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All in a Day's Sex Work Podcast
Stories from the Front Lines of Advocacy


Degrees of Separation: Why We Must Redefine What Counts as Education
It started with a question. “What college degree do you have?” Tasha had just been released and was sitting in the intake office of a...

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Jun 205 min read


Classroom Contraband — What They Don’t Teach You in Prison
For years, prisons were called “crime schools” because people learned more about how to survive in the underground economy than how to build a stable life.

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Jun 204 min read


Degrees of Survival — When Learning Is a Lifeline for Trafficking Survivors
When people imagine what “freedom” looks like for trafficking survivors, they often picture a dramatic rescue or a courtroom triumph—handcuffs off, a predator jailed, a survivor walking into the sunlight.

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Jun 135 min read


Friday the 13th, Prank Calls, and Trafficking Conspiracies We Wish We Made Up
There’s something about Friday the 13th that makes people lose their ever-loving minds.

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Jun 124 min read


Weekend Hot Takes: LA Under Siege – What This Week Really Means
This past weekend, Los Angeles found itself at the epicenter of a fierce showdown: thousands hit the streets in defiance of ICE raids and...

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Jun 92 min read


“I Don’t Want You to Worry About Me”: A Letter No Mother Should Ever Have to Write
No mother should have to write a letter to her child from prison.

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May 273 min read


Love in the Time of Liberation - How We Use Love Languages to Support Our People
Here’s how each love language shows up in our advocacy work, reimagined through the lens of solidarity, survival, and sex worker-centered support.

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May 144 min read


Green Cards and Red Flags: When Fake Marriages Target Sex Workers
There’s a shady hustle circulating again—and this time, ts showing up in strip clubs across the country

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Apr 244 min read


Sexual Assault Awareness Month
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), a time set aside to educate, honor survivors, and call for an end to sexual violence. But...

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Apr 203 min read


Forgotten Behind Bars — Centering Equity in Women’s Health in Prisons and Jails
When we talk about mass incarceration in the United States, the conversation often centers around numbers—how many people are locked up,...

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Apr 184 min read


Slut Shaming and the Law
What happens when the law is wrong?

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Feb 35 min read


10 Days In
Survivors bring with them a unique set of survival skills honed through their lived experiences of exploitation and violence.

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Jan 108 min read


What's So Hard About Listening to Sex Workers?
The anti-trafficking movement has faced significant criticism over the years, and for good reason.

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Nov 22, 20243 min read


What The F%&$ Do We Do Now?
As the dust settles on yet another intense election season, we’re left with the burning question: What the f&$ do we do now?*

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Nov 8, 20248 min read


Navigating Probation and Parole
Probation and parole are both alternatives to incarceration, but they serve different purposes and occur at different stages in the criminal

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Aug 18, 20248 min read


Progressive Incrementalism
For those of you struggling with the implications of participating in a system this morally complicated, this concept is for you:

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Aug 6, 20245 min read
What WOULD Jesus Do?
The insightful question of “What Would Jesus Do” is more than a slogan or a bracelet ...

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May 26, 20248 min read


Trans Day of Remembrance
Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR) is a day dedicated to memorializing the lives of trans individuals who have lost their lives to...

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Nov 20, 20239 min read


Trans Day of Remembrance - TDoR
Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR) is a day dedicated to memorializing the lives of trans individuals who have lost their lives to...
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Nov 14, 20233 min read


PROTEST SAFETY 101
Sex workers and allies have a long history of investment in a wide variety global liberation efforts across intersections (whether it’s...

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Nov 6, 202310 min read
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