GBA 197 Toni

In GBA 197 we get better acquainted with Toni. She talks about being a sex worker and sex worker rights activist, decriminalisation, the problems with the Swedish Model, the language and stigma around sex work, harm reduction, how various systems of oppression intersect around the lives of sex workers and more. Toni is a member of the Sex Worker Open University: http://www.sexworkeropenuniversity.com/ Content Note: Some reference to violence against sex workers and to rape and sexual assault, although none of these references are graphic or personal accounts. Toni plugs: @SexWorkerOU: https://twitter.com/SexWorkerOU CONFIDE: Helpline: http://confideinfo.com/about/ I plug: Tragic Winter @ Hackney Attic: 28th February: http://www.facebook.com/events/1516191711967276/ We mention: International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers: http://www.december17.org/ Carol Leigh: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Leigh Tres Cosas Campaign: https://3cosascampaign.wordpress.com/about/ Decriminalisation: http://prostitutescollective.net/2010/09/28/decriminalisation-of-prostitution-v-legalisation-2/ Swedish/Nordic Model: http://www.sexworkeropenuniversity.com/blog/swou-statement-on-poverty-sex-work-and-the-swedish-model-poverty-is-objectifying-demeaning-and-coercive1 Amnesty International - the backlash: http://www.amnesty.org.uk/agm-decisions-to-date http://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/2013/06/amnesty-human-rights-and-criminalisation-sex-work Friends: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends Petite Jasmine: http://titsandsass.com/the-bloody-state-gave-him-the-power-a-swedish-sex-workers-murder/ http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/alex-bryce/petite-jasmine-sex-workers_b_4439049.html Arrested Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrested_Development_%28TV_series%29 Tina Fay: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Fey Morecambe Bay Cockle Picking Disaster: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Morecambe_Bay_cockling_disaster ECP: http://www.nswp.org/members/europe/english-collective-prostitutes http://prostitutescollective.net/ x: talk: http://www.xtalkproject.net/ NSWP: http://www.nswp.org/ Ipswich Serial murders: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipswich_serial_murders Associated Press: http://www.ap.org/ Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!