The Sex Work Historian ☂️
@sexworkhistorian.bsky.social
She/her| Historian| PhD candidate| Author| SW ally/accomplice| Feminist harpy
OPINIONS ARE MY OWN
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#DecrimNow
OPINIONS ARE MY OWN
Publications & Media: https://linktr.ee/thesexworkhistorian
#DecrimNow
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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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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 ❤️
ncph.org/history-at-w...
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 ❤️
ncph.org/history-at-w...
(1/2) Hey. I haven't seen many articles talking about this. But considering HIV/AIDS stigma permeates the medical system, as does fatphobia, it stands to reason the two intersect.
December 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
(1/2) Hey. I haven't seen many articles talking about this. But considering HIV/AIDS stigma permeates the medical system, as does fatphobia, it stands to reason the two intersect.
Labour exploitation is a violation of human rights
Labour exploitation is a violation of human rights
Labour exploitation is a violation of human rights
Labour exploitation is a violation of human rights
Labour exploitation is a violation of human rights
#UniversalHumanRightsMonths
Labour exploitation is a violation of human rights
Labour exploitation is a violation of human rights
Labour exploitation is a violation of human rights
Labour exploitation is a violation of human rights
#UniversalHumanRightsMonths
December 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Labour exploitation is a violation of human rights
Labour exploitation is a violation of human rights
Labour exploitation is a violation of human rights
Labour exploitation is a violation of human rights
Labour exploitation is a violation of human rights
#UniversalHumanRightsMonths
Labour exploitation is a violation of human rights
Labour exploitation is a violation of human rights
Labour exploitation is a violation of human rights
Labour exploitation is a violation of human rights
#UniversalHumanRightsMonths
(1/4) Overwork for paid and unpaid labour is gendered violence. Overwork as gendered violence means excessive work demands, unsafe working conditions, and any related stressors disproportionately harming/impacting women, femme, and gender non-conforming persons.
December 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
(1/4) Overwork for paid and unpaid labour is gendered violence. Overwork as gendered violence means excessive work demands, unsafe working conditions, and any related stressors disproportionately harming/impacting women, femme, and gender non-conforming persons.
Just an FYI, Haymarket is doing a $12 or less sale: www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/95-hay...
Haymarket Books for $12 (or less!)
Check out these recent and classic Haymarket Books releases that you may have missed, each currently available for under $12.
Each book comes with a free ebook (where available), and we o...
www.haymarketbooks.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Just an FYI, Haymarket is doing a $12 or less sale: www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/95-hay...
"Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead,"
by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. 40% off paperback, e-book, and hardcover
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2533-t...
by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. 40% off paperback, e-book, and hardcover
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2533-t...
Theory of Water
www.haymarketbooks.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead,"
by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. 40% off paperback, e-book, and hardcover
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2533-t...
by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. 40% off paperback, e-book, and hardcover
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2533-t...
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Thank you @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social for this article, although I wish it never had to be written:
www.thewhig.com/opinion/femi...
#16DaysOfActivism
#16DaysofActivism2025
@coopspeak.bsky.social @theresisters.bsky.social
www.thewhig.com/opinion/femi...
#16DaysOfActivism
#16DaysofActivism2025
@coopspeak.bsky.social @theresisters.bsky.social
Femicide in the age of digital violence
Decades after the Montreal Massacre, femicide remains a deadly reality in our increasingly technologically advanced but misogynistic world.
www.thewhig.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Thank you @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social for this article, although I wish it never had to be written:
www.thewhig.com/opinion/femi...
#16DaysOfActivism
#16DaysofActivism2025
@coopspeak.bsky.social @theresisters.bsky.social
www.thewhig.com/opinion/femi...
