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she/her/hers // Working towards justice, equality, love, and collective liberation #decrim 🧁 @cupcakegirlsorg
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As our government makes online sw harder to access - sw gets even more dangerous- which causes an increase in trafficking.
Antitrafficking orgs lobbying against sw are literally working to keep themselves in business. If they’re not pro decrim, theyre supporting trafficking.
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Sex work is not inherently violent.
It’s the way that we as a society treat sex work and Sex Workers that can make the work dangerous, the work itself is not inherently violent.
We need to decriminalize sex work now.
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SO excited to meet Kamala Harris, and ask her to repeal SESTA/FOSTA.
In the last week, we were invited to meet Kamala Harris, and we were interviewed by TIME Magazine.
Excited to see what next week will bring!
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S-x work is not inherently violent.
It’s the way that we as a society treat s-x work and S-x Workers that can make the work dangerous, the work itself is not inherently violent.
We need to decriminalize s-x work now.
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Warning - the following words are shared from a s-x worker who experienced detainment and arrest this week due to the stigma, and sensationalism surrounding the lie that trafficking increases around the Super Bowl.
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If your feminism doesn’t include sex workers, and trans women, your feminism is straight up trash. Pure garbage.
#InternationalWomansDay
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STOP THE RAIDS.”
- anonymously shared to protect this phenomenal human
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They don’t want me to be homeless, look at how they stigmatize the homeless.
They don’t want me to not care for my kids, look at how they stigmatize poverty.
They don’t want me to do s-x work, look at how they treat us.
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“I asked to call my babysitter, so that she and my kids would know what was going on, they all laughed at me and said “we know you’re going to call your pimp” I tried explaining so many ways I’m not trafficked and they didn’t listen.
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I’m only left with, they don’t want us to exist, and I’m not going anywhere.
This is what people don’t understand about me. The more barriers you place in my way, the more I rise. You tell me I can’t exist? I’ll shine brighter than before.
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This is the only job I’ve experienced the ability to pay my bills. One of the most frustrating parts? Because I’ve been arrested this many times now it’s harder to get into safer housing. It’s harder to get a different (well paying) job.
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Sws had been calling
#russellbrand
unsafe for years. His habit of hiring workers, and abusing them is well known in the sw community. Again, people are able to get away with abuse, assault, trafficking, because they’re charismatic, charming, helpful - when they want to be.
Abus
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I was talking to a sex educator last night that was brought in to a home with adults with disabilities to help teach them to masturbate because unfortunately the adults within the home had been injuring themselves and each-other when they were attempting to masturbate.
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The hardest thing to swallow here is my own tax dollars paid for that interaction. I’m a single parent, I’ve tried working multiple jobs to afford the rising cost of housing in Las Vegas to stay away from being homeless,
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I need 2 lawyers to help s-x workers who were arrested during Super Bowl.
Also:
In need of family lawyers with experience in custody cases in California. We currently have 4 cases with URGENT need. Custody lawyer MUST be s-x worker safe.
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I can’t get a job that would support me and my kids and the day care and and and.
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If your feminism doesn’t include decriminalizing sex work, you are perpetuating the harm you are claiming to solve.
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Before you work to discount, discredit, or look away please read with an open heart.
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Sex work is a job.
We want safe conditions for these workers.
Decriminalize sex work.
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Why do organizations like
@ExodusCry
ignore data from
@WHO
,
@amnestyusa
,
@ACLU
, and so many more who had said for years now that decriminalizing sex work would decrease sex trafficking and create safer working conditions for sex workers and sex trafficking survivors?
Money.
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Oof. People really hate sws. People really hate survivors that have decided to do sw after trafficking. Wtf is wrong with us as a society that we are so ok with this stigma? With this hate? With this horrific dehumanization of people? Please if you find yourself having
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All of us should be putting pressure on the candidates right now, all of our futures depend on our pressure and presence.
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I mean we’re talking torn labia’s, broken penis’s, it was awful. The sex educator (who is also a sex worker) taught the adults to masturbate, since then? No injuries.
