With the recent decision of Dobbs versus Jackson Women’s Health Organization, SCOTUS has overturned the landmark case of Roe V. Wade. This monumental decision came on June 24th, a mere two months ago. …

A Book Review and interview with Author Michelle Tea I stood in my kitchen opening up an oblong brown box from my Friend Amy. Prenatal vitamins, a pair of spanx, and a lively book with the title “I’m Pregnant!” I flipped through it briefly, and within, everything you could ever…

An Op-Ed by Laura LeMoon Sex trafficking is an issue that everyone seems to have different opinions on how to solve. The unfortunate reality is that most nonprofits and policymakers doing the work are not survivors themselves, are woefully misguided, and are operating off of “research” rooted in confirmation bias…

Last Saturday morning I was laying in bed and checked the Huffington Post — 284 Biden and 214 Trump. I texted my best friend immediately, a sex worker and well versed politico, who responded; “Yes! They’re calling Biden President Elect Biden on the news!” I was ecstatic and somewhat in…

I’m being judged as being a “bad survivor” by people in power who aren’t even survivors themselves, largely.

(Picasso, “Girl in the Mirror) I believe that, generally speaking, those of us who enter the realms of social justice to become activists and advocates have good intentions. In my ten plus years as an activist and employee of numerous nonprofits, I have noticed many things about others and myself…

How family estrangement broke my sex-working heart —

Dear Cyntoia, First let me start by saying congratulations on your release. Your case has been so inspiring to all of us who live at the intersections of sex work and sex trafficking. I won’t presume to know how you identify — whether as a sex trafficking survivor, sex worker…

Im a witch. No, I don’t wear a black pointy hat and stir a bubbling cauldron. Being a witch is a little like a religion in that there are a million ways to practice and no one witch works their craft in the same way. So what do I mean…