Tag Archives: sex work

The Struggle for the Health of Laboring Bodies

[ed. this post candidly discusses topics that may be triggering – particularly the institutionalized violence of the health care industry as it is wielded against laboring bodies and other traumatic, first-hand experiences of the author.]   I am asked to suffer … Continue reading

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Sex Work & Social Change: Confront Your Prejudice Because We Aren’t Leaving

(ed. Originally published October 23, 2013 – here!) Submitted by members of SWOP-LA and also featured in the October-December, 2013 (Vol. 26, No. 4 in .pdf) print edition of Turning The Tide. Back in 1997, a group of radical activist sex … Continue reading

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Lies, Damned Lies and Stigmatizing Sex Workers

(ed. Originally published September 18, 2013 – here!) It would be a lie to say I didn’t have any exposure to sex work or even have access to the candid lives of sex workers themselves before I met my current … Continue reading

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“Lipstick on a Pig: The LAPD’s Much Improved PR Machine and the Legacy of Saint Bratton”

“Lipstick on a Pig: The LAPD’s Much Improved PR Machine and the Legacy of Saint Bratton” (ed. Originally published February 26, 2013 – here – and presented before the Los Angeles Police Commission orally.) In January of 2010, a woman … Continue reading

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