Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com staff writer, @newrepublic.com // author, A WOMAN IS AGAINST THE LAW (2KTK, @littlebrown.bsky.social) + PLAYING THE WHORE (Verso)
// melissagiragrant.com
» melissa@melissagira.com
» tips (encrypted): melissagira.01 on Signal
@nyguild.bsky.social member
404 Media @404media.co it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social journalist / co-founder @404media.co
signal: sam.404 (sensitive comms)
sam@404media.co (everything else)
complain about the paywall, catch a block
Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social They/them. Public interest tech and media lawyer at albertsellars.law, recovering academic. 💜 Philly, video games, and plants.
More at kendraalbert.com.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social sex, speech, tech, justice, parenting, politics, & panic ✨ senior editor @reason.com, journalism instructor at University of Cincinnati, Midwestern mom
Mistress Matisse @mistressmatisse.bsky.social Perverse prolific profane political pansexual polyamorous dominatrix and writer, Seattle. Sex work is work. Queer. Cannabis. Anti-Misogyny. Gen X, she/her. Not here to “build my brand”
@swop-usa.bsky.social @swop-usa.bsky.social Sex Workers Outreach Project-USA is a national social justice network dedicated to the fundamental human rights of people involved in the sex trade and their communities, focusing on ending violence and stigma through education and advocacy.
Carol Bonomi 🇵🇸 @carolbonomi.bsky.social 👩🎓 Doutoranda @pagu.unicamp;
🔎 Pesquisadora @prepamericadosul;
📝colunista @revistaazmina
📚Educadora e consultora;
📧contatocarolbonomi@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/CarolBonomi_
marla @prolepeach.bsky.social party clown for hire
Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.latinsky.app Black. Boricua. Midwest af. I like flowers and yarn. News nerd. I talk about sex workers rights, racism, and politics. A lot. 18+ please
$phoenixcalida paypal.me/phoenixandwilliam
Cathy Reisenwitz @cathyreisenwitz.com Writer, cathyreisenwitz.substack.com
Center-leftish takes on gender and politics
OF creator: /cathyreisenwitz, spicy art
Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social Overeducated and unrepentant whore who talks far too much and writes the popular blog The Honest Courtesan in addition to the usual harlotry.
Reversecowgurl69 @botticellibimbo.bsky.social stripper index whoracle & MPH 
Jessie Sage @sapiotextual.bsky.social Spicy worker, seminarian, columnist. Same beat from three angles.
📝 jessiesage.com
Ashley Lake @ashleylatke.bsky.social 🍑 ashleylake.net 📧 AshleyLake@fastmail.com
📸 I take pics too! TakingSomePictures.com
Photo/video production for @vanniall.com
Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social First Amendment rodeo clown. Policy Director at Free Speech Coalition, co-founder SWR Data, among other things. Personal account, all outrage / nonsense here is my own.
Dr Carolina Are / Blogger On Pole @bloggeronpole.bsky.social 📱Digital criminologist @ #LSE 💃🏻 #poledance performer 🍑 Blogger, award-winning activist 🇮🇹 LDNer (she/her) 🧛🏻♀️ Thinking about Buffy like it’s the Roman Empire. https://bloggeronpole.com/all-my-links/
Zohran’s Mommy Dommey @loridiletto.bsky.social Your fave NYC dominatrix turned policy researcher turned DOGE casualty turned dominatrix (and therapist, elsewhere).
No adult content on socials—unless political commentary counts—but we do get PG-13.
Become useful at DominaDiletto.com
kristy yummy coochie 🇯🇲 @adrierising.bsky.social chaotic good. co-host of #pagesandprejudice pod. editor of i hate my job. writer. portrait photographer. chronically just like other girls. hot take generator.
adrie [at] adrierose [dot] link
adrierose.link/adrierising
pagesandprejudice.com
SWAID Collective @swaidcollective.bsky.social Mutual aid collective created and run by sex workers, serving sex workers all across the country! Request aid & harm reduction supplies or contribute funds at our website www.swaidcollective.org
Free Speech Coalition @fsc.bsky.social We are the 501(c)6 trade association that protects the rights & freedoms of the adult industry.
