Quote of the day
From Born Whore:
I know you want me to be safe because you care about me. But when you say “be safe”, who do you think we sex workers need to protect ourselves from? Were you thinking about all the times we’re tokenized, treated like pariahs, refused visas, criminalized, researched like a bug, had others speak for us, caricatured in the media, asked totally offensive invasive questions, had our sanity and humanity questioned, our skills erased and ridiculed, risked arrest, deportation, eviction and (in my family) the threat of losing child custody? Were you thinking about the burden of secrecy from my family, or how many times I’ve tried to refute the same stereotypes over and over, and what it’s like to be told by a friend that I’m damaged? Is that what you meant?
Her blog looks really interesting, thanks for the link :)
I think that’s probably one of the most powerful pieces I’ve seen by a sex worker. Thanks for that.
This is amazing, thanks for posting.
(However, I am biased by the fact that Born Whore is a good friend of mine IRL.) :-)