Abstract
These short pieces, written by individuals engaged in sex work-related activism and scholarship, are intended to provide a snapshot of ongoing social justice efforts regarding this highly politicized issue. In the following commentaries, Sienna Baskin documents U.S. efforts to provide legal aid to sex workers and victim-survivors of sex trafficking, Thaddeus Blanchette describes a Brazilian prostitute’s campaign for a seat in Congress, Megan Morgenson speaks to the need to incorporate sex workers’ perspectives into anti-trafficking initiatives, Sarah Jenny Bleviss documents new mobile phone technology designed to help U.S. sex workers navigate the risks they face working in a criminalized profession, and Gregory Mitchell (together with Thaddeus Blanchette) and Jayne Swift detail two events on U.S. campuses designed to promote critical thinking about sex work and trafficking.
Recommended Citation
Baskin, Sienna; Blanchette, Thaddeus; Mitchell, Gregory; and Swift, Jayne
(2010)
"From the Field,"
Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women's & Gender Studies: Vol. 8:
Iss.
1, Article 15.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.cortland.edu/wagadu/vol8/iss1/15