#16DaysOfActivism
#16DaysofActivism2025
@coopspeak.bsky.social @theresisters.bsky.social
I'm saying verbatim what many Indigenous folks have been expressing online: Pantone's 2026 colour of the year is racist. It's called "Cloud Dancer".....That's as subtle as a certain terrible jeans ad. Welcome to the United States of Amerikkka
December 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I'm saying verbatim what many Indigenous folks have been expressing online: Pantone's 2026 colour of the year is racist. It's called "Cloud Dancer".....That's as subtle as a certain terrible jeans ad. Welcome to the United States of Amerikkka
(1/2) Today also marks the 1-year anniversary of Alan Young's passing. Alan Young was a Professor Emeritus at York University, father, friend, and the lawyer behind Bedford v. Canada (www.pivotlegal.org/canada_v_bed...).
Canada v. Bedford – The decision in 705 words
www.pivotlegal.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
(1/2) Today also marks the 1-year anniversary of Alan Young's passing. Alan Young was a Professor Emeritus at York University, father, friend, and the lawyer behind Bedford v. Canada (www.pivotlegal.org/canada_v_bed...).
(1/3) Dec. 8 is #Pansexual/PanromanticPrideDay! Today is important because it highlights pansexual and panromantic folks and their place within the broader queer community.
December 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
(1/3) Dec. 8 is #Pansexual/PanromanticPrideDay! Today is important because it highlights pansexual and panromantic folks and their place within the broader queer community.
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🗓️ #December2025 #Events 🧵
🇺🇸 #USA (GA) 🌐 #Online
«UnCaged» — support group for people affected by the prision system
🗓️ Wednesday 10th (🔁 And repeating weekly)
🕢 19:45 EST / 🕧 00:45 UTC (🗓️ 11th)
📍 N/A (online)
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🇺🇸 #USA (GA) 🌐 #Online
«UnCaged» — support group for people affected by the prision system
🗓️ Wednesday 10th (🔁 And repeating weekly)
🕢 19:45 EST / 🕧 00:45 UTC (🗓️ 11th)
📍 N/A (online)
✍️ Inscription: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Peer Support Group! Hosted by/in partnership w/ Inclusive Recovery, the Dreaming Justice Project, Black and Pink National, Red Light District by Two, the TWOC Healing Project, and This Doesn't Define Me.
🕰️Every Wednesday @ 7:45 pm starting Dec. 10
📍Scan QR code
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🕰️Every Wednesday @ 7:45 pm starting Dec. 10
📍Scan QR code
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December 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
🗓️ #December2025 #Events 🧵
🇺🇸 #USA (GA) 🌐 #Online
«UnCaged» — support group for people affected by the prision system
🗓️ Wednesday 10th (🔁 And repeating weekly)
🕢 19:45 EST / 🕧 00:45 UTC (🗓️ 11th)
📍 N/A (online)
✍️ Inscription: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
[🗒️ QR is off; you can just use ↑ tho.]
💖
🇺🇸 #USA (GA) 🌐 #Online
«UnCaged» — support group for people affected by the prision system
🗓️ Wednesday 10th (🔁 And repeating weekly)
🕢 19:45 EST / 🕧 00:45 UTC (🗓️ 11th)
📍 N/A (online)
✍️ Inscription: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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(1/2) CALL FOR NOMINATIONS! arquives.ca/npc-2026-cal...
The ArQuives is taking nominations for new inductees to their National Portrait Collection (NPC). They invite submissions for folks whose work, art, activism, or leadership has made a meaningful impact on queer communities across Canada.
The ArQuives is taking nominations for new inductees to their National Portrait Collection (NPC). They invite submissions for folks whose work, art, activism, or leadership has made a meaningful impact on queer communities across Canada.
National Portrait Collection Opens Call for Nominations - The ArQuives
The ArQuives is thrilled to announce that nominations are now open for new inductees to our National Portrait Collection (NPC). We invite submissions for individuals whose work, art, activism, or lead...
arquives.ca
December 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
(1/2) CALL FOR NOMINATIONS! arquives.ca/npc-2026-cal...
