Sex Work Is Work
On this week’s show James Butler is joined by writer and journalist Melissa Gira.
View ArticleTrans feminisms: Roz Kaveney & Ellis Suzanna Slack
On this week’s show James Butler is joined by Roz Kaveney & Ellis Suzanna Slack as they discuss trans- and sex worker-inclusive feminisms.
View ArticleSex Work: Decriminalisation, Policing and Fighting for a Better Future
Eleanor Penny talks to a range of sex workers and sex work advocates to discuss how different legal models affect workers and what additional measures are needed to ensure their safety and wellbeing.
View ArticleReclaiming Feminism: Sex, Work & Womanhood
Eleanor Penny & Ash Sarkar are joined by Lola Okolosie and Juno Mac to discuss the failings of liberal feminism, and how to build a more radical movement that centres the lives of marginalised women.
View ArticleSex Work, Unpaid Labour, and the Strike
Wednesday was the day of the International Women’s Strike. I was telling a friend about the strike, and she compared it to the Women’s March that took place around the world the day after the...
View ArticleSex? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
#KilljoyFM starts its second season. Ray Filar is joined by Bridget Minamore, Lexi Turner and Max Disgrace to discuss the politics of sex, consent, SRE in schools, sexual radicalism and more.
View ArticlePlaying the Whore: Police Work vs Sex Work
“An attractive blonde walks into a Fargo hotel room,” it begins, “followed by a mustached man in a black leather jacket. He asks what brought her to town.” The blonde in the low-slung jeans is about...
View Article5 Reasons We Must Decriminalise the Sex Industry – And Fast
I am not a pimp or a trafficker. I am neither a rape apologist nor someone who excuses violence against women. I do not believe men have a right to buy sex, or that anyone, of any gender, should be...
View ArticleHow Anti-Sex Work Legislation Bolsters the Racist State
The demands coming out of the UK’s sex worker rights movement right now – Believe Us When We Report Rape; Respect Our Rights and Our Labour; and Fight for Our Safety not Criminalisation – tell us a lot...
View ArticleLabour Must Not Contribute to the Oppression of Sex Workers. We Need...
A few months ago, around 200 sex workers and allies gathered in Parliament Square with placards, banners, and a sound system. Inside, just metres away, a Westminster Hall debate was taking place on a...
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Sidelined No Longer, Sex Workers Led the Women’s Strike
Carried from the Bank of England to London’s Piccadilly Circus by drizzle, pop music and smoke grenades, 2019’s Women’s Strike march culminated in a performance by strippers demanding the full...
View ArticleThe UK Government Risks Facilitating a Porn Monopoly
For a long time, porn sites have asked visitors to tick a box to confirm they’re over the age of 18. Finally cottoning on to the fact that anyone of any age can tick the box, the government’s new...
View ArticleStrippers Take Aim at Women’s Equality Party Over ‘Sting’ Operation
A union has said it will seek “legal remedies” following a sting operation by anti-strip club campaigners linked to the Women’s Equality party (WEP). In recent months, the anti-strip club campaign Not...
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The World Transformed Showed How Much the Labour Party Has to Learn About...
Politically energising moments characterised The World Transformed, a festival of ideas held alongside the Labour Party conference in Brighton last month. Many happened in meeting rooms, where people...
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Safety First: Sex Work and the Criminal Justice System
Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann talk to Elio Beale, organiser with SWARM, a sex worker rights and advocacy movement and with Bent Bars, a letter writing project for LGBT+ prisoners. They discuss what sex...
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Out of Work and Unsupported, Sex Workers Struggle to Cope With the...
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted almost everyone’s work, in a way most of us had never experienced before. But as with any crisis, those who were already the most marginalised have been hit the...
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How We Won: The Stripper Who Took Her Club Boss to Court
Since 2018 sex workers have established a trade union branch, United Sex Workers (USW), to begin tackling workplace exploitation within their industry. As a result of their efforts, Sonia Nowak, a...
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Sex Workers Mobilise Against ‘Dangerous’ Bill Set to Criminalise Clients
Parliament has passed a controversial bill proposing the UK adopts the ‘Nordic model’ for its laws on sex work. The bill, brought by Labour MP Diana Johnson on Wednesday, is opposed by sex workers and...
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Labour Has a Problem With Sex Work
Sex workers have long felt betrayed by the Labour party, but recently they have been besieged with attacks on multiple fronts. From opposing strip clubs in Bristol to attempting to use the sinister and...
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Tory Sleaze Row Gathers Pace
Keir Starmer has called on the PM to launch a full inquiry into Greensill and said “sleaze is now at heart of this Tory government”. Will the allegations stick? With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.
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