PORN, Sexual Exploitation and why people are trying to silence the voice of survivors. November 14, 2016 Danielle Strickland I sat down with this global advocate and asked about her latest project, global prostitution, porn, the sex industry and why they hate her AND her latest book Prostitution Narratives… Melinda Tankard Reist is an author, […]
Young Labor Didn’t Do its Homework Simone Watson* First published November 12 Tasmanian Labor’s agenda for its conference in Queenstown this weekend has promised an opportunity for ‘robust and spirited debate’. While the decriminalisation of brothels and the legalisation of some illicit drugs are being proposed by two separate branches of the party, the coupling […]
Rape, humiliation and sick fantasies: Baby-faced ex-prostitute whose clients paid her to ‘act like a little girl’ reveals what REALLY goes on inside Australia’s sex industry By Belinda Grant Geary For Daily Mail Australia A former sex worker has lifted the lid on the secret world of prostitution and claims violence, child sex fantasies and rape […]
See also: Sex industry rep tries to recruit prostitution survivor back into trade at book launch A very special launch in the West Here’s some pics from Friday nights launch in WA. Alice, Caitlin Roper, MTR, Simone Watson, Abigail Bray Abigail Bray launches Prostitution Narratives Alice shares her story MTR speaks at the book launch Special […]
I was honoured to be invited to deliver the biennial Bishop Manning lecture hosted by the Catholic Commission for Employment Relations at the Kirribilli Club recently. Bob Hawke and Noel Pearson preceeded me and I was the first woman to be asked. I spoke to our new book Prostitution Narratives: Stories of Survival in the […]
The latest affront in an ongoing campaign of intimidation and harassment of Prostitution Narratives contributors and survivors Prostitution Narratives: Stories of survival in the sex trade was released by Spinifex Press in April. Since then, all connected with the book have been subjected to abuse, insults, vilification and threats. Our survivors have been endured torrents […]
The Men who Buy Women for Sex Caitlin Roper ABC Religion and Ethics 7 Sep 2016 As long as men prioritise their perceived right to the bodies of impoverished women and girls over women’s basic human rights, the prostitution industry will continue to thrive. Caitlin Roper is an activist and campaigns manager for the grassroots […]
Bringing invisible women out from the shadows On Saturday August 27 I’ll be part of a panel titled ‘Invisible Women’ at the Melbourne Writers Festival. I’ll be talking about the book I co-edited with Caroline Norma, Prostitution Narratives: Stories of survival in the sex trade (Spinifex Press, 2016). With me will be Melbourne academic and […]
PODCAST: Survivors speak out in new book about the sex industry MTR, along with Prostitution Narratives contributors Simone and Charlotte, were interviewed by the inimitable Meghan Murphy at Feminist Current about our new book. As prostitution and the legislation that surrounds it has become an increasingly heated debate, the voices of women who survived […]
Simone Watson shared her story in our new book Prostitution Narratives: Stories of Survival in the sex trade. Here she challenges the dominant narrative on ‘sex work’ in a powerful piece on Feminist Current. In the spirit of the popular “sex workers are underrepresented” stance, repeated by liberal media and prostitution advocates, ad nauseum, Daily […]
Come and be part of this special event Prostitution Narratives: Stories of Survival in the Sex Trade (Spinifex Press) has been launched at packed-out events in Melbourne, Gold Coast and Toowoomba. Next up: Adelaide July 31. My co-editor Caroline Norma and I will address the event along with four sex industry survivors. We hope Adelaide […]
Francine Sporenda, an independent journalist based in France, recently interviewed me about Prostitution Narratives: Stories of Survivor in the Sex Trade, for her website Revolution Feministe. The interview is in French and appears here. (a little taster above). If you are like me, you didn’t give high school French the attention it deserved and as a […]