The ArQuives is taking nominations for new inductees to their National Portrait Collection (NPC). They invite submissions for folks whose work, art, activism, or leadership has made a meaningful impact on queer communities across Canada.
The ArQuives is taking nominations for new inductees to their National Portrait Collection (NPC). They invite submissions for folks whose work, art, activism, or leadership has made a meaningful impact on queer communities across Canada.
Also, pretty sure that forced HIV testing is considered a form of intersectional gender-based violence
#16DaysofActivism
#16DaysofActivism
(1/2) I'm dropping a piece of sex work history from the late Carol Leigh (aka Scarlot Harolt) herself (CW: the language is, obviously, outdated b/c this article was printed in 1988): ontheissuesmagazine.com/ourbodies/no...
NO MANDATORY TESTING! A Feminist Prostitute Speaks Out - On The Issues Magazine
by Carol Leigh As a prostitute and activist, I am deeply disturbed by the current and proposed legislation establishing mandatory HIV testing of prostitutes. Although gay activists have been diligentl...
ontheissuesmagazine.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Also, pretty sure that forced HIV testing is considered a form of intersectional gender-based violence
#16DaysofActivism
#16DaysofActivism
(1/2) I'm dropping a piece of sex work history from the late Carol Leigh (aka Scarlot Harolt) herself (CW: the language is, obviously, outdated b/c this article was printed in 1988): ontheissuesmagazine.com/ourbodies/no...
NO MANDATORY TESTING! A Feminist Prostitute Speaks Out - On The Issues Magazine
by Carol Leigh As a prostitute and activist, I am deeply disturbed by the current and proposed legislation establishing mandatory HIV testing of prostitutes. Although gay activists have been diligentl...
ontheissuesmagazine.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
(1/2) I'm dropping a piece of sex work history from the late Carol Leigh (aka Scarlot Harolt) herself (CW: the language is, obviously, outdated b/c this article was printed in 1988): ontheissuesmagazine.com/ourbodies/no...
Thanks, @dz-yenn.bsky.social , for catching the mistake with the QR code! Actual link to the support group here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Thanks, @dz-yenn.bsky.social , for catching the mistake with the QR code! Actual link to the support group here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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I saw this exhibit last month in Montreal and deeply appreciated it!
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I saw this exhibit last month in Montreal and deeply appreciated it!
Reposted by The Sex Work Historian ☂️
Not just for Labor Day or #IDTEVASW
Every damned day.
Every damned day.
Oh, and PSA for #LabourDay: sex work is work and sex workers are workers. Sex work is a form of labour, and sex workers deserve the same working and safety rights as everyone else ☂️
December 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Not just for Labor Day or #IDTEVASW
Every damned day.
Every damned day.
Haymarket is having a holiday sale. 40% off select titles until January 2, 2026.
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/538-a-...
I'd recommend not only browsing their curated guides, but looking for any other works specifically related to gender-based violence
#16DaysofActivism
#WhiteRibbonDay
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/538-a-...
I'd recommend not only browsing their curated guides, but looking for any other works specifically related to gender-based violence
#16DaysofActivism
#WhiteRibbonDay
A 2025 Haymarket Gift Guide!
It's that time of year again—a time of giving, of cheer, and for radicalizing your friends and family!
We have put together these selections of books to gift to every special someone in your ...
www.haymarketbooks.org
December 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Haymarket is having a holiday sale. 40% off select titles until January 2, 2026.
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/538-a-...
I'd recommend not only browsing their curated guides, but looking for any other works specifically related to gender-based violence
#16DaysofActivism
#WhiteRibbonDay
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/538-a-...
I'd recommend not only browsing their curated guides, but looking for any other works specifically related to gender-based violence
#16DaysofActivism
#WhiteRibbonDay
(1/8) CW: violence against women, gun violence, and suicide. The École Polytechnique Tragedy, also known as the Montreal Massacre (www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/p...), is part of an ever-growing stain across Canada’s history.
