitary perpetrator; others were victims of serial “prostitute killers.” While some of these horrific stories received international media attention (Boston, Grand Rapids,  Tijuana, Cape Town, Sussex, Moscow, New Zealand and Hong Kong, just [...]

Sex Workers and Unpersons.

I haven’t written here in a while.  I spent the last few months in a wheelchair, and then healing from being in the wheelchair, and now being sick the past month and finally getting treated for pneumonia.  But I’m coming out of that now, and I’m moving forward.  These experiences has given me so much [...]

Donna Hughes and the anti rights activists victory in Rhode Island

Recently URI Professor Donna Hughes lead a successful campaign to criminalize indoor sex workers in Rhode Island. She and her allies championed this in the legislature as their great David Vs. Goliath battle and a resounding victory for women and trafficking victims. However, this “victory” in actuality means that both consenting legal adult sex workers [...]