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For years, our Mentor-by-Mail program has been the quiet pulse behind countless transformations. It starts simply — a letter from a volunteer to an incarcerated sex worker or survivor. But that first piece of mail is often the first piece of hope someone has received in months.
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
For years, our Mentor-by-Mail program has been the quiet pulse behind countless transformations. It starts simply — a letter from a volunteer to an incarcerated sex worker or survivor. But that first piece of mail is often the first piece of hope someone has received in months.
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wild considering most sex workers I know have had at least one of their accounts yeeted for the crime of existing
November 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
wild considering most sex workers I know have had at least one of their accounts yeeted for the crime of existing
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GAATW warns that some groups are now using anti-trafficking rhetoric to push bans on surrogacy and spread transphobic agendas.
(For example: The NGO who made the recent Epstein PSA is anti-surrogacy). www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
(For example: The NGO who made the recent Epstein PSA is anti-surrogacy). www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
A bizarre new alliance is coming after sexual freedoms
Radical feminists and religious groups teamed up against sex work. Now they’re going after broader reproductive freedoms
www.opendemocracy.net
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
GAATW warns that some groups are now using anti-trafficking rhetoric to push bans on surrogacy and spread transphobic agendas.
(For example: The NGO who made the recent Epstein PSA is anti-surrogacy). www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
(For example: The NGO who made the recent Epstein PSA is anti-surrogacy). www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
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If you don't know NCOSE actually started as "Operation Yorkville" and then "Morality in Media" an extremist religious org focused on stomping out ALL adult content, which they describe as pornographic. But it includes anything from LGBTQ content to atheism. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa...
![Operation Yorkville
Operation Yorkville (OY) was founded by an interfaith group of three New York City clergymen in 1962.[6] Father Morton A. Hill of St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church became the public face of the group.[7] The group connected exposure to different types of "salacious" magazines and pornography to atheism, obscenity, homosexuality, juvenile delinquency, masturbation, murder, sexually transmitted diseases and "high school sex clubs", but did not provide evidence for its claims.[8] Although the group's actions emphasized the protection of minors, First Amendment Law Review wrote that "at times the organization seemed to be using children as a pretext for a society-wide ban".[9] The group maintained that they were fighting obscenities and not advocating censorship.[10] In 1963, the organization began a long-running effort to ban John Cleland's erotic novel Fanny Hill, which ended with the 1966 Supreme Court decision Memoirs v. Massachusetts.[11]
Morality in Media
Operation Yorkville was renamed to Morality in Media (MIM) in 1968.[12] Hill, president of MIM until his death in 1985, was appointed to serve on the 18-member President's Commission on Obscenity and Pornography by President Lyndon B. Johnson.[13] A report was submitted in 1970 that said all "adult" obscenity laws should be repealed.[13] Hill called the commission's report a "magna carta for the pornographers".[14] After the four justices nominated by President Richard Nixon reshaped the Supreme Court, the Burger Court disregarded the commission's report and upheld obscenity laws in 1973, citing the dissenting reports by Hill, minister Winfrey Link and Charles Keating, the leader of the Citizens for Decent Literature.[15] In 1973, a member of the group complained to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about George Carlin's anti-censorship routine "Seven Dirty Words", leading to the 1978 decision FCC v. Pacifica Foundation.[16] In 1980, the organization launched an unsuccessful lawsu…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do/bafkreifftbqi4jqgzci36u62zop475hc5u6hm3tljtvhnvrcfdomqdclwq@jpeg)
October 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
If you don't know NCOSE actually started as "Operation Yorkville" and then "Morality in Media" an extremist religious org focused on stomping out ALL adult content, which they describe as pornographic. But it includes anything from LGBTQ content to atheism. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa...
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Community isn’t something you show up to consume. It requires you to contribute, collaborate, and commit-create.
If you want community, you have to be community.
#craftivism
If you want community, you have to be community.
#craftivism
November 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Community isn’t something you show up to consume. It requires you to contribute, collaborate, and commit-create.
If you want community, you have to be community.
#craftivism
If you want community, you have to be community.
