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Video screening: NYC, July 23, Sex worker advocates in Macedonia

WITNESS and partner organization, HOPS, will be screening their new documentary on sex workers’ rights in Macedonia, on July 23 at Bluestockings Bookstore. Following the screening, WITNESS partner representative, Marija Tosheva will take part in a ...

From MELISSA GIRA, Bound, Not Gagged,  22 Jul 2009

Sex Workers at Pride in San Francisco, today!

Bound, Not Gagged is a proud Sponsor of SF Sex Worker Fest "...take some time to peruse the Bound, Not Gagged blog at length. It focuses on sex workers rights, and does a damn fine job covering said topic. Smart and effective." -Brittney ...

From MELISSA GIRA, Bound, Not Gagged,  27 Jun 2009

The Gossip Gangs of New York [Team Party Crash]

Cindi Leive, Glamour editor-in-chief, denied she could be one of the book's funhouse mirrored versions of Manhattan media fixtures. It was Leive who playing host at Da Silvano's wine bar to a mix of unnervingly relaxed gossips, writers, and flacks, ...

From MELISSA GIRA GRANT, Sploid,  29 May 2009

How shutting down Craigslist's "erotic services" section hurts prostitutes and cops.

Leading the campaign against Craigslist prostitution is Richard Blumenthal. The Connecticut attorney general, hot off a war on Facebook and MySpace for their alleged exposure of young people to sexual predation, started a crusade against Craigslist ...

From MELISSA GIRA GRANT, Slate,  27 May 2009
Related Topics: Craigslist.org,  Richard Blumenthal,  Facebook Inc.

Youth Still Totally Against Fascism: Sonic Youth's Most Adorable Record Release Party [Team Party Crash]

Copy this whole post to another site Marking the release of their my-god sixteenth album on Friday at Home Sweet Home, Sonic Youth brought out a few bands to play covers of their own songs and wear great outfits and pretend they didn't like talking to ...

From MELISSA GIRA GRANT, Sploid,  26 May 2009
Related Topics: Thurston Moore,  Kim Gordon,  The Ramones (musician)

Smiling Through the Mediaocalypse [Team Party Crash]

Rachelle Hruska curses the dark skies with her bright, bright future. Media lady Rachel Sklar basking in the death of print and all the tight t-shirts it brings. Lonnie, left, is a stylist. Ryan B, right, is a make-up artist. For this they are ...

From MELISSA GIRA GRANT, Sploid,  18 May 2009
Related Topics: Cameron Winklevoss,  Rachel Sklar

Breaking: Craigslist to end Erotic Services

So some wacko responds to an ad, kills somebody, and the answer is: ban the ads? What a weird response! What is the difference between an erotic services ads section and a new adult category? I wonder if it will have an entirely different URL. I mean, ...

From MELISSA GIRA, Bound, Not Gagged,  13 May 2009
Related Topics: Craigslist.org

May 8th: Video Advocacy Training for Sex Worker Organizing & Advocacy

Via The Sex Workers Empowerment Project — a video advocacy training in partnership with WITNESS,  for sex worker rights’ advocates will be held on May 8th in New York City. The Sex Workers Empowerment Project (SWEP) and $pread Magazine are working with ...

From MELISSA GIRA, Bound, Not Gagged,  6 Apr 2009
Related Topics: United Nations

Resisting the Sex Panic: Sex Workers Struggle for Evidence-Based Regulation in Nevada

Sex workers have long struggled to be regarded as leaders in the prevention of HIV, not as vectors of disease from which the public must be protected.  This challenge extends to the few counties in the United States where prostitution is regulated and ...

From MELISSA GIRA GRANT, Reproductive Health: Reality Check,  10 Feb 2009

Melissa Gira Grant: Obama, Please Ignore Kristof For Now

Now he's back with his 2009 agenda, delivered like the others, as a kicker to his column. In it, he asks that the Obama administration pressure the Cambodian government to bust more brothels, on the premise that the risk of going to jail for selling ...

From MELISSA GIRA GRANT, Huffington Post,  6 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George W. Bush

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