“Are they bad girls or brilliant?”A Harlots review of a brilliant book by Aphrodite Phoenix.

I was delighted to be congratulated by Aphrodite Phoenix on a paper that I recently presented at the Brunel university sexual cultures conference. Aphrodite asked me if I would be interested in reading and possible reviewing her book “Are they bad girls or brilliant?” I was delighted to be asked and agreed at once. The [...]

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STATEMENT by ECP. English Collective of Prostitutes on ACPO call for decriminalisation.

ENGLISH COLLECTIVE OF PROSTITUTES ON ACPO CALL FOR DECRIMINALISATION It is a tragedy that it has taken the murders of countless sex workers including of five young women in Ipswich and three women in Bradford in the last few years, for the police to question whether the prostitution laws are ‘fit for purpose’ and suggest [...]

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Good ECP video at Slut walk- Shame about the stereotyping.

I think that the essential message within this video is important. I don’t personally agree in any way with the politics or the assumption that sex workers are all poor women forced to sell sex through circumstances. I find that insulting. People choose sex work for all kinds of reasons and most people who are [...]

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RAIDS ON GODDESS TEMPLES ARE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION… Understanding sacred sexuality and sacred prostitution.

This video is accessible at bottom of page The recent raids on the Goddess temples in the USA are a sad reminder of how badly our society is damaged by centuries of orthodox monotheism that has denigrated human sexual expression and sexual joy as both sinful and dangerous. Orthodox monotheism has done this through dogmas [...]

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Dr Belinda Brooks Gordon discusses the Hanna Morris Case on Woman’s Hour.

“Hanna Morris” the woman who made the big mistake of thinking that British law would protect her and the women she represented from violent assault has been prosecuted and given a suspended two years gaol sentence. Hanna is in this situation because (as reported previously on Harlots) she called the police when violent men brandishing [...]

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For Prostitutes, Is Murder an Occupational Hazard?

I was alerted to this article by a face book friend. It poses a serious question that seems to be almost accepted as fact by sectors of society and certainly by some legislators. Although the article once again talks primarily about limited choices for sex workers which is an idea I personally have some issues [...]

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AFRICAN SEX WORKER SEMINAR CANCELLED. WHY?

I have been made aware of the following letter that was sent informing all friends of sex workers and of human rights about the disgraceful pressure put upon the management of the Serena Hotel in Uganda. The Serena hotel was due to hold a seminar of African sex workers where issues relating to sex work [...]

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