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
(1/8) CW: violence against women, gun violence, and suicide. The École Polytechnique Tragedy, also known as the Montreal Massacre (www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/p...), is part of an ever-growing stain across Canada’s history.
Peer Support Group! Hosted by/in partnership w/ Inclusive Recovery, the Dreaming Justice Project, Black and Pink National, Red Light District by Two, the TWOC Healing Project, and This Doesn't Define Me.
🕰️Every Wednesday @ 7:45 pm starting Dec. 10
📍Scan QR code
www.instagram.com/p/DR2J7-5jQ_...
🕰️Every Wednesday @ 7:45 pm starting Dec. 10
📍Scan QR code
www.instagram.com/p/DR2J7-5jQ_...
December 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Peer Support Group! Hosted by/in partnership w/ Inclusive Recovery, the Dreaming Justice Project, Black and Pink National, Red Light District by Two, the TWOC Healing Project, and This Doesn't Define Me.
🕰️Every Wednesday @ 7:45 pm starting Dec. 10
📍Scan QR code
www.instagram.com/p/DR2J7-5jQ_...
🕰️Every Wednesday @ 7:45 pm starting Dec. 10
📍Scan QR code
www.instagram.com/p/DR2J7-5jQ_...
www.them.us/story/histor...
The history informing this article is really cool. But I hope these cafes weren't SWERFy. The sex/porn wars of the 1980s to the present were/are a heck of a thing. Cafes weren't the only things feeding the "feminist" movement
#SWERFsareNOTfeminists
The history informing this article is really cool. But I hope these cafes weren't SWERFy. The sex/porn wars of the 1980s to the present were/are a heck of a thing. Cafes weren't the only things feeding the "feminist" movement
#SWERFsareNOTfeminists
A Short History of the Lesbian Cafes That Fed the Feminist Movement
For over fifty years, lesbian cafes around the country have embodied a seeding ground for revolutionary organizing.
www.them.us
December 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
www.them.us/story/histor...
The history informing this article is really cool. But I hope these cafes weren't SWERFy. The sex/porn wars of the 1980s to the present were/are a heck of a thing. Cafes weren't the only things feeding the "feminist" movement
#SWERFsareNOTfeminists
The history informing this article is really cool. But I hope these cafes weren't SWERFy. The sex/porn wars of the 1980s to the present were/are a heck of a thing. Cafes weren't the only things feeding the "feminist" movement
#SWERFsareNOTfeminists
Know what can help some folks out of economic precarity, create or make up for a lack of certain support systems, and is a blatant middle finger to gendered expectations? Sex work
SEX. WORK. SAVES. LIVES
SEX. WORK. SAVES. LIVES
Neoliberalism contributes to gendered violence by promoting policies that increase economic precarity, reduce social support systems, and reinforce patriarchal gender expectations.
#16DaysofActivism
#16DaysofActivism
December 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Know what can help some folks out of economic precarity, create or make up for a lack of certain support systems, and is a blatant middle finger to gendered expectations? Sex work
SEX. WORK. SAVES. LIVES
SEX. WORK. SAVES. LIVES
Neoliberalism contributes to gendered violence by promoting policies that increase economic precarity, reduce social support systems, and reinforce patriarchal gender expectations.
#16DaysofActivism
#16DaysofActivism
December 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Neoliberalism contributes to gendered violence by promoting policies that increase economic precarity, reduce social support systems, and reinforce patriarchal gender expectations.
#16DaysofActivism
#16DaysofActivism
(1/2) Dec. 3 was the #InternationalDayofPersonswithDisabilities, "a day to reaffirm the rights of persons with disabilities - rights that are outlined in the Charter, the Canadian Human Rights Act, and international treaties and conventions..."
December 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
(1/2) Dec. 3 was the #InternationalDayofPersonswithDisabilities, "a day to reaffirm the rights of persons with disabilities - rights that are outlined in the Charter, the Canadian Human Rights Act, and international treaties and conventions..."
