DO YOUR HO-WORK

DO YOUR HO-WORK

This organization builds intellectual self-defense. We are a collective of women sex workers dedicated to sharing necessary precautions to help prevent exploitation. Our articles explore how gender, colonialism, and capitalism intersect with our sex lives. Noam Chomsky said, “Hundreds of billions of dollars are spent to control the public mind.” How do we sift through it all and unite as a people?

Big Tech and globalization have completely changed the game. This is not your grandfather's capitalism. Sex workers don't own their small business data. Big Tech giants can sell, analyze, sort, and extract value from that data—this is techno-feudalism. Sexual behavior has become a privately owned commodity, no longer the natural part of life it has been throughout history. Elon Musk is enthusiastic about this business opportunity with his platform, X.

Another challenge is that many sex worker organizations aren’t founded or run by sex workers. The funding often comes from overseas billionaires and hedge fund managers—people who have never done sex work. There is so much deliberately misleading information being fed to both sex workers and the public.

This is why doing your research is crucial. Where does an organization’s funding come from? Who founded and runs it? It’s not always who you might think.

A decriminalization bill is coming up, yet no major women’s organizations have signed on. Organizations like Mass NOW have said they won’t support it without further research, and they’re right! We need to wake up and examine things more closely. Poor and working-class women rely on sex work income to support their families.

Women and sex workers, you have a bigger fight on your hands than you may realize. Sex work is not just about labor—it’s about our bodies, hearts, minds, families, social structures, and love lives. Voltaire — 'If you want to know who rules over you, just look for who you are not allowed to criticize.'

The Fearless Girl statue was removed in November 2018 and relocated to its current location in front of the New York Stock Exchange

We are not mere products; we are tangible, autonomous individuals. We should not be viewed as commodities, to be exploited as tools of capital. Each of us has emotions and experiences that deserve respect. We all possess unique talents and gifts that can enrich the world.