Press Action
London commuters were this morning surprised to find that their usual Metro paper was a bit thinner, yet more interesting and engaging, than usual.
Tens of thousands of copies of a spoof newspaper that looked very similar to the free daily were distributed at 20 busy tube stations around the capital during rush hour. Thousands more [...]
X-MSG: An investigation of social software and sexwork activism
X-MSG takes an unconventional approach to mobile phone technology in order to develop methods that sustain social formations and networks within the sex industry while exposing and subverting the values underlying the design of communication technologies.
Our research is founded on practical experiments with open source mobile telephony software informed by local knowledge from the sex [...]
RACE, RACISM AND THE SEX INDUSTRY/SEX TRADES: special issue of $pread
more from the x:talk inbox …
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: RACE, RACISM AND THE SEX INDUSTRY/SEX TRADES
For our summer issue, $pread is proud to host a guest editorial collective of US-based sex workers and allies of color. The issue will explore race and racism within the sex industry/sex trades in the United States. How [...]
A migrant’s voice
Activists in Brighton are running a radio programme called A migrant’s voice on Wednesdays (2 to 3pm).
The programme will offer the opportunity for migrants to speak about their struggles living in the UK and also about coming to the UK. Migrants and activists are invited to speak about their lives and campaigns. This includes people [...]
Let sex workers advertise
by Thierry Schaffauser**
[this article originally appeared here.]
After calling for the criminalisation of sex workers’ clients, Julie Bindel is now calling for a ban on sex workers’ advertisements. This is quite ironic coming from a person who claims to be denied her freedom of speech when the trans community protests against what it considers transphobia. She [...]
The Guardian: Prostitution and trafficking – the anatomy of a moral panic
This article appeared on The Guardian website on Tuesday 20 October 2009.
Nick Davies
There is something familiar about the tide of misinformation which has swept through the subject of sex trafficking in the UK: it flows through exactly the same channels as the now notorious torrent about Saddam Hussein’s weapons.
In the story of UK sex trafficking, [...]
The Independent: Jacqui Smith is making prostitution less safe
:: the original article can be found here ::
The Independent
by Sophie Morris
Jacqui Smith is making prostitution less safe
Ironically, she seems not to understand the sex industry
Wednesday, 1 April 2009
While the police force was getting its knickers in a twist over the expected G20 protests, an altogether more serene demonstration took place in central London yesterday. [...]
Morning Star: Sex workers rally against new Crime Bill
:: the original article can be found here
by Paul Haste in central London
Tuesday 31 March 2009
SEX workers smothered London’s Piccadilly Circus in red umbrellas on Tuesday
to protest against the criminalisation of their profession.
Scores of workers from the nearby Soho district gathered at the Eros statue in
the heart of the capital, stopping traffic to highlight [...]