The Sex Work Historian ☂️
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My blog post with the National Council on Public History is out!!!!

I think my exploration of social media as a historical medium and method is worth reading. It might give people something to think about that they haven't considered before ❤️

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Public History and Social Media | National Council on Public History
What shapes public history in 2025? The answer (for me) is social media. By utilizing the online persona of The Sex Work Historian as public history, I have uncovered social media as a medium and a me...
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Canada didn't evade the far-right when it voted for Mark Carney; it just chose a more covert path
Reposted by The Sex Work Historian ☂️
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«Launch of the IPPF Sex Work Consortium»
🗓️ Miércoles 15 de octubre
🕒 15:00–16:30
📍 N/A (online, Zoom)
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Hell, YEAH~! ❤️‍🔥💖💞

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	Webinar: Launch of the IPPF Sex Work Consortium
Promoting Rights, Improving Services or Sex Workers in All Their Diversity

Wednesday 15 October 2025, online
10am Paraguay | 2pm UK | 6:30pm Sri Lanka | 8pm Bangkok & Jakarta (90 minutes)

This webinar will officially launch the IPPF Sex Work Consortium, a new initiative funded by IPPF to centre sex workers' rights, leadership, and lived realities within SRHR programming.

The event will:
• Announce the Consortium's creation, goals, and shared values
• Highlight collaboration models betwenn Mmeber Associations and sex worker-led organisations in five countries
• Share experiences and priorities from national, regional and global partners
• Lay the foundation for continued cross-country learning, solidarity, and advocacy

Simultaneous interpretation will be available in Spanish, French, Russian and Arabic.

Register here:
bit.ly/IPPFGlobalWebinar


‣ Listen to speakers from:

Asia  Pacific Network of Sex Workers (APNSW)

Planned Parenthood Association of Thailand (PPAT) and Sexvice Worker In Group Foundation (SWING) (Thailand)

Perkumpulan Keluarga Berencana Indonesia (PKBI) and Organisasi Perubahan Sosial Indonesia (OPSI) (Indonesia)

Family Planning Association of Sri Lanka (FPASL) and Trans-Equality Trust Sri Lanka (TETSL) (Sri Lanka)

Plataforma Latinoamericana de Personas que ejercen el Trabajo Sexual (PLAPERTS) (Latin America)

La Red de Trabajadoras Sexuales de Latino América y el Caribe (RedTraSex) (Latin America)

Profamilia (Colombia)

Unión de Trabajadoras Sexuales del Paraguay (UNES) (Paraguay)

Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) and International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) (Global)


[logo: NSWP] [logo: IPPF] [logo: PPAT]
sexworkhistorian.bsky.social
I get it. Making thoughtful ALT text takes time. As does scheduling posts. I really don't think folks realize how much work doing something like this actually takes. Sites like Buffer help with scheduling. But they don't offer much in terms of ALT support
sexworkhistorian.bsky.social
I genuinely believe that despite the efforts of so many folks, instances of sexual, domestic, and every other form of violence have skyrocketed. And it is in part because people don't listen (as you pointed out). Its far easier to ignore than it is to do something about it
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You're the actual best. Finding and reposting all these posts/events is incredibly time-consuming. Promoting them is also quite a bit of labor that I don't think folks always recognize. Thank you for taking up this part of the fight. Every little bit helps in the face of intersectional oppression ❤️
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🧵for #InternationalPronounsDay ❤️
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#PronounsDay
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🧵🌍✨ Happy International Pronouns Day

Today, on International Pronouns Day, we affirm a simple but often challenged truth: Everyone deserves to have their identity respected.

#InternationalPronounsDay #GenderJustice #TransAllyship #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights
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Ways to support sex workers, courtesy of @swaidcollective.bsky.social's Instagram ❤️☂️
Image #1: SWAID Collective's Instagram post outlining how people can support sex workers. Image #2: SWAID Collective's Instagram post outlining how people can support sex workers.
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(3/3) btlbooks.com/book/abolish...

"Abolish Social Work (As We Know It) responds to the timely and important call for police abolition by analyzing professional social work as one alternative commonly proposed as a ready-made solution to ending police brutality."
Abolish Social Work (As We Know It)
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(2/3) www.notyourrescueprojectbook.com

"In this impassioned corrective to decades of misguided, carceral approaches to migration and sex work, long-time organizers Chanelle Gallant and Elene Lam deftly expose the harms of criminalization in the name of 'anti-trafficking'..."
Not Your Rescue Project Book
www.notyourrescueprojectbook.com
sexworkhistorian.bsky.social
And we are taught to ignore abuse if the survivor is of a certain class, gender, sexual orientation, racial identity, ability, age, etc.
sexworkhistorian.bsky.social
This epidemic is exacerbated b/c we aren't taught to recognize abuse. Femiciders are respected community members with the social, cultural, and monetary capital to get away with their crimes. We are taught to tolerate inexcusable behaviour b/c of money, looks, and prominence.
sexworkhistorian.bsky.social
We are in the middle of a global DV & femicide epidemic b/c of intersectional patriarchy. Colonial, classed, ableist, racist, whorephobic patriarchy feels entitled to certain bodies. It dictates the right to life and security. No more.

#DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth
#FemicideAwarenessMonth
sexworkhistorian.bsky.social
This epidemic is exacerbated b/c we aren't taught to recognize abuse. Femiciders are respected community members with the social, cultural, and monetary capital to get away with their crimes. We are taught to tolerate inexcusable behaviour b/c of money, looks, and prominence.
sexworkhistorian.bsky.social
We are in the middle of a global DV & femicide epidemic b/c of intersectional patriarchy. Colonial, classed, ableist, racist, whorephobic patriarchy feels entitled to certain bodies. It dictates the right to life and security. No more.

#DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth
#FemicideAwarenessMonth
sexworkhistorian.bsky.social
We are in the middle of a global DV & femicide epidemic b/c of intersectional patriarchy. Colonial, classed, ableist, racist, whorephobic patriarchy feels entitled to certain bodies. It dictates the right to life and security. No more.

#DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth
#FemicideAwarenessMonth
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sexworkhistorian.bsky.social
"Flirting With Sexual Economies: A Study on the Latina Body in Popular Culture and Online Sex Work Industries" by Aracely Garcia-Gonzalez (2023)

Ummmmm...yes! The title alone makes my dissertation sound very sad in comparison.

#LatinXHeritageMonth

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(11/14) bsky.app/profile/sexw...

*This thread isn't directly about #LatinXHeritageMonth. However, it alludes to broader conversations around the adultification of LatinX youth and the representation of some Latin folks in media
sexworkhistorian.bsky.social
(1/10) Second incoming rant. I used to watch the original Proud Family (2001-2005) as a kid. I recently came across a review of the Hip Hop Helicopter episode, and what should come as a surprise to no one, I have thoughts.