Posts tagged: sex-work

“Real Theory Is in What You Do and How You Do It”

Camila Valle interviews Selma James about feminism, anti-imperialism, and a lifetime of international Marxist organizing.
Playing the Whore, The Work

In Playing the Whore, sex workers' demands, too long relegated to the margins, take center stage: sex work is work, and sex workers' rights are human rights.
Cops, Borders, and Carceral Feminists

"As two friends writing this book together, we strive to make the demands of our movement visible" - an excerpt from the Introduction to Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers' Rights.
Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights

Juno Mac and Molly Smith's groundbreaking book is out now and 40% off until November 11.
Racialized Erotic Capital and the New York City Strippers' Strike: An Interview with Siobhan Brooks

Sociologist Siobhan Brooks discusses the New York City Strippers' Strike, her experience organizing the Lusty Lady, and racism in sex work.
‘Not a workplace’: Julie Bindel and the school of wrong abolitionism

Sophie Lewis on bodies, work and the misguided school of feminist abolitionism.
Dehumanization by Deification: On Kamala Harris and "Black Women Will Save Us"

“Black women will save us!” has become a kind of liberal refrain following the presidential election (where 94% of Black women voters supported Clinton) and the emergence of Maxine Waters and Kamala Harris as congressional gadflies.
Sex work and Abortion in Ireland

Those alarmed by the bigotry-driven abortion policy, on both sides of the Irish border, should similarly be concerned by policies on prostitution that undermine sex workers’ safety.
In Full Sight: ‘The pimp lobby’ at the Amnesty AGM
Swoop and Rescue

Juno Mac responds to the recent police raids in Soho and Chinatown targeting migrant sex workers.
A Closed Loop: Sex Work, Violence and Criminalisation
“NO CONDOM, NO PUSSY”: Housework is Real Work. Sex Work is Real Work. Under Capitalism All Work is Shit.