This week, on Old Pro News, we’re talking about decrim in Belgium, a stripper strike in North Hollywood, and financial discrimination in the sex industry. Our guest is Alexandra Hunt, a congressional candidate from Philadelphia who has made her background as a stripper a part of her campaign while refusing to be reduced to that one aspect of who she is and what she stands for. And then Keesha connects Alexandra Hunt’s fight for dignity to the worthiness of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.  

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GUEST BIO AND LINKS

 

https://www.alexandramhunt.com/

 

Alexandra Hunt is a public health researcher, a girls’ soccer coach, an advocate for social, racial, economic, and environmental justice, and an organizer fighting for the 3rd district of Pennsylvania. She is a daughter of two teachers and a sister to a twin brother. Alexandra’s twin brother grew up with a learning disability. Seeing the systemic obstacles her brother faced inspired Alexandra to become an advocate and challenge barriers on the basis of race, gender, class, and ability. 

HEADLINE 1 | Belgium Decriminalizes Prostitution

“Belgium is the first country in Europe to decriminalize selling and paying for sex.”

https://reason.com/2022/03/23/belgium-decriminalizes-prostitution/

https://www.nswp.org/featured/utsopi

HEADLINE 2 | NoHo Strippers Strike

“North Hollywood exotic dancers walk off job to protest unsafe work environment”

https://www.foxla.com/news/north-hollywood-exotic-dancers-walk-off-job-to-protest-unsafe-work-environment

https://www.instagram.com/stripperstrikenoho/

https://www.strippersunited.org/

 

HEADLINE 3 | Lube and Condom Company Denied Insurance

“Lube and Condom Company Denied Insurance Because It Sells Lube and Condoms”

https://www.vice.com/en/article/4aw8dm/lube-and-condom-company-denied-insurance-hartford-company-paradise

 

HEADLINE 4 | OnlyFans Porn Ban Watch

“OnlyFans could ban porn again in its push for an IPO”

https://www.inputmag.com/culture/onlyfans-ban-porn-public-ipo-spac

MUTUAL AID NAME AND LINK

 

Black Sex Worker Collective

https://www.blacksexworkercollective.org/