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Swop Behind Bars
- May 6
- 2 min
Fight For Nikki
Anyways, Niki has had a terrible turn of luck. A few weeks ago, Niki noticed tingling in her toes. Eventually, she started having a hard...
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Swop Behind Bars
- Apr 23
- 4 min
Oh Feminism, Where Art Thou?
From the Editor: On April 6th, 2018, Backpage was seized by the Federal Government of the United States and millions of sex workers...
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Swop Behind Bars
- Mar 26
- 7 min
Solutions for Defeating Performative DEI
With the expansion of DEI efforts and commitments from both for profit and non-profit organizations and corporations, we have seen a...
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Swop Behind Bars
- Mar 2
- 6 min
Guide to Hiring Sex Workers and Survivors
Strategies on hiring that will benefit your company! Traditional employment - or as we say in sex work language - “vanilla” or “straight”...
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Swop Behind Bars
- Dec 13, 2022
- 8 min
See How They Run
A recent article in the Orlando Sun Sentinel in Florida exposed something that literally everyone has always known is going on, but no...
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Swop Behind Bars
- Aug 8, 2022
- 10 min
Locked Up and Locked Out
10 Things to Know About What Happens AFTER Arrest We often speak about the importance of “Know Your Rights” when interacting with law...
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Swop Behind Bars
- Jun 23, 2022
- 5 min
Ending Exploitation
Ending exploitation, or human trafficking, has now been in a public discourse for several decades. And in spite of the verbal gymnastics,...
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Swop Behind Bars
- May 16, 2022
- 4 min
The Censorship of Feminism
Guest Post By Rickie de la Vega I write smut. My publisher calls it “erotica,” but that distinction doesn’t wash with many, so I may as...
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Gaye Dalton
- Apr 7, 2022
- 3 min
Simplifying the Disaster of the “Equality” Model
By Gaye Dalton Regardless of their intention or motivation Nordic Model Campaigns (like Equality Model NY, “Turn off the Red Light” now...
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Gaye Dalton
- Mar 12, 2022
- 3 min
Victims of the Same Fiction
Guest Post by Gay Dalton Last night I sat up till midnight to download and read A Girl Worth More by Joanne Phillips and Shannon Kyle...
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Swop Behind Bars
- Dec 11, 2021
- 6 min
December 17, 2021 Memorial Names for the USA
This Friday, December 17, 2021, SWOP Behind Bars joins sex workers, allies and advocates from around the world in recognizing...
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Laura Lemoon
- Oct 29, 2021
- 3 min
On SESTA, the COVID-19 Pandemic and Disability
In 2018, Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA) was the harbinger of death for sex workers all over the US. The bill was signed into...
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Savannah Sly
- Aug 9, 2021
- 2 min
Perspectives - Protecting Dolphins in the Hunt for Sharks
During our time at Freedom Fest in South Dakota, we had the honor of speaking with Mitzi Perdue about her work to reduce exploitation...
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