Reeling 2021: The Journey of Monalisa is intimate and winding
The Spool
"Nicole Costa’s documentary about the life and times of poet, artist, friend, sex worker [and UJC Sex Worker Project client] Iván Monalisa is insightful and wry."Sex Workers Sick of OnlyFans Are Building Their Own Websites
Vice
“While the purported target of the law [FOSTA/SESTA] was trafficking in the sex trades, it has proven incredibly ineffective but is instead invoked regularly by tech companies when censoring and removing content shared by sex workers, or even just users sharing content of a sexual nature,” Mariah Grant, Director of Research and Advocacy at The Sex Workers Project of the Urban Justice Center, told Motherboard.”How to support sex trafficking survivors without harming consenting sex workers
Mashable
“Answering what is the best group is "a tricky question because many organizations that serve survivors are more localized,” says Kate D'Adamo, a long-time sex worker rights advocate who previously was the national policy advocate at the Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center, which works to destigmatize and decriminalize people in the sex trade. The best group may not have the best SEO on Google, and many anti-porn sex trafficking national groups take out ads on search platforms.”Utah politicians applaud OnlyFans’ ban of sexually explicit content, but questions remain
KSL Utah
Harper Zacharias, director of development of the Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center said the move by OnlyFans "indicates a troubling willingness of OnlyFans to bend under the slightest pressure of financial institutions. OnlyFans has made its fortune off of the backs of sex workers during a time of global crisis."Why “Fixing” Section 230 Will Not Save Anyone
The Forum
The effect of this bill and its brethren will not be to increase free speech, but rather to allow censorship to proliferate.HBO Crime Drama ‘Mare of Easttown’ Perpetuates A Familiar and Dangerous Trope
Pop Matters
According to a study done by the Sex Workers Project of the Urban Justice Center, "Eighty percent of street based prostitutes interviewed had experiences or been threatened with violence while working."Coalition Calls for United Nations Inquiry into US Police Violence
Human Rights Watch
Families of Victims of Police Brutality, Civil Society Groups Write to Ensure Effective Accountability and Follow-up to HRC Resolution 43/1Sex Workers Explain Why the SAFE TECH Act Will Break the Internet
Congress is once again threatening the livelihoods and safety of sex workers with its latest attempt to reform Section 230.
VICE
The Colonial History That Contributed to the Atlanta Spa Shootings
Long-held stereotypes about Asian women may have contributed to last month's shootings.
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Sex Workers’ Rights and Human Trafficking
Human Trafficking Search
“someone can be a sex worker and a survivor of trafficking,” just like a fruit picker or seamstress. “But when we’re talking about adult, consensual sex work- it doesn’t have anything to do with force or coercion,” Thompson affirms. When adequate safety measures are in place, Bruce adds “sex work can be an affirming and empowering choice” for some individuals.