Red Light Exposé

Sybil Jo and Elly Arrow speak to Derrick Jensen, co-founder of Deep Green Resistance, about the parallels and connections between the exploitation and destruction of women and children’s lives, as well as the natural world at the hands of violent men, the trauma and disembodiment this violation imperative causes to victims and perpetrators, and how to remain kind to oneself and others in the face of it.

Links

Derrick Jensen: https://derrickjensen.org/

Deep Green Resistance: https://www.deepgreenresistance.org/

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Merly Asbogard, Sybil Jo and Elly Arrow discuss the societal view of women in prostitution who drink or use drugs, common assumption as to why they consume and the invisibility of the myriad men profiting and consciously using alcohol and drugs to exploit.

Due to technical problems during the livestream some parts have been cut.

Caroline Pugh Roberts joins Merly Åsbogård, Sybil Jo, and Savannah Severn in a conversation on the Epstein abuse syndicate, the way it functioned, how it mirrors the dynamics inherent to commercial sexual exploitation, its ripple effects now, and what it says about our society.

Find Caroline Pugh Roberts on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aliceded

Sybil Jo and Elly Arrow will discuss Louis Theroux's recent "Manosphere" Netflix documentary about men who prey on male youth's insecurities and young women's economic vulnerability to often fashion themselves into modern-day influencer-pimps.

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Sources:

Netflix documentary "Inside The Manosphere" by Louis Theroux

Chris William's interview with Louis Theroux: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBt7KbaBzu8⁠

Jennie Gage on the Manosphere documentary: ⁠https://youtu.be/Q24S4vffF8U?si=5P0XbOaDY6VQOw7T⁠

Elly Arrow's video on Hasan Piker: ⁠https://youtu.be/nsDTAbMIomw?si=8fuB29QxYoVb8YKN

The Invisible Men Projects: UK: https://the-invisible-men.tumblr.com/ Germany: https://www.instagram.com/dieunsichtbarenmaenner/

Elly Arrow speaks with Silvia, an anti-sexual exploitation activist from Germany, about the Pelicot case and how Dominique Pelicot and his co-perpetrators' behaviour is mirrored in the actions of pimps and johns and directly inspired by trends in online pornography and BDSM culture. They also go into the histories and take a critical look at the culture of France and Germany, respectively, to see how this connects to the Pelicot case and beyond.

Links

German Alliance for the Nordic Model: https://www.bundesverband-nordischesmodell.de/

Action Group Equality Bavaria: https://www.aggbayern.de/

Silvia’s article for Nordic Model Now: https://nordicmodelnow.org/2024/12/26/what-does-the-pelicot-case-teach-us/

“A Hymn to Life: Shame has to Change Sides” by Gisèle Pelicot: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/229290592-a-hymn-to-life

“I'll Never Call Him Dad Again: Turning Our Family Trauma of Sexual Assault and Chemical Submission into a Collective Fight” by Caroline Darian: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/223463797-i-ll-never-call-him-dad-again?ref=rae_0 

Dominique Pelicot is suspected of rape and femicide: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/19/dominique-pelicot-further-investigation-rapes-murder

Previous episode on porn’s effect on young people: “Internet Porn is Causing a Crisis Among Young People”

Previous episode on South Korea’s misogyny crisis: “Korean Women Fighting Porn Culture”

Huschke Mau: https://huschkemau.de/en/

Sandra Norak: https://mylifeinprostitution.wordpress.com/

Rachel Moran’s book “Paid For: My Journey Through Prostitution”: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24724603-paid-for

Joanne Young: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/joanne-young-case-how-13-year-pattern-alleged-abuse-led-charges-against-six-men-1765065

Nordic Model Now: https://nordicmodelnow.org/ 

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Sybil Jo and Elly Arrow discuss the increasing trend of female celebrities using strip clubs (and in one case, escort prostitution). Is this a way to signal status? To bond over the objectification of other women like men do? What if the celebrity is an actress researching for a movie role or if the woman is an ex-dancer herself? What does it mean for the rest of us when the (American) elite declares the stripping world their social hub?

Sources:

Chappell Roan: https://www.reddit.com/r/chappellroan/comments/1rffeca/chappell_roan_celebrated_her_birthday_at_jumbos

Kim Kardashian: https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a69120556/kim-kardashian-alls-fair-premiere-birthday-party-details/

Gabrielle Union: https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/backwoodsaltar/gabrielle-union-loves-strip-clubs-most-cash-dropped-in-a-night

Dua Lipa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmN8bcdG2jA

Lizzo: https://www.them.us/story/former-dancers-accuse-lizzo-harassment

Kirsten Stewart: https://www.eonline.com/news/430554/kristen-stewart-poses-with-hooters-girls-enjoys-wings-and-beer-at-texas-breastaurant

4.22% of women have visited strip clubs during the last 12 months: https://bakadesuyo.com/2011/04/are-highly-educated-men-more-likely-to-go-to

"Bridesmaids" cast: https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/movies/kristen-wiig-rose-byrne-bridesmaids-reunion-strip-club/ 

"Hustlers" cast: https://www.glamour.com/story/constance-wu-made-600-dollars-dancing-at-a-strip-club-while-preparing-for-hustlers

