Anora won five Academy Awards on Sunday, including the coveted Best Picture Oscar. Writer-director-producer-editor Sean Baker’s sex worker tale about Ani — a Brooklyn stripper played by now-award-winning actress Mikey Madison — stole the show at the 97th Academy Awards while also raising awareness for the sex worker community. But whores have always been at the Oscars! Let’s discuss.

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