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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!

So who, exactly is anonymity for? It's for the teenage girl who lost her mother when she was young, just got her period for the first time, and is to embarrassed to meet with a school nurse. It's for the 45-year-old who hasn't drunk in years but is realizing that he's struggling with his sobriety and needs to talk privately about it. It's for a woman coming to terms with the fact her boyfriend is abusive and figuring out how to get away from him without his knowledge. It's for a Chinese immigrant who wants to speak about human rights abuses he witnessed at home without his family in Beijing paying the price for his words or repression following him abroad. It's for a factory worker looking for resources about how to report unsafe conditions without losing his job. It's for a college freshman who needs to talk about being gay without fearing his family will learn of it before he's ready to tell them. It's for a grandmother who just received a breast cancer diagnosis and wants to discreetly discuss her anxiety about a mastectomy, It's for a priest dealing with depression who doesn't know how to manage his feelings of emptiness amidst his duties to his parish. It's for anyone who has ever experienced a fear, thought, idea or emotion that need to express but aren't ready to share with colleagues, family, friends, or acquaintances or authority figures.
Background image several people of various races and genders. Text over them reads we want feminists to kmkw the difference between support and surveillance
Illustrated image. Left corner 3 Black people holding signs. One says Black pride, one says Black lives matter, and one says Black excellence The right corner says Juneteenth Freedom Day
woman with a bullhorn over a yellow and orange background. Text reads #Sex workers always have the right to say no"
Screenshot from threads Someone named GinnyStimson wrote: Answer me this.. were the women taken to the “Island “ really trafficked or are they just prostitutes now trying to justify their career choices? I bet they enjoyed the perks of the job really but that doesn’t make good conversation around the dinner table. Our repsonse: The reason many survivors are hesitant to come forward is because of attitudes like this. Knowing you'll never be believed no matter how much trauma or pain you've been through is its own tragedy. Survivors deserve better.
Who pays the price? Erasure never hits evenly. Policies built without sex workers land hardest on: Black and Indigenous women Migrants Trans people Disabled people Poor and working class survivors The margins always absorb the damage.
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From Surviving to Thriving with Seattle SWOP Behind Bars Meet local Resource Providers on October 17th from 2-4PM 722 18th Ave
image: a pair of hands holding bars of a jail cell text: what is carceral feminism? a type of feminism that advocates for reliance on police and prison and punitive solutions to solve gender-based violence
text over pink background- From Surviving to Thriving Seattle Swop Behind Bars Community Resource Fair Meet Local Resource Providers Sept. 19th 2PM-4PM 400 E. Pine St.
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Tweet from @AmberWoods100 BREAKING: Epstein survivors will hold a press conference on Capitol Hill Sept 3rd, 10:30AM ET. For the first time, many will speak publicly about what happened and demand the release of the Epstein Files. I’ve been on this relentlessly and won’t stop now. I will be live covering—follow me for updates and coverage they can’t bury. Please share this so survivors voices are heard in the madness of the news cycle. This is important.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, and Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador—all Republicans—take issue with this. Abortion access decreases teen pregnancy, and they seem to think that is a bad thing. “Remote dispensing of abortion drugs by mail, common carrier, and interactive computer service is depressing expected birth rates for teenaged mothers in Plaintiff States,” the attorneys general allege in the complaint, which was filed before forced birth enthusiast Judge Matt Kacsmaryk in the Northern District of Texas’s Amarillo Division. They claim that decreased births constitute “a sovereign injury to the state in itself,” and causes downstream injuries like “losing a seat in Congress or qualifying for less federal funding if their populations are reduced.” In other words, uteri are state slush funds, and girls owe the state reproduction once they are capable of it.
black letters over pink background. the headline reads "Legalization VS Decriminalization of sex work" first column reads- legalization Government entities determine when, where, and how sex work can happen Resources go to law enforcement to surveil sex workers Sex workers who cannot meet legal regulations are still criminalized and at risk of arrest or deportation second column reads: decriminalization Sex workers are allowed to determine when and how they work Money can be diverted to resources for sex workers in need Eliminates all criminal penalties for being a sex worker
“There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.” ― Arundhati Roy
text over a rainbow colored background Seattle Swop behind bars presents from surviving to thriving: * Free vaccines via King County Public Health * Free to attend events highlight local resources and bring them together in one place for people to get help *Anyone in the sex worker community is invited to come and get help. If you know someone in the sex worker community who needs help, you are welcome to attend and gather information as well. Join us on 7/16, from 2-4pm at @GayCity 400 East Pine Street, Seattle 98122
The next time someone says "We're doing this to protect you" Ask them Who's getting protected? And who's getting punished?