#craftivism
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We are once compiling a list of names for #Dec17 this year. If you have names to add to the list, please email us at [email protected]
#D17
#D17
November 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
We are once compiling a list of names for #Dec17 this year. If you have names to add to the list, please email us at [email protected]
#D17
#D17
You cannot build trauma-informed services on top of carceral logic, exploitative labor conditions, and structures that burn through staff.
November 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
You cannot build trauma-informed services on top of carceral logic, exploitative labor conditions, and structures that burn through staff.
All hands on deck!
Our bill to decriminalize sex work in Massachusetts is being heard at the State House next Tuesday, 11/25 at 10am!
We need people to join us to testify in support - you can testify in person or virtually - and to send written testimony. DM us if you want to help!
We need people to join us to testify in support - you can testify in person or virtually - and to send written testimony. DM us if you want to help!
November 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
All hands on deck!
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Remember this when you see scare headlines about the high rate of minors seeing “porn” online: They’re either not seeing it on porn sites or what they’re seeing isn’t actually porn.
It turns out minors not necessarily know what “porn” even is.
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/no...
It turns out minors not necessarily know what “porn” even is.
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/no...
November 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Remember this when you see scare headlines about the high rate of minors seeing “porn” online: They’re either not seeing it on porn sites or what they’re seeing isn’t actually porn.
It turns out minors not necessarily know what “porn” even is.
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/no...
It turns out minors not necessarily know what “porn” even is.
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/no...
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Next up in our solidarities series is this brilliant piece on an unlikely tactical alliance.
Unsettling and important look at the tensions involved and lessons from it.
By Alex Andrews of @swopbehindbars.bsky.social for @beyondslavery.bsky.social
www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
Unsettling and important look at the tensions involved and lessons from it.
By Alex Andrews of @swopbehindbars.bsky.social for @beyondslavery.bsky.social
www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
How one case made unlikely allies of police and sex workers
We have every reason to mistrust police, but the case against Joey the Player briefly showed us something different
www.opendemocracy.net
November 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Next up in our solidarities series is this brilliant piece on an unlikely tactical alliance.
Unsettling and important look at the tensions involved and lessons from it.
By Alex Andrews of @swopbehindbars.bsky.social for @beyondslavery.bsky.social
www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
Unsettling and important look at the tensions involved and lessons from it.
By Alex Andrews of @swopbehindbars.bsky.social for @beyondslavery.bsky.social
www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
As we move toward December 17 - the 22nd Annual International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers - we remember those we’ve lost and honor the fight that continues.
For many of us, this day is not just a memorial.
It’s a reckoning.
For many of us, this day is not just a memorial.
It’s a reckoning.
November 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
As we move toward December 17 - the 22nd Annual International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers - we remember those we’ve lost and honor the fight that continues.
For many of us, this day is not just a memorial.
It’s a reckoning.
For many of us, this day is not just a memorial.
It’s a reckoning.
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"The OSA is likely driving adults into a more fragmented, less regulated ecosystem, largely because people are uneasy about handing over ID. We’re probably not going to see less engagement with porn, we’ll see different routes to it — many of them far outside the spaces the law was written for.”
‘I watch more hardcore stuff on unregulated sites’: Men on their changing porn habits post-age verification
Three months since the UK introduced age checks for NSFW content online, some men are reporting unexpected (and some totally expected) changes in consumption
www.cosmopolitan.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"The OSA is likely driving adults into a more fragmented, less regulated ecosystem, largely because people are uneasy about handing over ID. We’re probably not going to see less engagement with porn, we’ll see different routes to it — many of them far outside the spaces the law was written for.”
The divide isn’t abstract - it’s physical. You can taste it, smell it, see it on every empty shelf. It’s a surreal kind of cruelty to live in a country that can throw million-dollar celebrations while children go to bed with nothing. This isn’t about politics - it’s about priorities.
November 13, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The divide isn’t abstract - it’s physical. You can taste it, smell it, see it on every empty shelf. It’s a surreal kind of cruelty to live in a country that can throw million-dollar celebrations while children go to bed with nothing. This isn’t about politics - it’s about priorities.
