Not Your Mama's Feminism: The Policy in Practice - The Softer Side of Criminalization
Somewhere along the way, criminalization learned a new language. What was once openly punitive is now framed as diversion, exit, or support. People are told they aren’t being punished - they’re being ...
25 Feb 8min
Designated a Survivor. Still Treated Like a Criminal: KARA'S STORY
In Florida, there’s technically a legal pathway for sex trafficking survivors to have prostitution-related charges vacated. On paper, it sounds like justice. When people explain it, they make it sound...
23 Feb 7min
Not Your Mama’s Feminism: Criminalization by Another Name - Nordic Model Outcomes
End-demand laws - often called the Nordic Model - are marketed as a feminist compromise. Sex workers won’t be punished, advocates insist. Only buyers will be criminalized. Demand will shrink. Exploita...
20 Feb 8min
Not Your Mama’s Feminism: The Policy in Practice - The Magical Thinking of Nordic Model Interventions
The Pitch Everyone Applauds On paper, buyer criminalization is sold as a feminist compromise. Sex workers won’t be punished, the story goes. Only buyers will be targeted. Demand will shrink. Exploitat...
18 Feb 9min
Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes: When Feminism Stops Asking Who Pays the Price
Feminist support for the Nordic Model is often rooted in clear, articulated goals: reducing violence, limiting exploitation, and challenging gendered power imbalances. These goals are not in dispute. ...
13 Feb 6min
Not Your Mama’s Feminism: The Nordic Model’s Feminist Sales Pitch
The Nordic Model is often introduced to feminist audiences as a kind of political relief valve. Not full criminalization, they say. Not decriminalization either - but a principled compromise. A way to...
13 Feb 6min
Beyond the Policy
I write this as a sex worker, a parent, and someone shaped by systemic harm, such as criminalization and stigma, and committed to community accountability, which informs my work. Harm reduction, conse...
12 Feb 10min
On the Super Bowl, Safety and Solidarity the Super Bowl, Safety and Solidarity
Repost from January 2020
12 Feb 8min