What is the difference between Sex Work and Sex Trafficking? Human trafficking is an egregious human rights violation involving the threat or use of force, abduction, deception, or other forms of coercion for the purpose of exploitation. This may include forced labor, sexual exploitation, slavery, and more. Sex work, on the other hand, is a consensual transaction between adults, where the act of selling or buying sexual services is not a violation of human rights.
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Image a crowd of people. A woman stands towards the front holding a sign that says sex work is work.
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A truly inclusive feminism must recognize sex workers as integral to the fight for bodily autonomy, economic justice, and human rights. The ongoing tension within feminist movements regarding sex work reveal deeper issues of exclusion, respectability politics, and reliance on carceral solutions that ultimately harm marginalized communities.
A woman looking directly into the camera. text reads: Carceral Feminism & the Danger of "Rescue" One of the biggest divides in feminist discourse around sex work is between those who support decriminalization and those who push criminalization under the guise of "saving" sex workers. The latter—often referred to as "carceral feminism"—advocates for laws like the Nordic Model, which punishes clients rather than workers.
Someone holding a sign that reads "each time a woman stands up for herself she stands up for all women" caption: Racism, Classism & Whose Liberation Matters Sex work is disproportionately criminalized along racial and class lines. Black, Indigenous, and other women of color, as well as trans women, are more likely to be arrested, incarcerated, or experience police violence under laws that claim to "protect" them.
Economic Justice Sex work is, at its core, work. Many enter the industry because of financial necessity, a reality that should put it squarely within feminist conversations about labor rights, fair wages, and economic survival.
Bodily Autonomy & Choice Feminism has long championed the idea that people should have the right to make decisions about their own bodies. If the feminist movement supports access to abortion, contraception, and sexual liberation, why should sex work be treated any differently?
Black text over orange background Yes, I'm a "one-issue voter", but that one issue is sexual liberation, which includes public policy related to: Book bans Pornography LGBT equality Sex education Abortion access Sex Workers' Rights Broadcast "decency" Contraception access Funding for sex research Sexually- oriented businesses STI/HIV prevention & treatment Not treating 50% of the population's nipples as a demonic threat if exposed in public.
tweet from Toronto Police Department. text reads " May is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and according to Statistics Canada, over 90% of sexual assaults go unreported. What do you think prevents a victim from reporting a sexual assault?" It was QT by Swop Behind Bars with this screenshot from wiki SlutWalk is a transnational movement[1] calling for an end to rape culture, including victim blaming and slut-shaming of sexual assault victims.[2] Participants protest against explaining or excusing rape by referring to any aspect of a woman's appearance.[3] The rallies began on April 3, 2011,[4] in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, after a Toronto Police officer suggested that "women should avoid dressing like sluts"[5][6] as a precaution against sexual assault. Subsequent rallies have occurred globally.
man at a podium, addressing followers, saying "who wants to watch porn?" and all the followers' hands are raised. second frame, same man, same crowd. text reads "who wants to advocate for sex workers rights?" the audience is looking down and nobody hands are raised. watermark: @politihoe.mom
tweet from the Toronto police account: May is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and according to Statistics Canada, over 90% of sexual assaults go unreported. What do you think prevents a victim from reporting a sexual assault? Not being believed Relationship to offender Feelings of guilt/shame
The smart ring will have an optical sensor to measure heart rate and heart rate variability, a skin temperature sensor, plus an accelerometer and gyroscope for detecting movement. It will also have a noise-cancelling MEMs microphone to analyze voice tone. The ring will utilize a “dual-level AI” — one that’s on-device to handle real-time processing of voice and biometric data, and another in the cloud to do “deeper trend analysis.” Anderson claims that AI will be able to differentiate between vigorous exercise, arousal, and just regular activity by analyzing multiple data points.
There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. there are only the deliberately silenced, or preferably the unheard. Arundhati Roy
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character is how you treat those who can do nothing for you
In another example of how the “highly adaptable personas” can communicate with real people, the presentation shows a conversation between Clip, an “AI pimp persona,” and what appears to be a sex worker. “Dem tricks trippin 2nite tryin not pay,” the sex worker says. “Facts, baby. Ain’t lettin’ these tricks slide,” the Clip persona replies. “You stand your ground and make ’em pay what they owe. Daddy got your back, ain’t let nobody disrespect our grind. Keep hustlin’, ma, we gonna secure that bag💰💪✨”