St. James Infirmary Archives - Mike South The institute for the advance study of insensitivity and pornography Mon, 03 Jul 2023 15:55:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/mikesouth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 St. James Infirmary Archives - Mike South 32 32 1788040 SF Weekly: Sex Work does not equal Sex Trafficking https://mikesouth.com/politics/sf-weekly-sex-work-does-not-equal-sex-trafficking-29634/ https://mikesouth.com/politics/sf-weekly-sex-work-does-not-equal-sex-trafficking-29634/#respond Fri, 19 Oct 2018 15:24:01 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=29634 In the SF Weekly, Nuala Sawyer reports that a new massage-therapist bill seeks to help victims of sex trafficking, but only further criminalizes those who engage in consensual sex work. San Francisco, Calif. has had a lot of firsts. But for all its outwardly progressive ideals, S.F. is still stubbornly conservative when it comes to a […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/politics/sf-weekly-sex-work-does-not-equal-sex-trafficking-29634/feed/ 0 29634 SF Chronicle: Sex workers returned to streets after Backpage shuttered https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/sf-chronicle-sex-workers-returned-to-streets-after-backpage-shuttered-29555/ https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/sf-chronicle-sex-workers-returned-to-streets-after-backpage-shuttered-29555/#respond Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:56:09 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=29555 This article from the San Francisco Chronicle contains few surprises to readers of MikeSouth.com, but it’s a riveting look at the devastation wrought by the terrible FOSTA/SESTA legislation and the closure of Backpage.com and similar sites San Francisco — The government shutdown of Backpage.com this year sought to curtail the type of sex-for-sale classified ads that […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/sf-chronicle-sex-workers-returned-to-streets-after-backpage-shuttered-29555/feed/ 0 29555 Sex Worker Justice Now! FOSTA-SESTA protest June 2 in Oakland https://mikesouth.com/politics/25652-25652/ https://mikesouth.com/politics/25652-25652/#comments Wed, 23 May 2018 01:55:32 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=25652 On June 2, International Sex Workers Day, members of BAPS (Bay Area Pros Support) and the noted sex worker clinic the St. James Infirmary will rally in opposition of the devastating, recently signed-into-law FOSTA/SESTA measure ostensibly aimed at fighting online sex trafficking. The protest is being organized by BAPS representatives Maxine Holloway and Arabelle Raphael. On […]

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