Struggling with substance abuse through new motherhood/pregnancy must be amongst the deepest depths of psychological pain. Treating these innocent women like this is shocking, but treating addicts like this is also unconscionable actually.

Have you listened to my new podcast with @doctornerdlove.com yet? If you're an AI hater like we are, you'll probably enjoy our first episode.

“He got Me Tooed” “He got Epsteined” amazing that people have re-invented the police passive for rapists.

If you think this is taken out of context I'll give you the context - RFK Jr is saying he went to in-person AA meetings during the height of COVID bc he was more afraid of relapse than COVID germs. THOUSANDS of people got sober, and stayed sober, with online AA meetings, including me.

Thanks to the over 550 adult creators who took this year's survey. Thrilled to be able to announce that we were able to raise over $8,000 for nonprofits that serve sex workers. We've been going through the data and will start releasing insights this week: the creator industry is rapidly evolving.

After years of chasing the highest payout percentage, creators are turning to sites with strong internal traffic. Social media deplatforming, deteriorating revenue streams and the impact of age-verification laws are some of the potential causes cited.

😭😭 I just got a bad haircut in Paris and my friend sent me this

The Discord age verification discourse focuses on adults losing access to communities they have a right to access. That's important. I'm also worried, though, about the kids. They seem to be an afterthought in these conversations. They have much to lose too. 🧵 www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...

I love movies with big budgets and big boom crash and big boy cry boxd.it/4z8tx

The sun waits for us to finish dancing before she rises. Tomorrow may never come.

My French teacher just asked us if we're sure we want to do the writing homework at home or in class bc students have been using chatGPT ..................for a voluntary French class in Paris that we all pay our adult money to attend?????

So much to love about this, including that they're going by "courtesans"

Loot that drops after defeating me: 1 metrocard 2 middle school art teacher earrings 3 smut novels 4 rats 5 0,000 memes about sobriety

this is the canonical rubric for hot men now and I will be referencing it as such in future conversations

Pregnant immigrant women in the US face a dire and inhumane choice: seek prenatal care while risking arrest and detainment, or go without critical services. No one should live in fear or face violence in order to get essential care. https://gu.tt/3ZRBSE3

The platforms keep saying “we value creators” like it’s a spell that’ll stop us from leaving.

We’re working on a guide to help creators report and document Wise #debanking. Because Wise supports international transfers, reporting and complaint paths can look different depending on where you’re located, but we’ll do our best to help you navigate the right next steps.

🚨Many adult creators are reporting blocked transfers or restricted accounts on Wise, with messages citing: “We do not support transfers related to Adult Content.” This is from Wise’s updated TOS, which lists adult content as unsupported. For many creators, their work didn't change, the policy did.

It is so fucked that people follow the rules and get punished for it. Meanwhile Elon runs CSAM generator and fucking nothing.

especially galling given Everything

📢 Lip Service Issue #5 Call for Submissions 📢 We’re inviting letter, commentary, and fiction (prose and poetry) submissions on the theme of Sex Work & Decriminalisation. The deadline is March 13th and all the submission guidelines can be found on our website: tinyurl.com/4psc2h4k

If you're around Stanford today at 5pm, come hear me talk about electronic payment and the sex industries! shc.stanford.edu/stanford-hum...

so I'm at the paris sex worker union happy hour at the anarchist squat, and everyone wanted to know when you're getting here?

More #debanking in our industry. The OCC has stated that lawful businesses should not be denied banking based on reputational risk, but many fintechs aren’t directly covered, leaving creators vulnerable.

Today, I made historic appointments who will lead key agencies and create a city where everyone can thrive. I appointed Stanley Richards as Commissioner of DOC. Decades after he served time in our city’s jails, Commissioner Richards will now be the first formerly incarcerated person to lead them.

