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Why am I see a protest against J Lo when it's supposedly Dr. Lucas that raped Kesha?  Now granted, Kesha could be making up these accusations to get out of her contract.  It would be a horrible thing to do if she is - so one needs to examine the patterns. What do the other women have to say against Dr. Lucas?  Well it seems Lady Gaga's mother claims she was also raped by Dr. Lucas.  A claim that Lady Gaga has supposedly denied.  However, I have to be honest here and say that Lady Gaga doesn't look like she's clean to me.  Meaning when someone is using drugs they'll say whatever they got to say to keep their connection open.  Meaning if, just if, Dr. Lucas was connected to her drug connection then she's not giving that up for no one.  Oh sure she'll stand up and do a number at the Oscars - but I don't see she's arrested anyone for assaulting her.  Meaning her rapist is still at large who is "20 years her senior".  Shame on you Lady Gaga by

When you're leaving a pimp/trafficker - there's things you need to know.  The first is they have software that can send their phone a record of every call you make, along with a recording of the call.  It can be done automatically so you don't realize it's being done.  This is why we have an 800 number our for hotline.  I want you to be able to go to a payphone and call our 800 # and then you know they're not over hearing your call. Another thing we have to do is when we pick you up - we have to get rid of your phone.  If you have any contacts in your phone, you need to delete them.   Realize also these people know how to call you from what appears to be a different phone number than theirs to trick you into not knowing it's them.  They can also track your physical location.  Meaning if you have your phone on you, they can track your every move.  So if you're going to a "safe house" or the house of a friend to hide out - they can trace where you

If you would like to listen to this in audio  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBEpTTr_Fkw I'm inviting you to see what someone who was trying to tell America she was being "trafficked" in 1980 looked like back then compared to now.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EJz79sVg4U    Now keep in mind Linda was telling the world she was forced to make a film as well as into prostitution at the hands of her husband and men in organized crime.   Linda Lovelace was in "Deep Throat", an XXX adult film made in the 1970's.  Please understand THERE IS A DIFFERENCE between someone who is being "pimped" vs. someone who is engaging in independent sex work vs. someone who is connected to criminally controlled sex work.  Linda was not a prostitute.  Linda was not doing porn as a form of sexual expression.  Linda was not being pimped out by some street corner pimp. Linda was being "trafficked" in connection with the mob of the her day.   https

I apologize.  I wasn't asking to be written into the Bill.   I was asking if we could be included in the dialogue.  Our local members in Seattle have been severely threatened by members of SWOP into being afraid to speak up individually online, and also in public at any of the hearings.  They are speaking to me and I am reaching out asking that we be included in the conversation about this is all.  Being we are the oldest and largest program of survivors in this country I think that's fair.   I also think if you're going to speak about laws regarding alcoholism, that you include AA, and people like Bill Wilson, AA's founder, in the discussion as well as the bar owner, the wine maker, and the drunk sitting on the bar stool drinking who insists he's "not an alcoholic" and "doesn't have a problem".  You will find our view being out of the industry now is going to be different than say Mary's of SWOP who has been guilty of a lot of th

In the days of African American slavery on US soil, the idea of a slave running away to freedom was viewed as a "disease" caused by the "loss of respect" the slave had for the owner.   Thinking I'm kidding?  https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/9282890/Dwyer_gsas.harvard_0084L_10408.pdf?sequence=1 Before I founded Prostitutes Anonymous, then changed our name in 1995 to Sex Workers Anonymous, my sponsor suggested I study all forms of social change and revolution including the civil rights movement.  He did this because he was showing me people always do what they think is "right".   If a slave running away was viewed as a "disease", that you as a slave owner needed to address in order to make sure you were being "respected", then this was also the same view shared by every slave owner in order not to be completely scoffed at like we now do today.  Take a look at it.  Because we laugh today - but back then this man was consid

Yes you're right. http://www.seattleweekly.com/home/956882-129/prostitution-bill-gets-green-light-showing We as EX sex workers are being left out of this conversation as well and told WE "don't exist". Well we do. The USA database of members for Sex Workers Anonymous is 190,000. The subscribers to our blog is over 59,000. We have meetings all over the USA, in Canada, five other countries, and three jails. SWA is the oldest and largest program of ex-sex workers in the world. We have more members than SWOP so where is our voice in this piece? Mary - we contacted you directly asking to be included in this conversation that we started 30 years ago and you asked us to "leave you alone". You have ignored us, blocked us, shut us out, and then tried to pretend we don't exist. EVERYTHING that you're complaining is being done to you as an active sex worker. Well guess what Mary? One of these days' it's highly likely you might decide

Cate - I wanted to touch base on your article about "web cam isn't like other sex work".   http://www.thestranger.com/features/feature/2015/06/10/22360297/camming-is-not-like-any-other-kind-of-sex-work Almost every one of our members since the day web cam was invented has reported in many ways IT'S WORSE.   You can take a group of prostitutes who at the end of the day go grab some coffee and joke about their tricks and the fact they haven't "been laid in months". However, when you take the same hard core prostitute and put her to work on a web cam line - they report nightmares, flashbacks, and that it "gets into their head". Also, do not think for one moment trafficking does exist in the web cam world.   Since I quit sex work myself back in 1985 I've had many different types of jobs. I've done a lot of freelance work within the sex industry doing website design and marketing because of my experience in the field and my knowledg