Sex Workers Alliance Ireland @swaiireland.bsky.social SWAI promotes the human rights, equality & participation of sex workers.
info@swai.eu
085 824 9305
Donate here: http://paypal.me/swaiireland
sexworkersallianceireland.org
Maggie Mayhem @maggiemayhem.bsky.social SWer Rights • Harm Reduction • Repro Justice • Thanatology • Anarchist • Fiber Art • Hacker Groupie • MaggieMayhem.Com
Savannah Sly @savannahsly.bskyverified.social Founder & Co-Director of NewMoonNetwork.org
Dominating Life since 2003 - NSFW
https://linktr.ee/SavannahSly
Avatar photo by SpankChain
Lorelei Lee (they/them) @loreleilee.bsky.social Inquiries: LL@LoreleiLee.work
V*nmo: @Lorelei-Lee
C*shapp: $LoreleiLee
Wishlist: Throne.com/missloreleilee
🥩himbo discourse🥩 @internetmaggie.com Porn & Platform Research 💦📚☕💻 PhD Candidate @UofT Faculty of Information + Advisory board to ECP Canada / Pornhub (2023-2026) | #1 Animorphs Fan
www.internetmaggie.com
Carol F @cfpdx.bsky.social Can be found walking Ruzo & Leo and showing up at the St Johns Food Share.
She/Her
The Sex Work Historian ☂️(#DecrimNow) @sexworkhistorian.bsky.social Historian| PhD candidate| SW ally/accomplice| Feminist harpy
- Dissertation on sex work in Toronto
- Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thesexworkhistorian
Disclaimer: OPINIONS ARE MY OWN
SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social Sex Worker Community Support Line - 1-877-776-2004 - Chat for support on our website at www.swopbehindbars.org We create Community from the Inside Out!
Sx Noir @sxnoir.bsky.social I talk a lot about sex, culture and technology
Oh and I throw cool parties in NYC
total brat in manhattan
National Ugly Mugs @nationaluglymugs.bsky.social NUM is a charity committed to ending all forms of violence against sex workers. To contact the NUM team, please email admin@nationaluglymugs.org.
https://nationaluglymugs.org
Juana María Rodríguez @radiorodriguez.bsky.social A queer Latina femme fighting for a Free Palestine 🇵🇸Author of 📚Puta Life: Seeing Latinas, Working Sex//Sexual Futures, Queer Gestures and Other Latina Longings//Queer Latinidad: Identity Practices, Discursive Spaces juanamariarodriguez.com
Val Webber @publicpubics.bsky.social Public health, porn OHS, SW labour & debanking. Working with PASS, Stepping Stone, CAL-HRM, and the SHaG Lab. He/him flavoured. Previously naked on the internet.
https://valwebber.com
Emily van der Nagel @emvdn.bsky.social I research social media, platform studies, and digital intimacies.
My book, OnlyFans, comes out in October 2026 https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=onlyfans--9781509567188
Alison Boden @alisonboden.bsky.social Executive Director of the Free Speech Coalition.
Adult industry advocate. Lover of spreadsheets and legal podcasts.
Desiree Alliance @desireealliance.bsky.social National Social justice org of current & former sex workers in coalition w/ national & global allies working for human, labor & civil rights for all #sexworkers #sexwork
Chris Ash (they/them) @christianashnc.bsky.social SA/IPV/HT expert, queer activist, survivor, storyteller, fire spinner. Violence prevention, public health, and harm reduction. Trying to make the anti-trafficking sector (& the world in general) suck less. CHAOTIC GOOD linktr.ee/chrisash
We Are Dancers USA @wearedancersusa.bsky.social For dancers, by dancers, We Are Dancers USA seeks to empower our community by providing comprehensive needs-based information and resources.
Sex work is real work!
WADUSA.org
Sinnamon Love @sinnamonlove.blacksky.app Kinky, pansexual, solo-polyamorous grownup, FSSW, professional Dominatrix, and lifestyle switch. Writer, advocate, cannabis enthusiast, recovering serial monogamist, #naturallygrey, and happily #singleinbrooklyn. 💞🌺💋
SingleinBrooklyn.com
National Survivor Network @nsn.bsky.social National Survivor Network: A community of survivors of #humantrafficking. We create a platform for survivor led advocacy, peer-to-peer mentorship & empowerment. https://linktr.ee/nationalsurvivornetwork
Esra Soraya @esrap.bsky.social Writing book on sex work, payment processing and the “ethics” of finance
SWOONalliance @swoonalliance.bsky.social SWOON is a social justice network focusing on ending the violence and stigma associated with sex work through education and advocacy and providing a platform and space for Sex Workers to Own their Narratives. Based in Pittsburgh,PA 501 (c)(3) est. 2025
Woodhull Freedom Foundation @woodhullfreedom.bsky.social Freedom doesn’t defend itself. But you can.
