Being Amber Rhea

links for 2008-10-20

• We have to talk about this. « good girls don’t.
  "I am sad because I live in a time and place where everything else I could ever accomplish is out-weighed because I am a sex worker. I could get a college degree, invent a cure for HIV, solve world hunger, have children, donate to charity, become an interesting well-traveled person, and still, I would just be a whore. I find it so incredibly sad and frustrating that people think this way. I could lose everything I’ve worked hard for because I am a sex worker. I could quit sex work. I have quit for a time. And I could still lose."
  (tags: sexwork stigmatization stigma stereotypes prejudice society privilege oppression sad)
• Sex Workers Denied Right to Safe Work | Reproductive Health | RHRealityCheck.org
  "Sex workers around the world use the slogan 'Only rights can stop the wrongs.' On the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, this statement of fact highlights the urgent need for a rights-based policy approach to sex work, the same approach we use for other social issues. "
  (tags: reference rights sexworkersrights sexwork law police crime humanrights)
• Consciousness-raising 2.0, the New View, and a special issue of Feminism and Psychology | Sex In The Public Square
  "My article is a look at the ways that women's personal-narrative sex blogs can build an important resource for people looking for ways to understand and express their sexual desires, to shed the shame they might feel about those desires, and to find other people who share their desires. The article also discusses the importance of keeping such information in 'the commons,' that is in a space where people can have open access, where even when writing is individually owned it is shared. Further, the article address challenges like censorship and corporate control over access to the 'net. It concludes with a call for researchers, sex educators, and other experts to participate alongside the rest of us in the expanding and maintaining of this commons so that its reliability as a resource is protected."
  (tags: sex sexuality sexpositive internet web2.0 feminism blogging socialmedia)
• Evil and horrors « The Apostate
  "Every time I experience this hatred personally – on this blog, more often than not – it leaves me appalled and speechless. There is so much of it and it’s so uncalled for. And it’s all because I’m a woman. It boggles the mind."
  (tags: sexism abuse men women society)
• Male Terrorism « The Apostate
  "For men who don’t understand how this restricts and destroys women’s lives – how unhyped this truly is – just look at the comments to Echidne’s post. There are over 70 comments, and they aren’t done yet. Look at the comments to Shakeville’s post on the same subject. There are, so far, 307 comments. Read them – read them to get a sense of why 'male terrorism' – the title of this post – is not hyperbole."
  (tags: violence rape women men privilege)

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