My mom grew up in the middle of the Prairies in the middle of The Great Depression. She was a child of want, on every…

For the past fifteen years I have worked side by side with survivors of prostitution and trafficking. Without a doubt, survivors are people whose voices…

I’ve heard a few people recently referring to women who work as prostitutes, in pornography and as strippers, as sex workers. This, I have to…

James Baldwin wrote, “The victim who is able to articulate the situation of the victim has ceased to be a victim: she has become a…

I’ll never forget the evening after the release of my first issue as editor of Feminist Voices. I remember the clothes I wore, the snowy…

As survivors of prostitution, we stand in solidarity with those boycotting Backpage.com for the following reasons. Some women who identify as prostitutes are also pimps…

Trafficking and Prostitution are two areas that are very easy to separate; and they would be, as they are inhabited by two groups of women…

Well meaning people think most “sex workers activist” organizations/unions speak for women in prostitution. They are mistaken. A shocking number of these “sex worker” organizations…

Today I ran through north Minneapolis, the ‘hood. The middle of January, the weather a balmy 45, my heart stocked with joy like a fishery…

I recently went to Las Vegas for a business conference. As I walked through the prestigious casino, I quickly felt lustful eyes on me, a…

Survivors Connect Network, an international online network of trafficking/prostitution survivors, now has 44 members from seven different countries. It’s been recognized that the absence of survivor leaders in most major anti-trafficking NGOs has created a void. Survivor knowledge and insight is essential. But it’s become increasingly clear to the NGOs that survivor leadership will make the movement’s success inevitable. Demand Abolition is setting an example by inviting seven survivors to participate in their Arresting Demand colloquium May 3rd and 4th in Boston. We are extraordinarily grateful.

Survivor of pornography writes of torture during drugged films.

From the day I entered the adult business to the present moment, one question arises in every interview regarding pornography. “Why did you get in…

I think there’s a common assumption — at least it was an assumption I had made — that women in the sex-work industry are there…

“They say prostitution is a choice? How did I choose prostitution? I didn’t choose prostitution, it chose me. Just as child sexual assault and neglect…

“Men do not go to strip clubs and use prostituted women so that they can have sexual pleasure. . . . Men use women in…

“We want real jobs, not blowjobs.” “Typically we do not ask our women to tell their stories because we do not wish to exploit their…

“Hooker. Whore. Prostitute. Those words have a way of making people uncomfortable, especially women. One would think that reaction would inform, for in it lays…