Hey gang. Phoenix Calida back with another one. Breaking down some of latest updates in Sex Workers rights in mainstream politics. This is hitting the patreon folks early and then it will be on the socialized feed via soundcloud and available in Itunes and Stitcher radio.
Hey gang. This is a patreon early access SWOPcast with Phoenix Calida. Obviously Kanye West has to be mentioned... again
https://www.heritage.org/crime-and-justice/commentary/will-dc-fall-prey-siren-song-prostitution?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=thf-fb Today we are discussing the myths around decriminalizing sex work in D.C. We also examine the bad data and misinformation being used by right wing think tanks like the Heritage Foundation to create pushback on sex worker's rights actvists.
10 21 19 swopcast myths behind decrim.mp3 https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/former-sex-worker-ordered-by-judge-not-to-post-defamatory-statements-online-about-another-ex-sex-worker-958661.html We break down how the news media is using misogynistic and propagandized langauge when covering stories about sex worker's rights in order to silence criticism of the rescue industry. The most recent case- Rachel moran suing Gaye Dalton for defamation.
Phoenix Calida Breaks Down The Attack On Trans Women In Sex Worker Tamika Spellman talks with D.C. police officers who were responding to a call about a fight between two sex workers late one night in August. Spellman often makes rounds to check up on such women. (J. Lawler Duggan/For The Washington Post)By Samantha Schmidt andMarissa J. LangSeptember 16 With a bag of condoms and a stack of business cards, Tamika Spellman began a route she knew by heart, peering out the window of her Lincoln sed...
Ethiopian capital eyes ban on sex work, street begging Begging could soon be banned in Addis Ababa, according to laws under discussion (AFP Photo/MARCO LONGARI)More Addis Ababa (AFP) - Officials in Ethiopia's capital are weighing bans on sex work and street begging, the latest in a series of measures intended to clean up the country's image, the mayor's office said Thursday. Draft legislation detailing the terms of the bans is still being finalised. But Feven Teshome, press secretary for the Add...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sex-worker-rights-decriminalisation-law-reform-brothels-uk-a9076731.html?fbclid=IwAR1oOzEjzIf3hL_cx2O1NOsfMyLhMicD2PbaYfT1BCPNExDyyjyFaQX2AOQ More British people support sex-work law reform than are against it, study finds Exclusive: ‘People are horrified that sex workers suffer so much violence and understand that the prostitution laws, which force women to work in isolation, increase the danger of attack,’ says campaigner Maya OppenheimWomen’s Co...
https://abc7.com/democratic-donor-ed-buck-arrested-on-drug-charges/5547905/ Democratic donor Ed Buck arrested on drug charges after new overdose at his West Hollywood home Democratic donor Ed Buck, who has been subject to calls for prosecution in the overdose deaths of two men at his West Hollywood home, was arrested Tuesday in connection with a third overdose, police say. By ABC7.com staffUpdated an hour agoLOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Democratic donor Ed Buck, who has been subject to protests and cal...
Another Multiracial Family Falsely Accused of Sex Trafficking While Flying ELIZABETH NOLAN BROWN | 9.10.2019 9:30 AM (Alexey Bychkov/ZUMA Press/Newscom) Lawsuit alleges profiling by Frontier Airlines. In what's becoming a sadly regular occurrence, another multiracial family has been profiled by airline staff as being involved in human trafficking. In this case, 55-year-old Peter DelVecchia, a white man, was traveling with his adopted 12-year-old son, who is black. According to a lawsuit DelVecch...
Phoenix discusses #GoodCops who tarteg trans sex workers, the end of PornWikiLeaks, and South Africa contemplates decriminalizing sex work.
For nearly a decade, Backpage has been demonized by politicians, denounced in legislatures, and dramatically mischaracterized by the press, Hollywood, and well-funded activist groups. As early as 2010, top prosecutors from 21 states claimed the classified-ad platform was "exploiting women and children." In 2012 Washington state passed the first (but not last) law aimed specifically at toppling Backpage, and by 2015 U.S. senators were investigating the company. Though the Department of Justice sh...