We believe in a world where human rights are protected.
https://linktr.ee/woodhullfreedomfoundation
Sexual Rights Initiative @sexualrightsinitiative.org Coalition of national & regional organisations based in Canada, India, Egypt & Argentina that work on sexual rights at the United Nations.
https://www.sexualrightsinitiative.org/
🌬️Doctrix Snow • NYC/FMTY @mistresssnowphd.bsky.social dominatrix in nyc • writing a book on sex work & surveillance @ucpress.bsky.social
words @wired.com @thenation.com @chronicle.com @thedailybeast.bsky.social @slate.com @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social etc • she/her
doctrixsnow.com
Boston Sex Workers and Allies Collective (BSWAC) @bostonswac.bsky.social Collective of sex workers and allies in Boston fighting for the full decriminalization of sex work in Massachusetts ☂️
www.bswac.org
We appreciate donations!
https://donorbox.org/bswac
CashApp: $bostonswac
Contact us: bostonswac @ gmail dot com
Lux 🌸 Alptraum @luxalptraum.com Journalist, author, podcaster, bon vivant. Literally OCD (F42.2!). She/her
לפעמים אני כותבת בעברית כי אני לומדת עברית ורוצה להשתפר. תיקונים מדוברי עברית תמיד מוערכים. היא
linktr.ee/lux
Kate Sinclaire @mskatesinclaire.bsky.social Porn, privacy, labour, media literacy and community care.
Award-winning filmmaker behind Ciné Sinclaire. SERC MB, SWWAC.
Be good to each other 😎
YWG ➡️ YOW ➡️ ❓
She’s a lawyer now
Dr. Amanda J Summers @amandajsummers.bsky.social Philly Philly. Go Birds. Also a historian, I guess 🤷🏻♀️
VAP @ Oberlin
https://www.oberlin.edu/amanda-summers
Writes on colonial LatAm/Caribbean/Iberian Atlantic - embodied experiences of incarceration/sex/violence and prison hijinks from the 17th century
Dr Gwyn Easterbrook-Smith @drgesmith.bsky.social Media studies researcher and teacher based in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Mostly I write about sex work, but right now I'm working on a project about smell and identity. Views are my own.
They/them.
molly @pastachips.bsky.social co-wrote REVOLTING PROSTITUTES https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/548-revolting-prostitutes
أنا عم بدرس عربي 🇵🇸
Dr Ella Cockbain @drellac.bsky.social Professor at UCL. Lead of Research Group on Human Trafficking,Smuggling & Exploitation. Researching precarious work & labour exploitation. New (free) book on anti-trafficking evaluation https://uclpress.co.uk/book/evaluating-anti-trafficking-interventions/
Laura Agustín @nakedanthropolo.bsky.social The Naked Anthropologist: research, writing, guiding walks that focus on gender, sex, colour and class -- or in other words the folks and issues usually omitted from historical accounts and walks.
Sabra Boyd @sabraboyd.bsky.social journalist | screenwriter | comms strategist | child trafficking survivor | ex hospital admin | born on a Coen brothers movie | SabraBoyd.com
emi koyama @eminism.org activist, writer, rogue intellectual
seattle / portland
rightsandsafety.org • aileens.org
more links: https://linktr.ee/emikoyama
Amber Ying 應 緣 @amberying.com Robots and neuroscience and sex. (But not that way.) Disabled and glorious. Leftist activist who works in biotech. Taiwanese American. Queer AF. #BiInSci. Sincere and earnest. Our struggles are intertwined. (she/they) #CambMA
https://linktr.ee/amberying
エミコthélèmak| thotscholar 🍒 @thotscholar.bsky.social négresse| mama| writer|
published in: Columbia HRLR, Duke SAQ, Yale LPE blog, #WETOO anthology for Feminist Press| stack: thotscholar.substack.com and linktree: https://linktr.ee/thotscholar
Hanne Stegeman @hannems.bsky.social confused and concerned about everything
Lecturer @University of Exeter
studies online sex work and online intimacy
she/her
Inga Thiemann @ingathiemann.bsky.social Researches othered/feminised work and critical responses to human trafficking/modern slavery. What doesn’t count as work and why not?
Reader at Loughborough Law School.
