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Michel Friedman = embarrassment to humanity
His story was not covered in American media, but I found a reference to him on the IMDB message boards for Lilya 4-Ever, one of those films about trafficking that makes you want to cut your heart out...
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You can’t always get what you want
A woman living next door to my aunt here in Kiev was attacked last month. She and her rommate were private masseurs: good-looking, surgically altered, and in the habit of charging large fees, if their...
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THAT’S IT!!!!
There’s nothing like good ol’ stereotypes of women from the former USSR to help me get over my writer’s block. Just like that. Check out my collection of links to fabulous pictures of Soviet actresses....
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The latest on trafficking and modern-day slavery in the mainstream media
This article by E. Benjamin Skinner is interesting. It makes a good point – estimates say that 90% of slavery has little or nothing to do with pro[stit]ution. Often, we tend to forget that. When I talk...
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Trafficking: the thing that won’t go away
Please read this New Yorker piece. It’s very informative, and the details it highlights are tragic, heroic, devastating, dirty. You might cry. I kind of did. I’ve read and listened to so many of these...
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Sweet Jesus! WHAT ABOUT THE MEN???
I just love it when, in the comments to an essay about a brutally subjugated group, some guy shows up and starts screeching “halp! Halp! I’m being oppressed!” Not only that, but he feels the need to...
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Speaking of trafficking and sex-work… Look what W is up to!
Some of the outgoing president’s decisions are disturbing to the extreme. Check this out: …The administration also wants to deny funding to organizations that help victims of sex trafficking if they...
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Sex Worker Rights – If you’re in the DC area…
Today, December 17th, is a big day. I should have written about this earlier, of course, but the past week has been a bad week for updates, and I’ve totally dropped the ball. I’m a jerk.
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An Important Event for Feminism: Renegade Evolution & Top Feminist Blogs
So this week, something cool happened, and this something cool was the revelation that Renegade Evolution is in the Top 30 Feminist Blogs, according to statistics. I consider Ren a good friend, so a...
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