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Best way to put a dent in sex trafficking? Decriminalize sex work. <- period
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Worst calls I get are when people can’t get into DV shelters for the night. Fucking worst calls. Our society has ZERO housing. ZERO. The housing we DO have is understaffed, and underfunded. We really need safer housing for sex workers in crisis.
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Bummed we didn’t get time with Kamala, we did get time to talk with our state representatives and so many people in the stands about the importance of internet freedoms, that trafficking and sex work aren’t the same, as well as the importance of decriminalizing sex work.
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Been apart of three memorials for sex workers in the last three months. My heart is aching, my soul is fuming. Fosta sesta is killing people. We need to decriminalize sex work now.
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Deeply disappointed and utterly horrified doesn’t even begin to describe the actions of Seattle City Council yesterday. A formal statement will be made by The Cupcake Girls today on their inhumane and disturbing actions. So honored to have been one of the over 50 people to
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Spent my day arguing with higher ups in Las Vegas who are claiming to fight sex trafficking but upon further examination are actually just pretending to fight trafficking and are actually fighting to harm sex workers.
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The Cupcake Girls fully supports the “Strippers Bill of Rights” put forth by the workers themselves.
Read more within our opinion piece in The Seattle Times:
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Many anti trafficking orgs talk about fighting exploitation, while actively exploiting survivors by way of asking survivors to share their stories again, and again to the orgs donors in order for the orgs to receive financial gain
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Roomies moved out and left a bottle of wine here completely unintentionally.
I found the wine + right away called my friend who drinks to see if she wants it. She’s excited to have the wine, + I’m proud of myself for continuing in my sobriety. I just did that. I’m so proud rn.
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There isn’t a labor shortage.
There is a living wage shortage,
a hazard pay shortage,
a child care shortage,
a paid sick leave shortage,
and a health care shortage.
Also decriminalize sex work.
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As someone dedicated to supporting sex workers and survivors of sex trafficking, I often encounter criticism and even threats from individuals who believe that our work is at odds with their moral or religious beliefs.
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Join me in not just supporting sex workers and trafficking survivors on the internet, but also with my dollars by donating to:
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“The whorearchy is the hierarchal system by which sex workers too often order themselves from “elite” to “inferior.” The woman who walks the streets is always at the bottom of this hierarchy. Who’s on top, though, is contested.”
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There’s a story going around about the Super Bowl that isn’t supported by any data whatsoever.
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Did you know when a seggs worker is present in a situation where the police are called, the seggs worker is categorized in the police report under the acronym, “NHI”, meaning: No Human Involved.
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Trafficking is a complex issue that is driven by a variety of factors.
We cannot defeat what we are unwilling to define so it’s important to say, the patriarchy, colonialism, capitalism, and racism are all interconnected systems that are the root causes of trafficking in the
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thoughts against sws or trafficking survivors - please examine yourself. Please work through those biases. Please think through why you feel those things, where those thoughts originated. And please take the time to heal - if you do not heal you will continue to harm so many.
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Is tweeting through tears a thing? How can someone claim to be “helping victims of trafficking” while literally causing more harmful environments for people trying to leave trafficking.
@ExodusCry
has raised over 6 million dollars since inception - you want to know how many
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This is false reporting. It’s harmful. A simple google search debunks trafficking increasing during the Super Bowl. A. SIMPLE. GOOGLE. SEARCH.
@NewsHour
do better.
Big sporting events, like the Super Bowl, can have a darker side that isn't talked about much publicly — a notable rise in local sex trafficking.
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IT'S NOT CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, STOP CALLING IT THAT.
It's child sexual abuse material.
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@MeltedShine
@swopusa
If they were forced they were trafficked. If they chose it they weren’t. You just explained how you’re wrong. Sex work is work.
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people are able to get away with abuse, assault, trafficking, because they’re charismatic, charming, helpful - when they want to be.
I’m positive the experience Mila and Ashton had with him was everything they wrote about, I’m also positive they ignored the many times they
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@PortlandPolice
Something I do when I’m upset for no reason, is I take a deeep breath in, and then slowly let it out, and then repeat it 10 times, want to try it with me before you hurt people?
