Sex Worker's Opera
@SexWorkersOpera
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Theatre created & performed by sex workers & friends. Workshops, our global stories installation, online SW arts space, doing research for SWO - the film!
London, England
Joined March 2013
Alex and Siobhan co-directors of SWO have reached a bit of a crisis point and are reaching out for some support. If you could share would mean the world <3
gofundme.com
***Day 4 Update*** We've hit the initial target! We're so overwhelmed b… Alex Etchart needs your support for Get through burnout, hire help, build resilience
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We were on the amazing Young Musicians for Social Justice Podcast! Check it out, if you want to hear us nattering about Sex Work representation in art! <3
It’s the weekend! Happy Friday everyone!! We have just released a brand new episode of the podcast!💚🤩🎪Rebecca and Holly chat with the directors and a performer from @SexWorkersOpera, a multimedia production written and performed by Sex Worker artists and their friends...
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True when we wrote this in 1975 and true today.
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Planned amendments are worrying: labelling sex work & porn as violence. @ProstitutesColl points out: why criminalise men who have not been reported for violence while the men women report aren’t investigated? Driving sex work underground makes it more dangerous for sex workers.
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‘The Bill opens the door to a police state. Ironically, 2 women (Priti Patel & Cressida Dick) are overseeing the state taking liberties by raising male police powers against anyone demanding rights. The movement is growing & determined to stop it.’ #KilltheBill @SistersUncut
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(1/5) SEX WORK IS WORK: Eliminate discrimination against sex workers. Elimination of immigration prohibitions on migrants who engage in sex work and related industries. #8CallsforJustice #StopAsianHate #SexWorkisWork
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Woolwich raids remind us of another: https://t.co/gd9FHEUytp Raids done to "save victims of rape & trafficking but no victims found. Migrant sws arrested & threatened w/ deportation. Closure orders justified because women “controlled” - when workers said in court they weren’t.
prostitutescollective.net
WHAT THE VICTIMS OF THE POLICE RAIDS HAVE REPORTED TO THE ENGLISH COLLECTIVE OF PROSTITUTES AND LEGAL ACTION FOR WOMEN “Forty officers came into our building, approximately 20 went upstairs and 20...
Police: “we’re worried that people are taking money off sex workers, so we seized £35k from sex workers”
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ECP speaking on this Intersectional Feminism Panel at Fem Fest 2021 next week! Join us if you can, Fri 26 Feb @ 7pm: https://t.co/tOus7sY9vc
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The next online drop-in session for UK based sex workers who need support navigating the benefits system or registering as self employed is Feb 16th 6-8PM. We'll also have sex workers with knowledge of housing and employment issues around if you need it. Email us to register.
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So far only 3 people have faced prosecution under the sex work laws which came into effect in 2017. In that time many more sex workers have been prosecuted or even jailed for working together for safety #DecrimForSafety #SupportSafeSexWork
https://t.co/0ohZDo09mL
breakingnews.ie
There are 59 people facing prosecution for paying for sex with a prostitute since it became illegal nearly four years ago.Since April 2017, it has been illegal to buy sexual services from a prostit...
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On the left is a £20 shop from @asda. On the right is what is being given to families instead of a £30 voucher, to last FIVE DAYS. Totalling up what’s on the right, it comes to just over £5. This is criminal. Pictures taken from @BootstrapCook. #FreeSchoolMeals
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"I was the 1st spokeswoman for the ECP. Women couldn't be public so they asked me. I was “respectable” & willing to learn. As soon as sex workers became visible as protagonists much of feminism was hostile. Now some are attacking trans women, winding up with the religious right"
“Real Theory Is in What You Do and How You Do It” - Interview with Selma James about feminism, anti-imperialism, and a lifetime of international Marxist organizing https://t.co/6uo41fGfyz
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A hard days work at Sex Worker's Opera. 😃 Credit - Paul Blakemore Theatre Orchard
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Love this throwback photo from our show with @Release_drugs for their 50th Anniversary! Taken by Jordan Busson. 😍
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Our next advice session for UK sex workers is Tuesday Jan 12th 6-8PM. We are focusing on help with self-assessment tax returns as the January deadline is coming up, but can still give advice on UC, PIP, housing, CV development, etc! Register: mutualaid@swarmcollective.org
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No Christmas for us without the @SexWorkersOpera 😍 Last year their adapted carols were performed live at our party at the PIC by the Kareltjes. This year, YouTube will have to do: https://t.co/Lt4ZXkBrCx
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