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Episode 117: Maggie McNeill – "What To Know Before You Pay For Sex"

by Peter R. Quiñones | Jun 10, 2018 | Blog, Free Man Beyond the Wall

Mance welcomes Maggie McNeill to the show. Maggie is an escort and more famously, an advocate for sex workers. Maggie talks about the recent article she wrote for Reason Magazine, "What to Know Before You Pay for Sex," as well as the recent passing of the FOSTA bill...

In the wake of FOSTA/SESTA, sex workers and allied activists are building new safety networks and lobbying support.

by A. Trevor Thrall and Erik Goepner | Jun 1, 2018 | Featured Articles, Politics

Earlier this month, sex workers and allies walked 14 blocks down Michigan Avenue in Chicago in what they called a “Funeral for the Death of Sex Work.” The New Orleans-style funeral procession, complete with a brass band and women sporting mourning hats, veils, and...

Senate Votes to Endanger Sex Workers and Censor the Internet

by EFF | Mar 22, 2018 | Featured Articles, Justice

Today [March 21, 2018] was a dark day for the Internet. The U.S. Senate just voted 97-2 to pass the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA, H.R. 1865), a bill that silences online speech by forcing Internet platforms to censor their users....

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FOSTA

Episode 117: Maggie McNeill – "What To Know Before You Pay For Sex"

In the wake of FOSTA/SESTA, sex workers and allied activists are building new safety networks and lobbying support.

Senate Votes to Endanger Sex Workers and Censor the Internet

Blog

Ignoring Political Gossip & Sticking to Principle

The Myth of “Hyper-Rugged-Isolationist-Individualism”

The Lesson From Germany and Korea

Occupational Licensing Increases Prices and Deprives People of Options

Free Book: An Anarchist Critique of the COVID Mandates

Democratic Socialist Turns Libertarian! #PorcFest2023

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