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The United States has a huge issue regarding the sexual and physical assault of sex workers and trafficking survivors by people within the police department.
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city council, not only disregarding their constituents, but calling nine cops in to remove them all. Inhumane, horrific, disturbing, embarrassing. The Seattle City Council owes it’s constituents an apology, and changed behavior. I’m still in shock that this even happened.
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Survivors need that money to rebuild their lives? Decriminalizing sex work is the BEST WAY to increase safety for sex workers and DECREASE trafficking. Exodus cry knows this. They ignore this for profit, ego, power, and control. The patriarchy is killing us.
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Pro decrim world - here are the cities and the dates of their documentaries- they have panels afterward where we can share true data. I’m planning on showing up with my binder full of pro decrim data to hand over to the
@ExodusCry
team tonight. Who can do this in the other cities
The Buying Her Tour starts this week!
It’s not to late to get your tickets:
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This is happening all over the US. Stop arresting sex trafficking survivors. The amount of money
@CupcakeGirlsOrg
pays to expunge (or seal) records is infuriating when we could be using that money to GIVE the survivors as they work to rebuild after that much trauma.
Did you know in Nevada sex trafficking survivors are arrested and placed in jail after they’re “rescued”.
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Decriminalizing sex work is a matter of human rights. Sex workers deserve the same protections and rights as any other worker.
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@cfpdx
Yes! KOSA is going into my 3 minute statement as well (I’m preparing for between 3-4minutes currently)
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Some other phenomenal orgs to support
@orsexworkers
@swaidvegas
@swopusa
@DecrimNY
@oldprosonline
@DecrimSex
please add to this thread all the orgs you love and support too
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@DecrimSex
@Willfromthe216
They’re focusing on awareness over actionable items - like affordable healthcare, confronting capitalism, decriminalizing sex work, working from an anti racist frame work,
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show up virtually and in person to demand better for the most marginalized and oppressed in Seattle. If you haven’t, I suggest watching the powerful, brave statements made by Seattle citizens against big business and private prisons yesterday, and then watch the response of the
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Black and brown queer, trans, and disabled folks deserve so much better.
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“A former St. Clair High School teacher who resigned after her OnlyFans page was reported to district officials has been fired after days on a new job.
Brianna Coppage had been a teacher for five years, spending two at St. Clair High School.
A former St. Clair High School teacher who resigned after her OnlyFans page was reported to district officials has been fired after days on a new job.
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@theresawoman
@orsexworkers
@swaidvegas
@swopusa
@DecrimNY
@oldprosonline
@DecrimSex
Everyone needs counseling, everyone deserves counseling
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here are some tweets explaining the need to decriminalize sex work:
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PLEASE RT! FSSW be very careful on the Las Vegas strip this week!
@CupcakeGirlsOrg
are getting multiple calls from FSSW concerning extremely predatory stings! Please share! 7 calls already this morning asking for help due to stings last night!
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If your anti-sexual violence work doesn’t include decriminalizing sex work, you are perpetuating the harm you are claiming to solve.
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I need advice! The apartment I just moved into has a pretty strong cigarette smell - how do I get rid of this? I’ve put an air purifier in the room, and tried incense and a diffuser- the smell won’t budge! Thoughts on what to clean and how to clean to reduce the smell?
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If you are a s-x worker and/or trafficking survivor in the state of Nevada and have experienced abuse or targeting from the police and/or nonprofits - there is a reporter who is wanting to talk with you.
If you’d like to this reporter DM us and we will connect you.
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Sex work should be understood and acknowledged as a job, as work. Sex Workers must be entitled to the fundamental right to work to support themselves and their families.
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Spent the evening talking with a reporter and
@barbbrents
about the prejudice stop and frisk law and ban of people from a 7 mile stretch of town that the Seattle city council is trying to pass, and we absolutely oppose.
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ers usually have a continued pattern of abuse that is protected by their environment.
They’re usually protected by friends, family, coworkers, because they seem “nice” “friendly” “successful”.
