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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Financial insecurity and lack of resources puts people at risk of being trafficked. if you are serious about combatting trafficking then you need to be serious about providing people with housing, medical care, and living wages.

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Stigma kills. Stigma harms. Stigma prevents people from being able to access services. Stigma gets people arrested. Stigma pushes vulnerable people to the margins. Why are people still advocating for stigmatizing sex workers, despite knowing the harms it causes?

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

From @nicolerprause.bsky.social "The advice is spot on in redirecting this author who blamed porn for his preference to masturbate instead of have sex with his partner slate.com/advice/2026/... Masturbation, with or without porn, is *always* "easier" than accomodating another person's preferences."

Dear How to Do It,

Recently I have found myself more interested in masturbation than having sex with my partner. I’ve recognized that this was due to a rather unhealthy relationship to online porn. I’m trying to stop, but I find myself unable to resist. I love my partner, and I feel guilty for not being able to regularly satisfy her. How do I figure this out?

—Yanking

Dear Yanking,

You have to start with effort. This is not a situation where you should accept—”I find myself unable to resist” is not a tenable state of existence. Resisting, even if briefly, is worth committing to if indeed your porn use and masturbation habits are interfering with your sex life. I want to be clear that I side with experts like Nicole Prause, who poke holes in the concept of porn addiction. Treating sex/porn “addiction” is a boutique industry that is vulnerable to pseudo science and promoted by grifters. That’s not to say problematic porn use isn’t a thing. The relationship you have with it certainly sounds like it qualifies. If you need outside help with it, and it sounds like you do, talk to a sex therapist, hopefully one who doesn’t have “porn addiction” in their vocabulary.

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Come visit us at the back-to-school BBQ on August 20th! There will be food, games, school supplies, and community resources. It is in Maple Valley, just outside of Seattle.

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This really sums up why we need internet anonymity.

So who, exactly is anonymity for?

It's for the teenage girl who lost her mother when she was young, just got her period for the first time, and is to embarrassed to meet with a school nurse.

It's for the 45-year-old who hasn't drunk in years but is realizing that he's struggling with his sobriety and needs to talk privately about it.

It's for a woman coming to terms with the fact her boyfriend is abusive and figuring out how to get away from him without his knowledge.

It's for a Chinese immigrant who wants to speak about human rights abuses he witnessed at home without his family in Beijing paying the price for his words or repression following him abroad.

It's for a factory worker looking for resources about how to report unsafe conditions without losing his job.

It's for a college freshman who needs to talk about being gay without fearing his family will learn of it before he's ready to tell them.

It's for a grandmother who just received a breast cancer diagnosis and wants to discreetly discuss her anxiety about a mastectomy,

It's for a priest dealing with depression who doesn't know how to manage his feelings of emptiness amidst his duties to his parish.

It's for anyone who has ever experienced a fear, thought, idea or emotion that need to express but aren't ready to share with colleagues, family, friends, or acquaintances or authority figures.

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

One of the problems with the Nordic model is that it encourages police to surveil sex workers. Sex workers dont need state surveillance, they need safety.

Background image several people of various races and genders.

Text over them reads we want feminists to kmkw the difference between support and surveillance

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Combating myths about decriminalization, one at a time-

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Went out and had some fun at Juneteenth events. I assume everyone here was well behaved and normal yesterday?

Illustrated image.
Left corner 3 Black people holding signs.
One says Black pride, one says Black lives matter, and one says Black excellence

The right corner says Juneteenth Freedom Day

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Glad @nicolerprause.bsky.social is following the fap movement. However, sad to learn that men are sending minors in no fap spaces nudes, and the moderator's response is basically arguing they can't do anything about it.

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Hate having to keep dispelling this myth but Sex workers absolutely have a right to say no to clients. Denying them this fact and bodily autonomy only promotes rape culture and emboldens sexual predators. #SexWorkIsWork #RightsNotRescue

woman with a bullhorn over a yellow and orange background.

Text reads #Sex workers always have the right to say no"

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

People ask why we prefer Bluesky. Because we're less likely to encounter BS like this:

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Someone named GinnyStimson wrote:

Answer me this.. were the women taken to the “Island “ really trafficked or are they just prostitutes now trying to justify their career choices? I bet they enjoyed the perks of the job really but that doesn’t make good conversation around the dinner table.

Our repsonse: The reason many survivors are hesitant to come forward is because of attitudes like this.
Knowing you'll never be believed no matter how much trauma or pain you've been through is its own tragedy.
Survivors deserve better.

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

We end up with systems that treat arrest as intervention, confuse surveillance with protection, accept family separation and incarceration as "unfortunate but necessary" Without sex workers, feminism loses the ability to recognize when “help” is coercion, or who pays the price.

Who pays the price?

Erasure never hits evenly. Policies built without sex workers land hardest on:

Black and Indigenous women

Migrants

Trans people

Disabled people

Poor and working class survivors

The margins always absorb the damage.

