The Dig: Don't Criminalize Sex Work with Melissa Gira Grant
Journalist @melissagira eviscerates a newspaper investigation that conflates sex work with trafficking. She examines how reporters unwittingly fall into a savior complex, which ends up criminalizing workers in the name of defending women's dignity.
November 11, 2017
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November 11, 2017
The Dig: Don't Criminalize Sex Work with Melissa Gira Grant
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<div>Journalist @melissagira eviscerates a newspaper investigation that conflates sex work with trafficking. She examines how reporters unwittingly fall into a savior complex, which ends up criminalizing workers in the name of defending women's dignity. Thanks to our sponsors at Verso Books. Check out Futures of Black Radicalism <a href="https://www.versobooks.com/books/2438-futures-of-black-radicalism" rel="nofollow">https://www.versobooks.com/books/2438-futures-of-black-radicalism</a>. And support us on <a href="http://Patreon.com/TheDig" rel="nofollow">Patreon.com/TheDig</a> with some cash.</div><p></p><div></div><p></p><div></div>
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