What's So Hard About Listening to Sex Workers?
The anti-trafficking movement has faced significant criticism over the years, and for good reason.
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All in a Day's Sex Work Podcast
Swop Behind Bars
7 days ago7 min read
The Future of End Demand Initiatives
Arrest and Incarceration using End Demand Initiative has long term intergenerational impacts that harm families.
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Swop Behind Bars
Nov 147 min read
What's Up With Sheriff Grady Judd?
For over a decade, Sheriff Grady Judd has been "fighting sex trafficking" in Polk County—Florida's fourth largest county by area
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Swop Behind Bars
Nov 88 min read
What The F%&$ Do We Do Now?
As the dust settles on yet another intense election season, we’re left with the burning question: What the f&$ do we do now?*
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Swop Behind Bars
Oct 315 min read
Bonded and Betrayed
Moncrief’s actions represent a troubling trend of exploitation within the bail bond industry. This case is a call for reform.
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Swop Behind Bars
Oct 276 min read
Victimized and Condemned
Many trafficking victims in the United States are prosecuted alongside their traffickers and placed on sex offender registries.
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Swop Behind Bars
Aug 188 min read
Navigating Probation and Parole
Probation and parole are both alternatives to incarceration, but they serve different purposes and occur at different stages in the criminal
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Swop Behind Bars
Aug 65 min read
Progressive Incrementalism
For those of you struggling with the implications of participating in a system this morally complicated, this concept is for you:
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Swop Behind Bars
Jun 287 min read
#JoeyThePlayer Sentenced to the Max
On Wednesday, June 26th, 2026 #JoeyThePlayer, José Olivio Torres was sentenced to 30 years in prison for 4 counts of #SexTrafficking
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Swop Behind Bars
May 268 min read
What WOULD Jesus Do?
The insightful question of “What Would Jesus Do” is more than a slogan or a bracelet ...
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Swop Behind Bars
Nov 20, 20239 min read
Trans Day of Remembrance
Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR) is a day dedicated to memorializing the lives of trans individuals who have lost their lives to...
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Swop Behind Bars
Nov 6, 202310 min read
PROTEST SAFETY 101
Sex workers and allies have a long history of investment in a wide variety global liberation efforts across intersections (whether it’s...
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Swop Behind Bars
Oct 30, 202310 min read
International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers - December 17
Introduction to International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers December 17th 2023 marks the 20th anniversary of International Day...
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Swop Behind Bars
Sep 24, 20238 min read
Resolving Homelessness
Part 3 Blockade, Barriers and Obstacles for Housing First Initiatives A panicked person called the Community Support Line from Seattle...
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Swop Behind Bars
Sep 17, 20238 min read
No Room For You
Homelessness and Housing First Initiatives vs Treatment First Part Two of Three One of our regular support line callers has been...
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Swop Behind Bars
Sep 10, 20236 min read
No Room For You
Homelessness, Under-Housing and Survival of People Who Trade Sex Part One of Three A single mother of 2 teenagers recently called the ...
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Swop Behind Bars
Jul 24, 20235 min read
Reflections on the Long Island Serial Killer Arrest
The sex work community breathed a sigh of relief when news of the arrest of a suspect in the Long Island Gilgo Beach murders was...
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Lydia Babcock
May 12, 202316 min read
The Clinic to Prison Pipeline
Society demonstrates the ways in which public identity and the politics of disgust are internalized and externalized through criminal...
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Swop Behind Bars
Apr 23, 20234 min read
Oh Feminism, Where Art Thou?
From the Editor: On April 6th, 2018, Backpage was seized by the Federal Government of the United States and millions of sex workers...
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Gaye Dalton
Apr 7, 20223 min read
Simplifying the Disaster of the “Equality” Model
By Gaye Dalton Regardless of their intention or motivation Nordic Model Campaigns (like Equality Model NY, “Turn off the Red Light” now...
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