This is often why the abused, the trafficked, the victims aren’t believed and in fa
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@ericasmithsexed
Literally have been fighting this in Vegas THANK YOU for this tweet. Seeing so many politicians, and nonprofits using hysteria for professional gain while they hurt sex workers AND people who are being trafficked is infuriating.
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@MeltedShine
@uppittynegress
@swopusa
What’s not safe? The way we as a society treat sex workers and their clients.
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They don’t spend a dime on paying survivors or sex workers, they put out lies through their high production documentary’s and pay themselves. Their ED was making over 100k in 2021 per their 990:
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Always an honor to sit with
@swopusa
+
@uppittynegress
!!! Thank you so much for providing the space to talk about all of the things 🥰
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I hope you have friends who tell you when you’re wrong.
I hope you have friends that tell you when your behavior is harmful.
I hope you have friends who remind you who you are.
I hope you have friends who hope the best for you + speak well of you, even when you’re not around. I
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So deeply thankful for the opportunity to work on eliminating stigma, and increasing resources and trauma informed care for sex workers and sex trafficking survivors. Together we can all build a world where sex trafficking is eradicated, and sex workers are safe and empowered.
Headed to a philanthropic conference hosted by Giving List Women with
@amy_merrell
from
@CupcakeGirlsOrg
! Excited to showcase how sex worker and anti-trafficking orgs are working together to address exploitation and increase safety for all. Wish us luck!!
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The hateful DMs have taken a toll on my mental health, I’m feeling it all hard today. If you feel led to, encouraging quotes, words, etc would be super appreciated. 🌸
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YAY
Two weeks ago, we set a goal to raise $5,000 before the public matching deadline. You met that goal within days, so we set an ambitious goal of raising $20,000–
As of midnight, we received $29,156 and we are on pace for the most donors ever in a Portland city government race.
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@FindaddyJ
Full decriminalization is what sex workers are asking for, I have 18 years of experience advocating within these spaces and can decidedly say I also agree with them on this stance. Also
@ACLU
,
@amnestyusa
,
@WHO
and many more push for decriminalization.
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TW SA:
I’d like to see a law ensuring anyone who needs a rape kit can receive one at absolutely no cost to them, and that they would also not be charged with any associated costs of that visit.
The fact we allow people to receive a BILL for this is horrific.
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ct they’re ignored.
Victims are ignored not because they aren’t right, not because they weren’t abused, they’re ignored because the abusers circles just don’t want to believe them.
It’s easier for their narrative to ignore the victims- or worse, dehumanize them.
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When sex work is decriminalized, Sex Workers are more empowered
to insist on condom use by clients. Protecting Sex Workers from HIV and so much more.
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@disseminatrix13
@nordicmodelnow
Many people are unaware that their version of caring behavior are actually attempts at controlling another person.
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@ExodusCry
poured more money away from victim/survivors and into creating more documentaries that spread lies about sex workers, and sex trafficking survivors. They’re having showings of these documentaries all over, but unfortunately they’re coming to Las Vegas April 6th.
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Bought a copy for each of our
@CupcakeGirlsOrg
offices! Thank you for compiling
@Justi_writes
!
“Body Autonomy: Decolonizing Sex Work & Drug Use” comes out in May 2024. To pre-order your copy click here.
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FYI -
@CupcakeGirlsOrg
will be giving out $20,000 in $100 cash grants to sws + trafficking survivors in November! More information to come.
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Publicly + politically supporting anti s-x trafficking organizations that are inclusive of s-x worker supportive services, including but not limited to harm reduction, and
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Megan Fox posted this selfie showing herself standing in front of a not so subtly placed human trafficking poster which reads: "When you can't walk away." after deleting her fiancé MGK from Instagram.
As the photo began to circulate, Megan then deleted her own account.
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When this work seems impossible, please rest before you quit.
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#Decriminalization
may not solve all of the problems concerning police abuse + misconduct, BUT it can empower Sex Workers to register complaints against police who act unlawfully, + bring offenders to justice without fear of negative consequences for their own livelihoods.
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