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SWOP Behind Bars Advocacy from the Margins — 110 episodes

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Pink Patriarchy: Pride Edition - The Good Queers and the Bad Whores

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The Lesbian Feminist Who Refused to Abandon Sex Workers: Pat Califia and the Politics of Sexual Dissent

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Pink Patriarchy: Pride Edition: Pride in Pastels - How Queer Liberation Got Sanitized

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The Lesbian Feminist Who Refused to Abandon Sex Workers: Pat Califia and the Politics of Sexual Dissent

5

When Numbers Lie: How Data Keeps Harmful Policy Alive

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What Is Carceral Feminism?

7

When Visibility Wins Over Outcomes

8

When Criminalization Moves Danger: The Risk Shift Nobody Talks About

9

When Safety Is a Spectacle: How Anti-Trafficking Rewards Visibility

10

Intent Isn't Impact: When Good Policy Harms

11

The Nordic Lawn Care Model: When Protection Becomes Punishment

12

If Babysitting Were Illegal: The Hidden Cost of Criminalizing Care

13

The Hypocrisy Experiment — Soldier Edition

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Rhinestones as Evidence: When Pageants Become Prosecution

15

When Labor Becomes a Crime: The Construction Thought Experiment

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The Nordic Sandwich Model: When Lunch Becomes Illegal

17

When One Side Is Criminalized: The Logic Test

18

Fourth Wave Feminism: Power, Platforms, and the Fight for Real Change

19

When Feminism Chooses Control: The Pink Patriarchy Unmasked

20

Third-Wave Feminism: Identity, Agency, and the Turn Toward the Individual

21

Weekend Update: ICE at TSA - What Could Go Wrong?

22

The Pink Patriarchy: When Feminism Starts Policing Women

23

Feminism Isn’t Just One Thing: Second-Wave Feminism, When the Personal Became Political

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Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes: When Feminism Stops Asking Who Pays the Price

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Feminism Isn’t Just One Thing: First Wave Feminism Explained

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The Pink Patriarchy: When Feminism Becomes a Brand Instead of a Liberation Project

27

Not Your Mama’s Feminism: The Policy in Practice - Survivor Voices

28

Weekend Hot Takes: Wait… We’re Doing War With Iran Now? (WTF Edition)

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Not Your Mama’s Feminism: Sex Workers Have Always Been Here

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Not Your Mama's Feminism: The Policy in Practice - The Softer Side of Criminalization

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Designated a Survivor. Still Treated Like a Criminal: KARA'S STORY

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Not Your Mama’s Feminism: Criminalization by Another Name - Nordic Model Outcomes

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Not Your Mama’s Feminism: The Policy in Practice - The Magical Thinking of Nordic Model Interventions

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Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes: When Feminism Stops Asking Who Pays the Price

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Not Your Mama’s Feminism: The Nordic Model’s Feminist Sales Pitch

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Beyond the Policy

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On the Super Bowl, Safety and Solidarity the Super Bowl, Safety and Solidarity

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Not Your Mama’s Feminism: From Budgets to Beliefs - How Money Shapes Feminist Anti-Trafficking Politics

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Follow The Money: The Economics of a Human Trafficking Sting - The Taxpayer Spreadsheet

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On the Super Bowl, Safety and Solidarity

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Follow The Money: The Economics of a “Human Trafficking” Sting - The Human Toll

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The Sting Show - Where Non Profit Cashes In

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The Economics of a “Human Trafficking” Sting: The Non Profit Spreadsheet

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The Sting Show - Plea Bargains, Case Closures, and the Assembly Line That Blocks Justice

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The Economics of a “Human Trafficking” Sting: - The Criminal Justice Spreadsheet

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The Sting Show: Operation Follow The Money

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The Economics of a “Human Trafficking” Sting: What Policing “Rescue” Really Costs

48

The Gospel According to the Women Who Waited - The Women Who Still Wait

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The Gospel According to the Women Who Waited – Hagar: The Runaway Mother Who Named God

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The Gospel According to the Women Who Waited - Anna: The Prophet Who Recognized the Light

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The Gospel According to the Women Who Waited - Elizabeth: The Elder Who Carried Hope Late in Life

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The Gospel According to the Women Who Waited – Mary: The Unwed Teen Who Said Yes Anyway

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Bad Girls of the Bible: Lilith – The Woman Who Refused to Lie Down

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December 17: We Were Never Invisible

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December 17 - Day 16: A World Without Violence

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December 17 – Day 15: Memorial, Not Just Mourning

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December 17 – Day 14: Funding Justice, Not Violence

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December 17 – Day 13: How Allies Can Show Up

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Bad Girls of the Bible: Jezebel - The Bible’s Original Bad Girl, or Just Another Woman Men Couldn’t Handle?