RebelleCunt @rebellecunt.bsky.social Heauxstorian | Writer of stuff (words: Autostraddle, Feminist Press, HHP) | Black Erotic Labor & SWers’ Rights | Founder & Director of Heaux History Project | they/she | Chicago| Minors SCRAM 👉🏾
https://www.patreon.com/RebelleCunt
Madita Oeming (she) @maditaoeming.bsky.social public porn scholar, sex educator, pleasure activist, author of »PORNO« (2023) & »Aufgeklärt statt aufgeregt« (2026)
Barb Brents @bgbrents.bsky.social UNLV Soc Prof | #SexWork research | Co-auth 'Paying for Sex', 'State of Sex' (NV brothels), 'Voicing Consent', co-ed 'Sex Work Today' | Advocate for #evidence-based policy, so read those & more dammit! | Contribute - swaidvegas.org thecupcakegirls.org
Laura Graham @lauragraham86.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Law at Northumbria University. Research sex work, human rights, regulation of sex, bodily autonomy, and feminisms. Trustee of National Ugly Mugs. Editor in Chief of International Journal of Gender, Sexuality and Law
Laurel Rogers @laurelrogers.bsky.social London-based PhD candidate researching platform sex work and the sexual politics of techno-authoritarianism
Javay | 2x PhD Candidate @callmedrfn.bsky.social double phd candidate | communication and media studies & human sexuality
UO & CIIS
media & sexuality, sex work, porn studies, kink & bdsm, pleasure
ELA-ONE @ela-erotic.bsky.social Erotic Laborers Alliance Of New England. We are an anti trafficking group providing access and equity to the community engaged in consensual adult labor. elaone.org
Ashley Fires @ashleyfires.bsky.social 
victoria @vashetc.blacksky.app † doktora | research+policy | perpetually horizontal
ID’s: Brown skin grl w/ curly hair wearing shirt that says hot girls arent ableist. Banner: Sepia picture of a couple married w/ family around.
vashetc.com | restandmecfs.com | survivorsandallies.com
@Angela Jones @drjonessoc.bsky.social Author of Sex in Public
Black feminist sociologist writing and advocating around sex work, sexuality, race, gender, disability, and class.
WGSS Prof
They/them
DrAngelaJones.com
Sascha @saschaec.bsky.social The Baffler, The Drift, The New Inquiry, etc
www.saschacohen.com
Isabelle Johansson @isabellejohansson.bsky.social Criminology/Sociology Lecturer at Kristianstad University, Sweden.
I research sex work related issues, attitudes, stigma, and social norms.
For more info and access to publications, see:
https://isabellejohansson.org
Sex Worker Action Alliance @ TEAs LA @sweraction.bsky.social Sex Worker Action Alliance! Trans Sex Worker Led Action 🏳️⚧️ Founded 2023 🥰 fighting for Sex Worker Liberation MDNI 18+
Reimagining Sex Work @reimaginingsexwork.bsky.social WIE HET VERHAAL VERTELT, HEEFT DE MACHT
Het is tijd om onze eigen verhalen te vertellen, in onze eigen woorden en beelden. Het hoeven geen sprookjes te zijn, als het maar wel ware verhalen zijn van echte sekswerkers
https://reimaginingsexwork.nl/
Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information and Cinema Studies Institute at the University of Toronto. 🏳️🌈 📚 🎥 🖥️ 🐈 http://patrickkeilty.com/
@pgrswn.bsky.social @pgrswn.bsky.social Mailing list & network for Post Graduate Researchers researching SW.
ECRs, Academics, Ally’s & Activists also welcome. Regular meetings & a yearly conference.
https://pgrswn.godaddysites.com
Lydia Caradonna @lydiacaradonna.bsky.social Your favourite hooker’s favourite hooker ✨ wrote a few things people liked ✨ DecrimNow ☂️
Kaytlin Bailey @kaytlinbailey.bsky.social Host of The Oldest Profession Podcast and founder of Old Pros a non profit that uses storytelling to advocate for sex worker rights.
thany sanches @thanysanches.bsky.social pintora. doutoranda na PUC-SP. currently visiting researcher at gender/sexuality research group at UW
gender/queer theory. camming. sex work. pornography. cripistemologies. body theory.
