Charity vs. Solidarity Charity asks, “How can I help them?” Solidarity asks, “What do we need to build together?” Charity is transactional - it’s about giving to feel good. Solidarity is relational - it’s about investing in shared survival.

"Whenever you speak to anyone in the sex work space, whether they work for a sex toy company or are a porn star, these are the most educated, understanding, compassionate people you will ever meet. They know everything about safe sex. They know everything about navigating things consensually."

I love this response

When systems fail us it’s community that saves us. Before there were corporate sponsorships there were friends passing envelopes under cell doors, commissary money pooled together, or a ride to a court date given without question. That’s the heart of mutual aid: solidarity keeps our people alive.

I'd rather pay sex workers

Sex workers want decriminalisation ✊ - also in Ireland Solidarity & 💪 to @swaidcollective.bsky.social #SexWorkIsWork #Decrim gcn.ie/decriminalis...

This is vile.

"The most common causes of strokes in young women are pregnancy, post-partum, birth control, and migraine-related. The most common modifiable factors across gender (what strangulation would be considered) are smoking and hypertension" Thank you for debunking this @nicolerprause.bsky.social!

When sex is exchanged for money, it collides with two deeply entrenched cultural beliefs: that sex should be private, moralized, and tied to love, and that women’s labor should be undervalued or unpaid. Selling sex disrupts both of those norms at once, which invites judgment and distortion.

"Oklahoma lawmakers are suggesting that a new state law aimed at "adult performances" means municipalities must predict what sorts of events might become obscene and preemptively prohibit them. It's a clear recipe for chilling protected speech—especially drag performances"

British MPs rolled out details on their ill-defined "strangulation" censorship law, saying that mere *possession* of consensually produced content, even a private video made with your partner, would carry a two year prison sentence.

“Facial recognition is unlike any other form of surveillance. It enables automated and ubiquitous monitoring of an entire population, and it is nearly impossible to avoid. If we don’t stop it, it will be used not to keep us safe, but to control and oppress us.”

"I recently reviewed Even Realities G1 smart glasses (they're very cool) and the first real-world thing I used them for was scamming someone." This is terrifying, actually

“Why is that a problem? The recent online safety bill required websites to verify the age of their users, companies hired third party services to do the age verifying part. Those companies were hacked. Users’ images and personal information stolen and used for God knows what, by God knows who.”

Traffic to Pornhub has fallen by more than 75% in the UK since the introduction of the Online Safety Act, as legal adults have shifted to the thousands non-compliant sites, supercharging the growth of platforms that don't moderate for pirated content, revenge porn and CSAM An unmitigated disaster.

This week, we’re inviting supporters to adopt a reentry kit - a simple way to say, “I see you, and I believe in your next chapter.” Each kit costs $25 and includes hygiene items, basic clothing, snacks, and a phone card. It’s a small package with a big message: you matter, and you’re not alone.

Welcome to spooky season! 🦇 🧙‍♀️ 🔮 ⚰️ Artwork by the talented @liberaljane.bsky.social ___ #sexworkiswork #SexworkerRightsAreHumanRights #decriminalizesexwork #sexwork

#sexwork #sexworkiswork

They’re talking about “porn addiction” on bluesky as if it’s real LORD GIVE ME STRENGTH

We are getting ready for the book launch of "So What It I'm Puta?" with the amazing @amoiramara.bsky.social #BookSky #SexWorkIsWork

Hey #Seattle folks, what are you doing this Friday? 👀

This is what Portland cops are doing in their stings out on 82nd.

“End demand” laws—often marketed under name of the Nordic Model—are frequently touted as a one-size-fits-all solution The logic sounds straightforward: if you punish clients who purchase sexual services, the industry will collapse, exploitation will end. But decades of evidence tell us otherwise.

Rest in power, Miss Major. www.advocate.com/news/miss-ma...

So I guess sex work is only ok if just tech oligarchs are profiting off it and not marginalized women or minorities who depend on it to survive?

The focus on pornography and blaming it for every social problem has led to actual predators flying under the radar until it's too late. Stop blaming porn and start finding actual solutions.

The reason marginalized groups are so over representated in sex work is that we are literally not allowed to exist anywhere else So we found a different way to survive You cannot support sex worker rights if you don't support the people in the sex work industry

4chan has ghosted Ofcom, and is ignoring the UK regulators' pleas to comply with the Online Safety Act. Ofcom says it will fine them £100 a day until they answer their email. 🙄

Rep. Josh Schriver, the Republican currently pushing to ban porn in Michigan, used his email to register for account on the adult site Fling, the “world’s best casual personals for adult dating, sex, and swingers.” Mr. "The Mouth and Anus Are Not Sex Organs" may have some explaining to do.

Heads up, y'all. It seems that maybe this site is using your images to train AI?

Myth: Criminalization Protects Vulnerable People This myth frames laws against sex work as protective shields for vulnerable populations. It suggests that arrests, raids, and crackdowns are acts of compassion—that by criminalizing sex work, the state is keeping people safe from exploitation.

this is why lD verification is the wrong move, to be resisted at every turn: the stewards of that data are not savvy or sophisticated enough to keep it secure. business guys can't protect shit

oh. right.

"If history teaches us anything, these projects of moral and social purity are doomed to fail... But the costs of these panics—censorship, stigma, surveillance and state-sanctioned discrimination and violence—are borne by real people whose freedoms and dignities are stripped in the process."

"Due to various circumstances like recent restrictions from payment processors and the changing online landscape, our team has found it difficult to continue. With saddened hearts, we plan to close Manga Planet’s digital service at the end of March 2026." mangaplanet.com/blog/closure...

Oops looks like someone tried to find a payment processor

My bad Twitch, didn't realize sex education material was banned. tf

In Ohio, starting on Monday 9/29, we'll be implementing an age assurance solution similar to what we're doing in South Dakota and Wyoming. Read more here: bsky.social/about/blog/0...

There's a lot to be said about the way many DV services receive funding from the DOJ and VOCA (victims of crime act) and how the financial entanglement of these services with the criminal justice system is not ideal and how one can care deeply about survivors and also reject the carceral system 1/11

"Passing ineffective law to satiate the public breeds contempt for the law and the political process. It also deters efforts to find solutions that really will work. Having already passed a law, the politicians can move on to the next thing, even though the law in question is ineffective."

Surprise. The Online Safety Act is only pushing people to worse corners of the internet. To combat the fact that their surveillance law is a failure, Labour proposes revamping school curriculum focused on digital literacy, which is what they should have been doing all along.

The tide may be turning. "Educated We Stand," a national counterpoint to the pro-censorship group Moms For Liberty, says it had a 78% win rate in school board races nationwide last year. www.tampabay28.com/news/state/k...

The Trump administration is opening up abusive immigration detention centers around the country, holding people in inhumane conditions and restricting their access to legal counsel. This isn't just immoral — it's illegal.

This is the first project to give women in prison recurring cash support. Their long-term goal is prison abolition. From Andrea James of the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, in the last instalment of our series ⤵️ www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

I've been compiling lists of the SW-orgs I could find over Bluesky… USA and Canada: 🦋 bsky.app/profile/dz-y... I'd appreciate some diffusion—and pointers to any missed ones! @desireealliance.bsky.social @iswrn.bsky.social @swan-vancouver.bsky.social @swopbehindbars.bsky.social @swopusa.bsky.social