Chicagoans Sound Off on Tom Dart’s Craigslist Lawsuit
On March 5, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart announced that he was suing Craigslist to recoup the $100,000 he spent arresting prostitutes off the website in the past year in an effort to shut down the website’s “erotic services” section. Red Wednesday asks Chicagoans what they think of Dart’s lawsuit and if this is an effective way to stop prostitution and child sex trafficking.
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National March For Sex Worker Rights in Washington DC
Highlights and speeches from the first National March for Sex Worker Rights in Washington DC held on December 17, 2008.
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Know Your Rights! For Sex Workers, Part 2
kittenINFINITE explains what will happen to you after you’ve been arrested and how to create an Emergency Response Plan in case of your arrest.
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Know Your Rights! For Sex Workers
kittenINFINITE explains what your rights are if you are a sex worker arrested on the job, and what you should and should not do when dealing with law enforcement. The SWOP-Chicago gang re-enact some commonly used police tactics in interrogation and how you should handle yourself in each situation.
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Activist and Sex Blogger Renegade Evolution Interview
Renegade Evolution talks about becoming a sex work activist through online blogging, pro-porn activism, and why it’s important for legal and illegal sex workers to support one another.
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Interview with Sex Worker Author and Activist Amanda Brooks
Amanda Brooks, author of the Internet Escort’s Handbook, speaks about creating a reference guide for escorts, her decision to be out as a sex worker, experiences with the mainstream media, and why it’s important for sex workers to protect their personal privacy.
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Interview with Sex Worker Rights Activist Carol Leigh
The “mother” of the sex worker rights movement, Carol Leigh aka “Scarlot Harlot” speaks about the challenges in fighting for sex worker rights, the evolution of the movement over the past thirty years, and legalization vs. decriminalization of prostitution.
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Interview with SWOP-USA Founder Robyn Few
Sex worker activist and SWOP-USA co-founder Robyn Few speaks about her history of her involvement in the sex industry, what brought her to be an activist on behalf of prostitutes, why it’s important to have political allies, and being out and proud as a sex worker.
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Spitzer Scandal Interviews, Part 2
Red Light District reporters kittenINFINITE and SerpentLibertine hit the streets of Chicago again to find out people’s opinions of “Kristen,” the escort involved in the Eliot Spitzer case, and their views on prostitution, sex trafficking, and how much money it would take to get them to pose for Hustler.
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Prostitution Statistics- True or False?
RedLight reporter kittenINFINITE refutes the so-called findings in the “academic study” that was released in May on prostitution in Chicago conducted by the Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation. She hits the streets to find out if Chicagoans really believe the statistics announced in that study and those published by anti-prostitution activist Melissa Farley.
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