Dr. Aurélie Petit 👩🏻💻✨ @aurelievpetit.bsky.social postdoc at @inrsciences.bsky.social // phd from Concordia University // working on anime/-ation, gender & technology // prev intern at Microsoft Research, Uottawa, UQAM 🤖💋 // she/her // 📍MTL 🇨🇦
https://www.aurelie-petit.com
Kate Hardy @katerhardy.bsky.social Professor of Global Labour. Co-Editor in Chief - New Technology Work and Employment.
Interests include: Marxist-Feminism, sex work, feminist activism, self-employment, work and technology, gender, decolonial theory.
Mistress Blunt @mistressblunt.bsky.social A professional. Exploiting your Mommy Issues. NYC.
Co-founder of Hacking//Hustling.
BluntLinks.com
Joel Quirk @joelquirk.bsky.social Enslavement and Abolition, Mobility and Work, Social Movements, Gender and Violence, Historical Repair, the Politics and History of Africa. Wits Politics Prof
Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform @cdnswalliance.bsky.social #SexWorker and Allied Organizations Advocating for Sex Workers’ #Rights & #Community Well-Being. Advocates 4 Full #Decriminalization of #SexWork in #Canada www.sexworklawreform.com
Laura LeMoon @lauralemoon.bsky.social www.lauralemoon.com
Writer/journalist/baddie 😎
Words in: Wall Street Journal, HuffPost, Salon, The Daily Beast, Bellevue Literary Review, etc.
Advisor on public health policy to UN, CDC, USDOJ, White House Policy Council
MFA in CNF @ Antioch 📚
Red Umbrella Fund @redumbrellafund.bsky.social The first global sex worker-led fund. A self-led participatory grantmaker.
#fundsexworkersrights #proudtobesexworkerled https://tinyurl.com/ruflinktree
New Jersey Red Umbrella Alliance @njrua.bsky.social New Jersey Red Umbrella Alliance (NJRUA) - promoting the needs & rights of sex workers working in the Garden State
www.NJRUA.org 
Las Vegas Red Umbrella Collective @lvruc.bsky.social A grassroots network led by and for sex workers in Las Vegas offering support through mutual aid, community events, and political activism. ❣️
https://allmylinks.com/lvruc
Heaux History Project @heauxhistory.bsky.social Multimedia archival project exploring Black erotic labor & sex worker history
https://www.patreon.com/c/heauxhistory
Gracey @graceys.bsky.social Public health.
formerly @graceyswer
Sekswerk Meld- en Adviespunt (SMAP) @meldenadviespunt.bsky.social Sex Work Reporting and Advice Point (the Netherlands)
sekswerk.info
sekswerk.info/nl/linkinbio
sekswerk.info/nl/meldenadviespunt
@pornstudiesjournal.bsky.social @pornstudiesjournal.bsky.social 
Wendy Chapkis @chapkis.bsky.social Author (body image; sex work; drug policy reform; queer history). Oral historian; Sociologist. Anti-fascist.
Renee Faust @renofaust.bsky.social 
CASW • LOCAL 304 @casw304.bsky.social Coalition of American S3w Workers
DECRIM SW • #freechrystulkizer
CASW304.org • casw304@proton.me
Irish Sex Work Research Network (ISWRN) @iswrn.bsky.social We are a platform for those interested in sex work and sexual governance scholarship within the island of Ireland.
Paul Ryan @drpaulryan.bsky.social Sociologist at Maynooth University | Researching family & personal life, LGBTQ+ histories, sex work, sexuality and the law & minority health | HIV & Aids Archives | personal account.
Jessica Van Meir @jessicavanmeir.bsky.social PhD Candidate at Harvard Kennedy School. Socialist feminist. Studying sex work, informal labor, Latin America. ☂️ Cofounder of @mintstars.bsky.social & @bostonswac.bsky.social
This is my unprofessional account, profs please ignore lowercase shitposts
Raul Pacheco-Vega @raulpachecovega.bsky.social Full Professor @ FLACSO Mexico. I study comparative public policy, water governance, waste management, public administration, environmental politics, homelessness, eldercare and care work, mixed/experimental methods.
Lindsay Mayka @lindsaymayka.bsky.social Political scientist at Colby College studying Latin America, cities, and how to make citizenship real for marginalized folks. Editor for Latin Am at Journal of Comparative Politics. Making friends with cats wherever I go. She/her
web.colby.edu/lrmayka
Callan Hummel @callahummel.bsky.social Political scientist, Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia. LGBTQ+ politics, labor, public health, policy. Dr./e/em/eirs 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️