Audacia Ray's Blog, page 6
August 21, 2014
August 8, 2014
Woke myself from a dream to savor this moment
I was running for public office and my mom came to see me debate. The woman introducing me said that I fight for the rights of workers, then someone whispered in her ear that I fight for sex workers. She turned beet red and then said to me, “I have trouble taking your concerns seriously.” My dream mom stood up and said fuck you to her. Thanks, dream mom! My mom would stand up for me like that in real life. But it felt pretty awesome in the dream.
August 5, 2014
Always get the money first! Newbie sex worker problems.
Always get the money first! Newbie sex worker problems.
August 4, 2014
redupnyc:
Red Umbrella Project is accepting applications for...
Red Umbrella Project is accepting applications for our fall writing program through August 18th! If you’re in NYC, apply to participate in our eight week memoir writing workshop, and if you’re outside of NYC apply to get connected with a mentor editor and work toward publication in Prose & Lore Issue 5. Workshops are free and peer led, by and for people in the sex trades.www.redumbrellaproject.org/educate/memoir/
Hey sex workers!
I want to make a master post of your favourite sex worker books, from trashy memoir to labour theory! Please add on and I’ll keep editing this post to include additions.
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I made a sex worker memoirs list on Goodreads - its got 99 books listed on it and growing!
August 3, 2014
via compoundchem:
Today, a look at the contributing compounds...
via compoundchem:
Today, a look at the contributing compounds to ‘old book smell’, and the origins of the less well researched ‘new book smell’: http://wp.me/p4aPLT-hV
July 30, 2014
one sex worker nation under dildo (by Audacia Ray)
Memory lane:...
one sex worker nation under dildo (by Audacia Ray)
Memory lane: in 2007 I curated an art show as a benefit for $pread magazine, and we did this thing that I started out jokingly calling “One Sex Worker Nation Under Dildo” and then became a thing. Sex toy stores in the US and Canada opened their doors to sex workers and gave them dildo and craft supplies, and then we did a silent auction of 40 awesome pieces of dildo art at the show. This one is one of my faves.
July 16, 2014
best. dog shaming. ever.
best. dog shaming. ever.
July 8, 2014
RedUP is hiring a PT Community Organizer in Brooklyn!
The Red Umbrella Project (RedUP) is a small peer-led organization based in Brooklyn, New York, which amplifies the voices of people in the sex trades to take greater control of their lives and livelihoods through sustained and structured peer-mentoring initiatives, multimedia storytelling…
Oh hey, RedUP is hiring and you should take a look, pass it on, help me find one badass person (sex workers highly preferred) in NYC who can help me keep RedUP awesome.
July 7, 2014
""“The jury has the right to judge both the law as well as the fact in controversy.” And it remains..."
"“The jury has the right to judge both the law as well as the fact in controversy.” And it remains entirely legal for a jury to acquit, regardless of the evidence, as a means of resisting unjust laws and sentencing. Juries have nullified to protest injustices throughout American history—in defense of the Boston Tea Party, against the Fugitive Slave Act, against Prohibition.
Despite this proud tradition, nullification has been a well-kept secret since 1895, when the Supreme Court ruled that while juries had the right to nullify, judges were not required to inform them of this power. “
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Nullification: Jurors’ Secret Weapon Against Harsh Sentencing | The Nation
Whenever you see someone posting on social media about having jury duty, send them information on juror nullification. Its a very important right we have that can be used to resist the police state and the prison industrial complex.
