Category Archives: Regulation

Reflections on Sex Work During the Covid Lockdown

Covid has had a profound impact on how many sex workers view health, including the health of our clients, and the way we work. I don’t think enough of us have taken the time to consider just how much, and I finally have been.

Why Julie Bindel is Wrong About Sex Work

Julie Bindel is a prominent figure among so-called “radical feminists” who oppose the decriminalization and destigmatization of sex work. Sex work is work, regardless of what Bindel and her ilk keep saying, and here’s why.

Contemporary Prostitution Translation – 1884, Léo Taxil.

Preserving sex worker history is a goal that is extremely important to me; all too often we are spoken over, our stories suppressed or lost to time. When I started reading “La Prostitution Contemporaine”, a book in which the author argues for the full decriminalization of prostitution, I became obsessed with it and decided it needed to be translated and preserved in English.

Age Verification Bills and the Chilling Effect

There are many problems with age verification and I don’t blame people whose first thoughts are about how this is an unhelpful restriction that doesn’t help kids but does restrict access to porn for the adults who want to watch it.

Streets to Spreadsheets: Prostitution and Taxes

Workers with cash-in-hand jobs are often subject to stigma where it is suggested that they don’t pay their taxes like everyone else. When your earnings aren’t going through the bank, it’s much harder for anyone to prove how much you earned and to catch you out for not declaring the entirety of your income. In-personContinue reading “Streets to Spreadsheets: Prostitution and Taxes”

The Ideal Nordic Model Poster Child

There are a number of groups who oppose the full decriminalization of prostitution and support the criminalization of clients. Sometimes this will be called the “Nordic model” because it’s the legal model for prostitution used in Sweden and Norway. Others will dishonestly call it the “Equality Model”. You may even see it framed as “decriminalizationContinue reading “The Ideal Nordic Model Poster Child”

How the Online Safety Bill Will Harm Sex Workers

As is typical with legislation that targets sex workers, the name of the Online Safety Bill is misleading and intends to make the average member of the public believe that its purpose is to protect people. This was also the case with FOSTA/SESTA in the US (Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex TraffickingContinue reading “How the Online Safety Bill Will Harm Sex Workers”

Advertising Prostitution Online

Being able to advertise the sale of sex online is absolutely vital for sex workers’ safety. It allows us to sell sex independently without relying on managers with access to networks of clients, and to avoid having to work in managed brothels or to sell sex on streets known for prostitution. Something that is commonlyContinue reading “Advertising Prostitution Online”