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Sure, you know is Q Anon nonsense, but do you also know that the much broader hysteria over sex trafficking is basically made up? It’s an “epidemic” that mostly doesn’t exist. Please check out this very thorough long-read: https://twitter.com/enbrown/status/1304761953949188096
This is one of those rare, weird issues where conservative Christians and (some) feminists form an alliance. As they did against porn, during the porn wars in the 80s and 90s.
Unfortunately, many feminists today, especially celebrity feminists, like to “take a stand” against sex work. This is both condescending and stupid. No one who listens to sex workers behaves this way. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/society/2015/jul/28/actors-streep-winslet-thompson-dunham-amnesty-decriminalisation-sex-trade
Meanwhile, @amnesty *actually worked with sex workers* to come up with this decriminalization policy https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/08/sex-workers-rights-are-human-rights/
(And if I lost you at “porn wars” 1. Sorry 2. Haha but no it’s real and 3. This article is a decent summary of what it looks like today, and the historical context) https://arcdigital.media/the-new-porn-wars-bb0ee47f582e
If you’re unpersuaded that sex workers have rights and deserve a completely different legal framework than we’re currently operating under, I recommend 1. Listening to actual sex workers and 2. Reading this https://www.vox.com/2019/8/2/20692327/sex-work-decriminalization-prostitution-new-york-dc
Does all of this criminalization disproportionately impact BIPOC and trans people? You bet it does.
So, what can be done? Easy actions you can take:
DO NOT retweet, share, or signal boost articles on human trafficking
ASK: Where are the voices of sex workers? in anything you read
PUSH your elected representatives to decriminalize sex work https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/jennyheineman/sex-trafficking-myths-sesta-fosta
DO NOT retweet, share, or signal boost articles on human trafficking ASK: Where are the voices of sex workers? in anything you read PUSH your elected representatives to decriminalize sex work https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/jennyheineman/sex-trafficking-myths-sesta-fosta
And follow @comebystjames or YOUR local organization that is BY sex workers, FOR sex workers. Don’t trust any advocacy org that doesn’t center sex workers in their staffing and org model.
https://stjamesinfirmary.org/
https://stjamesinfirmary.org/
And if you prefer to ingest your debunking in podcast form, definitely check out this EXCELLENT work by @yourewrongabout on the moral panic around human trafficking https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/youre-wrong-about/id1380008439?i=1000465289965
Finally (maybe, no promises) if you actually want some nuanced feminist analysis on the relationship between porn and feminism, I highly recommend this essay collection: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Feminist-Porn-Book-by-Tristan-Taormino/9781558618183