Sex worker as in … companion, muse, philosopher, sex educator, writer, graphic designer, photographer, photo/video editor, life coach, stylist, CEO, interdisciplinary artist, guide, mirror, bookkeeper, facilitator of fun & pleasure, person who will change your life etc <3

I! love! guillotine! smut!!!! oh shonda rhimes the woman you are

An old man today asked me what the I in LGBTQIA stands for so I defined intersex for him and at first he said "oh that doesn't sound too common" then I said intersex folks are as common as redheads and he went "ah! there's redheads in my family!" Loveeeeee watching someone click in real time

wrote about an apparent policy change in the payments industry www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

cybersecurity bottom who needs your help with some “penetration testing”

Hey you're gonna want to get in on Violet's digital security consultations!! Sliding scale for SWs "You can think of this service as half therapy for your relationship with technology generally, half personal trainer for your digital practices of all stripes, and half cyber-sorcery apprenticeship."

Citing fear of ICE, pregnant immigrants in Minnesota are -skipping prenatal care -requesting home births, even when not medically advised -going w/o adequate food Many are experiencing complications providers say can be stress-onset: diabetes, high blood pressure, and even water breaking early

While indie NSFW creators like @acvalens.com are throttled by platforms/💳/banks… sites like X profit from nonconsensual + abusive GenAI content on a *massive* scale It was. never about 'risky' content Its ideological I spoke w. @raxsha.bsky.social for this great piece ft. @publicpubics.bsky.social

"The line in the sand continues to shift...We don't know how these rules might evolve, and what type of online content might be next." A great article on debanking by @raxsha.bsky.social ft @publicpubics.bsky.social (qtd above), @internetmaggie.com & @acvalens.com mashable.com/article/adul...

This practice just gets even more absurd when you remember that X is not being delisted from app stores for having a massive problem with CSAM. Apparently consensual adult sexual content is a problem though?

Yeah some of you know I survive (100%) on NSFW commissions and my biggest commissioner and I talked about this the other day I am totally not terrified to lose my only source of income not at all

Getting a lot of great feedback on this new piece, but nothing will ever top the person who wrote this on my 'Top 5 Digital Security Tips From Sex Workers' article lmao (which u can read here: mashable.com/article/top-...)

It's a new year, now's a great time to start calling the PayPros because they aren't expecting to get bugged again. More and more games are getting cancelled for Stateside releases or forced to get censored (see the Dispatch release on Switch) and with the X stuff going on, go yell about that

Thinking about this, it's been happening for a very very long time but it's getting worst - There have been a lot of solutions led by sex workers across the globe in the book Revolting prostitutes - including worker owned credit unions, currency exchanges, it's getting harder though

“Private companies have been deputized to decide how we can earn and spend our money," says MacDonald, referring to banks, payment processors, and card networks. "Anyone who is ideologically misaligned with any of these companies faces the risk of losing their livelihood”

This is still incredibly important and still happening to people even if less people are talking about it now. My works are still heavily impacted as someone who makes games that cover a lot of sensitive topics even if they aren't R18. (My itch acct and game are still deindexed.)

My latest for @mashable.com! Ana's story led me to dig into who's behind all the censorship and financial backlash that adult content creators are facing. Lmk your thoughts 👀 Thank you to @publicpubics.bsky.social & @internetmaggie.com for your insights, and my editor @annaroseiovine.bsky.social 💕

soooo @upscrolled.bsky.social is #1 in social networking apps rn 👀 we're getting off TikTok and Meta y'all my username is raxcityb lmk when I can find u over there

Me explaining to my girlfriend I'm just on /r/MassiveCock for the articles

I talked to one of the r/MassiveCock posters who decided to bring anti-ICE conversations to the subreddit. "... Nothing in life should feel ‘normal’ when these sorts of things are happening in our country. Even porn and sex," he said. Gift link (obviously): tinyurl.com/mr3nua5k

legislators 🤝 private equity firms 🤝 credit card companies > continuing to make a clusterfuck censorship mess disguised as moral posturing

👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 sex workers taking up space is part of the revolution, pass it on

imperial boomerang crushed by intifada boomerang