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Please boost:
Food fundraiser for SW moms and activists hit hardest by SNAP freezes.
donorbox.org/feed-the-fam...
This fundraiser was started by a SWing mom in our network, and is a collaboration between @swopbehindbars.bsky.social and @newmoonnetwork.bskyverified.social
Food fundraiser for SW moms and activists hit hardest by SNAP freezes.
donorbox.org/feed-the-fam...
This fundraiser was started by a SWing mom in our network, and is a collaboration between @swopbehindbars.bsky.social and @newmoonnetwork.bskyverified.social
Feed the Family, Fuel the Fight: Emergency Mutual Aid for Sex Worker Activist Moms | SWOP Behind Bars (Powered by Donorbox)
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November 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Please boost:
Food fundraiser for SW moms and activists hit hardest by SNAP freezes.
donorbox.org/feed-the-fam...
This fundraiser was started by a SWing mom in our network, and is a collaboration between @swopbehindbars.bsky.social and @newmoonnetwork.bskyverified.social
Food fundraiser for SW moms and activists hit hardest by SNAP freezes.
donorbox.org/feed-the-fam...
This fundraiser was started by a SWing mom in our network, and is a collaboration between @swopbehindbars.bsky.social and @newmoonnetwork.bskyverified.social
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I hate watching everything they were warned about come to fruition.
The Online Safety Act has made going online even more dangerous. Google is now warning that as Britons turn to VPNs to avoid the act, there's been an explosion in scam VPNs that sell data or provide it to state actors.
Naturally, that would includes data on (and access to) minors.
Naturally, that would includes data on (and access to) minors.
Google issues security alert: Your VPN app could be spyware in disguise
Google's November 2025 fraud advisory identified malicious VPNs as a rising threat
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I hate watching everything they were warned about come to fruition.
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"Age verification is not just a major invasion of privacy, but bonanza for cybercriminals. With millions of internet users uploading images of their faces alongside government IDs so they can access online content, age verification companies have become extremely attractive targets for hackers."
New Age Verification Bills Could Ban VPNs, Jeopardize the Privacy of Millions
The proposed legislation claims to protect children, but could prompt people to flock to dangerous apps.
www.cnet.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"Age verification is not just a major invasion of privacy, but bonanza for cybercriminals. With millions of internet users uploading images of their faces alongside government IDs so they can access online content, age verification companies have become extremely attractive targets for hackers."
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Hidden in the controversial about UK "choking ban" proposal are a host of even more egregious proposals that could:
* make camming illegal
* redefine escort ads as pimping
* render model contracts unenforceable
* criminalize discussions of teen sexuality
And a whole lot more ...
* make camming illegal
* redefine escort ads as pimping
* render model contracts unenforceable
* criminalize discussions of teen sexuality
And a whole lot more ...
Moral panic about rough sex gives way to censorship in the UK
British regulators and lawmakers are hot on a measure that would make possessing or publishing strangulation porn a crime.
reason.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Hidden in the controversial about UK "choking ban" proposal are a host of even more egregious proposals that could:
* make camming illegal
* redefine escort ads as pimping
* render model contracts unenforceable
* criminalize discussions of teen sexuality
And a whole lot more ...
* make camming illegal
* redefine escort ads as pimping
* render model contracts unenforceable
* criminalize discussions of teen sexuality
And a whole lot more ...
Charity vs. Solidarity
Charity asks, “How can I help them?”
Solidarity asks, “What do we need to build together?”
Charity is transactional - it’s about giving to feel good.
Solidarity is relational - it’s about investing in shared survival.
Charity asks, “How can I help them?”
Solidarity asks, “What do we need to build together?”
Charity is transactional - it’s about giving to feel good.
Solidarity is relational - it’s about investing in shared survival.
November 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Charity vs. Solidarity
Charity asks, “How can I help them?”
Solidarity asks, “What do we need to build together?”
Charity is transactional - it’s about giving to feel good.
Solidarity is relational - it’s about investing in shared survival.
Charity asks, “How can I help them?”
Solidarity asks, “What do we need to build together?”
Charity is transactional - it’s about giving to feel good.
Solidarity is relational - it’s about investing in shared survival.
