melissagira
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Hey. (Kim on the bass.) Been trying to... (Video here.)
about 4 hours ago
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Hey, gang: you want to scroll back for a good 'how progressives can do sex work politics' exchange I had w/ Air America's @.
about 5 hours ago
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@, seriously, that's the work right there. How to be resilient within a current system while building power to shift it...
about 6 hours ago
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@, exactly. Paralell to abortion: decrim was only first step. Rights require access to matter. That's justice.
about 6 hours ago
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@, or, 'objectify' me at work, fine, but can I get fair healthcare, rent an apartment, not get 'rescued' into a prison?
about 6 hours ago
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@, I'm not arguing that decrim would. But labor & civil rights vs. jail and coercive rehab are a step in the right direction.
about 6 hours ago
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@ I do admire her opinions on not wanting to marginalize street trade sex workers over indoor workers. Good use of her PR moment!
about 6 hours ago
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@, I stopped paying attention when her book came out. How can one make hooking so dull (esp when the blog was quite sharp)?
about 6 hours ago
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@, but Spitzer was far kinder to sex workers as a client than as a governor.
about 6 hours ago
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@, I don't look to the customers. I look to the cops, the politicians, the lawyers. (Yes, they are often paying for sex too.)
about 6 hours ago
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@, right, that's fair. But regardless of objection to sex work, I want feminists to call out media bias against sex workers.
about 6 hours ago
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@, I hear it re: whorebaiting in media, but even feminists don't uniformly call that out, either.
about 7 hours ago
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"Sex Worker Movement Building: What I’ve Learned From a Year of Professional Feminism" " by @ (just: yes!!!!!)
about 7 hours ago
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I bleed.
about 20 hours ago
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Here comes your man. Her name is Kim.
about 23 hours ago
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Speaking of, would anyone like to help me with my Tumblr theme? Write me and we'll do it as a holiday project.
1:45 PM Nov 24th
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oh my gosh, @, you read my tumblr? I'm so warmed. It still feels like My Private Diary.
1:42 PM Nov 24th
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First words spoken to me today: "your gchats were hilarious" (by @, who spied me on the train for one stop's worth of gossip).
6:50 AM Nov 23rd
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Spotted: seriously bearded, topless Sumerians & Assyrians fighting it out for the top of the steps at the Met.
9:27 PM Nov 22nd
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PS: Why was there never a morning-after-nightlife blog called LAST NIGHT'S EYELINER? On slow days it could be pictures of pillowcases.
9:35 AM Nov 21st
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- Name Melissa Gira Grant
- Location New York
- Web http://melissagir...
- Bio Writer ($pread, Valleywag, Slate, RHrealitycheck.org) & External Relations Officer at Third Wave Foundation (@3Wave). Sex, tech, media, @info_activism.
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