Shante Broadus aka "Boss Lady": https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/snoop-dogg-wife-the-players-club-strip-club-los-angeles-1234881787/

Cardi B: https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a26950832/cardi-b-drugging-robbing-men-response

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/dec/01/how-cardi-b-went-from-stripper-to-star

https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-12-09-cardi-b-opens-up-about-past-abusive-relationship-offsets-cheating-more

Blac Chyna: https://hip-hopvibe.com/news/blac-chyna-stripping-past-king-cairo-interview/

https://www.wonderwall.com/news/blac-chyna-hosting-party-los-angeles-strip-club-10k-3008047-article

https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/477987-blac-chyna-is-back-to-taking-strip-club-gigs-news

https://pagesix.com/2017/01/16/inside-rob-and-chynas-night-at-the-strip-club

Amber Rose: https://www.promiflash.de/news/2025/09/07/amber-rose-lobt-onlyfans-als-sichere-stripclub-alternative.html

https://www.thebeat925.ca/news/15699/amber-rose-buys-her-favorite-l-a-strip-club 

https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/kanye-west-amber-rose-relationship-1023540

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2024/05/21/amber-rose-endorses-trump-heres-other-celebrities-who-have-switched-sides-or-wont-endorse-a-candidate

Lily Allen: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6137173/Lily-Allen-slept-female-prostitutes-instead-men-marriage-breakdown.html 

https://www.rollingstone.de/lily-allen-ich-bezahlte-escort-damen-fuer-sex-1553140/ 

https://www.thepinknews.com/2018/09/04/lily-allen-explains-sex-female-escorts/ 

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/lily-allen-not-attracted-to-women-despite-paying-for-female-sex-workers/a/115608577.html

Elly Arrow speaks with Caitlin Roper about “nudify” apps, AI girlfriends, and the new culture of men and boys’ digitally facilitated sexual terror against potentially anyone female, from school girls to ex-girlfriends to feminist campaigners. They go into how these practices compare to what men have been doing to so-called “sex dolls” in the shape of women and girls for years, and the targeted deepfake campaign Caitlin’s feminist group Collective Shout went through at the hands of misogynistic gamers upset over the pulling of rape simulators from major gaming platforms.

Links

Collective Shout: https://www.collectiveshout.org/ 

"Turning Women & Girls Into Porn: An Analysis of 20 Nudifying, Deepfake and Virtual Girlfriend Apps": https://assets.nationbuilder.com/collectiveshout/pages/17246/attachments/original/1765173209/Turning_Women___Girls_Into_Porn_-_A_Collective_Shout_Report.pdf?1765173209

Caitlin Roper’s link tree (including link to her book “Sex Dolls, Robots and Woman Hating: The Case for Resistance”): https://lnk.bio/RlgI 

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Andrea Heinz and Elly Arrow speak to Kate Quinn and Dr. Donna Hughes about the history of the sex industry abolition movement since the late 80s, its challenges and successes, and their personal long-term work in Canada and the U.S., respectively.

CEASE Canada: https://www.ceasenow.org/

Dignity Journal: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/dignity/

In this livestream, Merly Åsbogård, Elly Arrow, and Sybil Jo go over examples of women individually and collectively resisting men's abuse with violent means from the Gulabi Gang movement in India, the YPJ of Northern Syria, to individual women and girls who kill their abusive partners, traffickers, or (paying) rapists.

Sources:

Cyntoia Brown: trafficked, enslaved, jailed for life at 16 – and fighting back: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/oct/23/cyntoia-brown-long-trafficked-enslaved-jailed-for-life-at-16-and-fighting-back

Valerie Solanas: https://theculturesift.com/who-was-valerie-solanas-part-one/

Aileen Wuornos: https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?params=/context/facpub/article/1218/&path_info=Smith_monster_HEIN.pdf

Women's Vigilantism in India: A Case Study of the Pink Sari Gang: https://www.sciencespo.fr/mass-violence-war-massacre-resistance/en/document/womens-vigilantism-india-case-study-pink-sari-gang

Women who kill: how the state criminalises women we might otherwise be burying: https://womensaid.org.uk/women-who-kill/

Centre for Women's Justice: https://www.centreforwomensjustice.org.uk/women-who-kill

They Killed Their Abusers. Should They Spend Their Lives in Prison? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/magazine/oklahoma-domestic-violence-survivors-act.html?unlocked_article_code=1.P1A.ygK7.pWaeB9VkDnym&smid=url-share

Ugandan influencer Aleti Crystal vows to beat up 1.000 men: https://www.instagram.com/aleti_crystal/

Men terrorizing their communities and communities fighting back: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akku_Yadav; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_McElroy

Take Back the Night movement: https://takebackthenight.org/

Giulia Tofana: poisoner, murderer, saviour? https://historiamag.com/giulia-tofana-poisoner-murderer-saviour/

Kurdish Women Making Revolution in Rojava: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfPf1-GL71c

In this livestream, Merly Åsbogård, Sybil Jo, and Elly Arrow discuss societal hypocrisy around the sexual abuse and trafficking of children, especially girls: The hypothetical child abuser is despised, but the real ones in our midst - famous or less so - are ignored if not enabled, including by our pop culture, fashion, and general treatment of girls and women.