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"Whenever you speak to anyone in the sex work space, whether they work for a sex toy company or are a porn star, these are the most educated, understanding, compassionate people you will ever meet. They know everything about safe sex. They know everything about navigating things consensually."
Adult content creator and educator slams the UK choking porn ban
Adult content creator and sex educator Max Hovey has blasted the government’s porn choking ban, warning it will do more harm than good and fails to protect or educate young people
www.dailystar.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"Whenever you speak to anyone in the sex work space, whether they work for a sex toy company or are a porn star, these are the most educated, understanding, compassionate people you will ever meet. They know everything about safe sex. They know everything about navigating things consensually."
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I love this response
November 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I love this response
When systems fail us it’s community that saves us.
Before there were corporate sponsorships there were friends passing envelopes under cell doors, commissary money pooled together, or a ride to a court date given without question.
That’s the heart of mutual aid: solidarity keeps our people alive.
Before there were corporate sponsorships there were friends passing envelopes under cell doors, commissary money pooled together, or a ride to a court date given without question.
That’s the heart of mutual aid: solidarity keeps our people alive.
November 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
When systems fail us it’s community that saves us.
Before there were corporate sponsorships there were friends passing envelopes under cell doors, commissary money pooled together, or a ride to a court date given without question.
That’s the heart of mutual aid: solidarity keeps our people alive.
Before there were corporate sponsorships there were friends passing envelopes under cell doors, commissary money pooled together, or a ride to a court date given without question.
That’s the heart of mutual aid: solidarity keeps our people alive.
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I'd rather pay sex workers
When they mass produce the fuck-robots, will you* be fucking robots, or is human to human intimacy too important to you?
*economic circumstances aside
*economic circumstances aside
November 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I'd rather pay sex workers
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Sex workers want decriminalisation ✊ - also in Ireland
Solidarity & 💪 to
@swaidcollective.bsky.social
#SexWorkIsWork
#Decrim
gcn.ie/decriminalis...
Solidarity & 💪 to
@swaidcollective.bsky.social
#SexWorkIsWork
#Decrim
gcn.ie/decriminalis...
New bill to decriminalise sex work in Ireland launched
A new campaign and a bill to fully decriminalise sex work in Ireland were launched this weekend at the Red Umbrella Film Festival.
gcn.ie
November 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Sex workers want decriminalisation ✊ - also in Ireland
Solidarity & 💪 to
@swaidcollective.bsky.social
#SexWorkIsWork
#Decrim
gcn.ie/decriminalis...
Solidarity & 💪 to
@swaidcollective.bsky.social
#SexWorkIsWork
#Decrim
gcn.ie/decriminalis...
This is vile.
This week on the pod, we're diving straight into Meta Ray-Bans. We'll get into:
- How some people are abusing the glasses to film massage workers
- A $60 mod that disables the privacy-protecting recording light in the smart glasses
- The difference between a phone and a pair of smart glasses
🎧:
- How some people are abusing the glasses to film massage workers
- A $60 mod that disables the privacy-protecting recording light in the smart glasses
- The difference between a phone and a pair of smart glasses
🎧:
Podcast: People Are Modding Meta Ray-Bans to Spy On You
We talk all about our articles on Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses, and AI-generated ads personalized just for you.
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 1:22 AM
This is vile.
"The most common causes of strokes in young women are pregnancy, post-partum, birth control, and migraine-related. The most common modifiable factors across gender (what strangulation would be considered) are smoking and hypertension"
Thank you for debunking this @nicolerprause.bsky.social!
Thank you for debunking this @nicolerprause.bsky.social!
I got tired of reading this fake statistic that strangulation during sex was the "second leading cause of stroke in young women".
It's not.
medium.com/@nicole.prau...
It's not.
medium.com/@nicole.prau...
Is “strangulation” really the second cause of stroke in young women?
Here we go again
medium.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
"The most common causes of strokes in young women are pregnancy, post-partum, birth control, and migraine-related. The most common modifiable factors across gender (what strangulation would be considered) are smoking and hypertension"
Thank you for debunking this @nicolerprause.bsky.social!
Thank you for debunking this @nicolerprause.bsky.social!