The Prostitution Stops Rape Fallacy
The first time I was arrested because of prostitution, on Benburb Street in 1991, I had a conversation with the arresting officer that I have...
Survivor-informed policies and programs
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...
Sex Work – There Is No Such Thing
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...
Pimps Will Be Pimps (Part 2 of 2)
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...
Political Memories
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...
Letter from Prostitution Survivors Regarding Backpage.com Protest
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 – and the Differences that Don’t Exist
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...
Pimps Will Be Pimps Whether Male or Female or Posing as “Sex Worker Activists” & Other Conflicts of Interest (Part 1 of 2)
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...
