Happy Nine-year anniversary to WLRN! That's right! We have been bringing you a free, volunteer-produced feminist podcast for nine whole years since our humble beginnings in 2016. We couldn't have done it without YOU, dear listeners, so please consider a "happy anniversary" donation to help with our costs to attend the FiLia conference. You can learn more about that fundraising campaign here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f09AG_mmgw&t=9s

First up, hear WLRN's Mary O'Neill deliver the world news segment for the last time until further notice. Email [email protected] with your resume and cover letter if you are interested in taking over Mary's job of collecting and reading the world news every month. We love having new members join the team! Thank you, Mary, for your two years of service to the collective!

After the world news, enjoy the song "And Leave" by Solely before hearing an interview Freda did with two women who exited prostitution and contribute to the podcast Red Light Expose. Red Light Expose highlights the voices of women who have exited prostitution and combats the growing acceptance and endorsement of "sex work" ideology. redlightexpose.com

Finally, Sekhmet SheOwl rounds off the podcast with her compelling commentary about women, sex and sexuality. SheOwl emphasizes that it is not sex that is the problem, rather it is male dominance and violence that ruins sex for women. She encourages us to explore our sexuality away from all the hype of the male gaze and to base our encounters on love and care.

Thanks again for tuning in to WLRN. #WLRN #feminism #radicalfeminism #redlightexpose

On Exiting from Commercial Sexual Exploitation: Insights from Sex Trade Experienced Persons

Written by Andrea Heinz (interviewee on edition 109)

https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/dignity/vol5/iss1/8/

redlightexpose.com A new platform for critical voices of the sex industry

https://nordicmodelnow.org/ The Nordic Model approach to prostitution (sometimes also known as the Sex Buyer Law, or the Swedish, Abolitionist, or Equality Model) decriminalises selling sex, provides support services to help those involved to exit, and makes paying for sex a criminal offence, in order to reduce the demand that drives sex trafficking

womensliberationfront.org Working to restore, protect, and advance the rights of women and girls

https://rights4girls.org/ Defending the dignity and human rights of young women and girls who experience gender violence and exploitation

https://www.epikproject.org/ Men working to disrupt the demand for commercial sexual exploitation

https://clementine-megalodon-86hj.squarespace.com/ The organization Wake Up Brother seeks to mobilize men to create a society free from prostitution and sexual exploitation