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December 17 – Day 12 Decriminalization is Prevention

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December 17 Day 11- Art as Resistance

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December 17 Day 10: Chosen Families, Chosen Safety

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December 17 Day 9: Centering Lived Experience

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December 17 Day 8: Resilience as Resistance

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December 17 Day 7: Building Our Safety

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December 17 Day 6: Stories of Survival and Building Our Own Safety

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Bad Girls of the Bible: Lot’s Daughters – The Survivors with a Scandalous Plan

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December 17 Day 5: When Justice Isn't Justice

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December 17 Day 4: Stigma Kills

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December 17 Day 3: Criminalization Creates Violence

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December 17: Day 2 Why We Need December 17

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December 17: International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

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Bad girls of the Bible – Tamar: The Widow Who Tricked a Patriarch

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When the Record Keeper Knows What It’s Like to Be in the Records

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Weekend Hot Takes: Beyond Scandal - Seeing the System Behind the Story

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When Burnout Reveals the Truth: What the Anti-Trafficking Field Can No Longer Ignore

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Bad Girls of the Bible: Rehab – The “Harlot” Who Saved a Nation

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A Season of Solidarity - From Mourning to Movement

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Bad Girls of the Bible: Bathsheba – The Silenced Survivor Who Changed History

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December 17 SWOP Behind Bars 3

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December 17 SWOP Behind Bars 2

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December 17 SWOP Behind Bars 1

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Weekend Hot Takes: The Hunger Games

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Bad Girls of the Bible: The Samaritan Woman at the Well – The Outsider Who Spoke Truth

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Bad Girls of the Bible: Mary Magdalene – The Woman Who Wasn’t What They Said She Was

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A Season of Solidarity - What if Your Giving Ended Violence?

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Change on Paper - Chains in Practice: A Practical Review of the November Fall Elections

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The Weaponization of Food

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Bad Girls of the Bible: Delilah – The Femme Fatale Who Took the Fall

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From Surviving to Thriving: What Happens When You Fund Freedom

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Stripped of Promises: The Hidden Realities of Guam’s Exotic Dance Industry

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Season of Solidarity - Funding Real Solutions

93

When “Rescue” Is Rebranded: Compass Connections Takes the National Hotline

94

From Taboo to Tool: How Myths About Sex Work Keep Power in Place

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Bad Girls of the Bible: Eve: The First Scapegoat

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A Season of Solidarity: We Take Care of Us

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Weekend HotTakes - Economic Bloodsport

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Receipts Please! Myths Don't Stand A Chance! Myth #10: Ending Demand Will End Sex Work

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Weekend Hot Takes: When the Border Comes to Your City - and the even Police Say “Enough”

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Receipts Please! Myths Don't Stand A Chance! Myth #9: Sex Work and Pornography Are Harmless Entertainment

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Receipts Please! Myths Don't Stand A Chance! Myth #8: Criminalization Protects Vulnerable People

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Receipts Please! Myths Don't Stand A Chance! Myth #7: Sex Work Causes Community Decline

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Receipts Please! Myths Don't Stand A Chance! Myth #6: All Clients Are Predators

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The Ironic Death of Charlie Kirk

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Safety Is a Feeling, Not a Destination

106

Passing the Gravy: How Systems Perpetuate Violence Instead of Ending It

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Receipts Please! Myths Don't Stand A Chance! Myth #5: Sex Work Is Glamorous and Easy Money

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Carrying Life, Carrying Love: Pregnancy, Homelessness, and Two Cats Who Never Left

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Receipts Please! Myths Don't Stand A Chance! Myth #4 Sex Workers Should Just Get a "Real" Job!

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WEEKEND HOT TAKES: When Women and Girls Disappear from the Report