LEFT/OVER Episode 13. - A Sex Work in Progress feat. Molly Smith

We're joined by activist and co-author of Revolting Prostitutes, Molly Smith, to talk about the sex workers' rights movement, what we're doing and who we're fighting against. We talk about how the 'end demand' model doesn't really work in the context of an industry where poverty creates the demand itself, and the economic and border violence that props the legislation up. In addition, we talk about the employment of strategic ignorance to disregard workers' voices. We have a candid discussion about trafficking, and the various ways it's either applied as a 'gotcha' in the debate with no real care or understanding of its roots and nuances or outright ignored, how the application of laws that are supposed to target pimps and clients overwhelmingly, and disproportionately, hurt sex workers, and how the internet censorship that has been trialled on sex workers affects us all.

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Hosts: Aarjan /// Nikita

Guest: Molly Smith

Production: Sarah Sahim

Music: Cardio /// Siriusmo - Liu