Hey gang. Phoenix Calida is back with another SWOPcast and you patreon subscribers are getting it first before it lands on the socialized feed. Thank you for holding it down for the Wine Cellar.
Hey gang. This is Patreon Early Access And will Socialized on Monday morning. 8/12/19
Guest: Karen Culpepper from KLCC Collective, who launching a line of herbal based healing products for sexworkers. Her work will be featured in the sacred whore product line which will be launched next week, 9/13/19 by Swop USA
Hey gang. Long for episode of SWOPcast here. Strap in and get ready for a serious conversation regarding the goings on of Sex Workers Outreach.
Phoenix Calida address a decades old resurfacing rhetorical practice of racist transphobia.
Coming off an article in the Huffington Post, Phoenix Calida digs into the topic.
By Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi jury has awarded a total of more than $3 million to five African American strippers after a federal judge found the women worked under worse conditions than their white colleagues. U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate ruled in the discrimination case last year. After a trial that lasted nearly a week on the question of damages, jurors decided Wednesday that the women would split $3.3 million for back pay and past and future suffering. The attorn...
Hey gang. Phoenix Calida is working around having a very hard time with the health insurance companies because.... "afordable care" and is getting back into doing the SwopCast.
Phoenix Calida breaks down a recent Teen Vogue article for those that don't know.
Experts Believe a Serial Killer Is Behind 51 Unsolved Strangulation Cases in Chicago This. Is. Horrifying. by HANNAH SMOTHERS JUN 7, 2019 KATIE BUCKLEITNER A fresh look into dozens of unsolved strangulation homicides in Chicago suggests that the murders could be the work of a serial killer who’s been targeting women in the city since at least 2001. Crime experts with the Murder Accountability Project, a D.C.-based nonprofit group that tracks unsolved homicides in the United States, used a web al...
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As Prostitution-Related Charges Double In D.C., Lawmakers Are Reintroducing A Sex Work Decriminalization Bill Safe Night Access Project in Seattle volunteers show some of the products they give away to sex workers and other people who ask for as part of providing harm reduction services along a north Seattle strip known for prostitution. Elaine Thompson / AP Photo A bill that would decriminalize sex work in Washington D.C. will be reintroduced at the D.C. Council on Tuesday, this time with four ...
Mexico City will decriminalize sex work in move against trafficking Mexico City lawmakers have given the green light to decriminalize sex work in the capital, hoping it will be a first step to a crackdown on sex trafficking that traps thousands of Mexican women and children. Lawmakers in Mexico City’s congress on Friday voted 38-0, with eight abstentions, in favor of a bill to remove a line in the civic culture law which said prostitutes and their clients can be fined or arrested if neighbors co...
Hey gang. Phoenix Calida is struggling with illness and still using some strength to get on the microphone and deliver some sex workers rights news and comment.
On November 25, 2017, Yang Song died after falling from a 4th floor balcony during a targeted police raid. Her personal messages revealed that in 2016, she was raped at gunpoint by an undercover police officer and she tried to report the incident
TEXT FROM - www.warren.senate.gov Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today applauded the House passage of the bipartisan End Banking for Human Traffickers Act, which would aid financial institutions in identifying and reporting instances of human trafficking, so that offenders can be prosecuted and victims can be protected. Senators Warren and Rubio originally introduced the companion legislation in the Senate on April 26, 2017. The End Ba...
Phoenix Calida breaks down two news stories help explain how anti sex work and liberation ideas make toxic environments and marginalize people.
Phoenix Calida opens up riffing about celebrity support and then goes into some horrific and triggering stories along with lies told by TERFS
Phoenix Calida covers DecrimNY, and their recent success in pushing for a new law that will allow survivors of sex trafficking to expunge their criminal records. Also covered, how soccer moms in Massachusetts are getting Asian businesses shut down under the guise of stopping human trafficking.