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

This week, we follow the money into the nonprofit rescue economy: After arrests and court dates, another industry steps in - one that often mirrors policing rather than replacing it. The result isn’t healing. It’s control, compliance, and continued harm. #FollowTheMoney #HumanTrafficking

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

we were never invisible. We were never voiceless. And we will never stop demanding a world without violence. #D17 #December17 #IDTEVASW

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

So who will be around for slutwalk on December 13th with @decrim305.bsky.social

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Today is #GivingTuesday, and we are asking for your help. We rely on donations to maintain our 24/7 hotline, re-entry bags, and a pen pal program for the currently incarcerated. We are able to do this work because someone like you helped fund this mission. www.swopbehindbars.org/donate

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Hey #Seattle folks, what are you doing this Friday? 👀

From Surviving to Thriving with Seattle SWOP Behind Bars

Meet local Resource Providers on October 17th from 2-4PM

722 18th Ave

From Surviving to Thriving is our continuation in a series of events across Seattle to connect our community with local resources.

Free vaccines via the King County Health Department

Anyone in the sex worker community is invited to come and and get help!

Join us on 10/17 from 2-4PM at Byrd Barr Place

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Carceral feminism won't save us. Relying on police, surveillance and courts won't keep our communities safe. We need community-based solutions for safety, and we need them now.

image: a pair of hands holding bars of a jail cell

text: what is carceral feminism?
a type of feminism that advocates for reliance on police and prison and punitive solutions to solve gender-based violence

text:
harms of carceral feminism

reliance on the carceral state, which is inherently discriminatory

failure to address social and economic factors that contribute to gender-based violence

neglect of the experiences and perspectives of marginalized communities, particularly women of color and LGBTQ+ individuals

increased policing and surveillance of non-white communities

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

"From Surviving to Thriving" - our series of events to connect our community with local resources. It's free and will introduce you to resources in your area. This month, the King County Public Health's Vaccine Unit, and Seattle's LGBTQIA+ Center will be joining us. Join us on 9/19, from 2-4pm

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From Surviving to Thriving
Seattle Swop Behind Bars
Community Resource Fair
Meet Local Resource Providers
Sept. 19th 2PM-4PM
400 E. Pine St.

text over pink background

From Surviving to Thriving" - our continuation in a series of events across Seattle to connect our community with local resources.

Free vaccines via the King County Public Health Department

Anyone in the sex worker community is invited to come and get help!

Join us on 9/19, from noon-2pm at Seattle’s LGTBQIA+ Center

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Who is coming out to visit us? All I am saying is 1. bounce house 2. free back to school supplies 3. free health screenings

table of backpacks full of school supplies

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Just learned the Epstein victims will be on Capitol Hill September 3rd.

Tweet from @AmberWoods100

BREAKING: Epstein survivors will hold a press conference on Capitol Hill Sept 3rd, 10:30AM ET.

For the first time, many will speak publicly about what happened and demand the release of the Epstein Files.

I’ve been on this relentlessly and won’t stop now.

I will be live covering—follow me for updates and coverage they can’t bury.

Please share this so survivors voices are heard in the madness of the news cycle. This is important.

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Did you know the attorneys general for Missouri, Kansas, and Idaho actually made the argument that fewer pregnant teens is an injury to the state in a lawsuit designed to ban access to birth control via the mail? ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, and Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador—all Republicans—take issue with this. Abortion access decreases teen pregnancy, and they seem to think that is a bad thing.

“Remote dispensing of abortion drugs by mail, common carrier, and interactive computer service is depressing expected birth rates for teenaged mothers in Plaintiff States,” the attorneys general allege in the complaint, which was filed before forced birth enthusiast Judge Matt Kacsmaryk in the Northern District of Texas’s Amarillo Division. They claim that decreased births constitute “a sovereign injury to the state in itself,” and causes downstream injuries like “losing a seat in Congress or qualifying for less federal funding if their populations are reduced.” In other words, uteri are state slush funds, and girls owe the state reproduction once they are capable of it.

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Remember, sex workers generally want #Decrim not #legalization Decrim protects sex workers

black letters over pink background.

the headline reads "Legalization VS Decriminalization of sex work"

first column reads-

legalization

Government entities determine when, where, and how sex work can happen

Resources go to law enforcement to surveil sex workers

Sex workers who cannot meet legal regulations are still criminalized and at risk of arrest or deportation

second column reads:

decriminalization

Sex workers are allowed to determine when and how they work

Money can be diverted to resources for sex workers in need

Eliminates all criminal penalties for being a sex worker

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Buffalo New York- August 29th, MLK park From Surviving to Thriving Community Event. Community Connections, Free health screenings, and a book bag giveaway!

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Sex workers have voices that deserve to be heard.

“There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.”
― Arundhati Roy

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

#seattle Did you know that King County will be providing vaccines at our next community event? July 16th! See you there!

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Seattle Swop behind bars presents from surviving to thriving:

* Free vaccines via King County Public Health

* Free to attend events highlight local resources and bring them together in one place for people to get help

*Anyone in the sex worker community is invited to come and get help. If you know someone in the sex worker community who needs help, you are welcome to attend and gather information as well.

Join us on 7/16, from 2-4pm at @GayCity 400 East Pine Street, Seattle 98122

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

So if you're having a weird Friday the 13th, just remember: we’ve seen weirder. And if you really want to make a difference, skip the fake furniture fears and support survivor-led orgs doing the real work. 📞 1-877-776-2004 Call us if you’re in crisis.

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

We are participating in Pride in Park in #Seattle this weekend! Volunteer Park - 1247 15th Ave E, Seattle, WA 98112 (between the Conservatory and Seattle Asian Art Museum) from noon - 7pm Come get some supplies and learn where to find resources in your area!

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

it's been 50 years since that day, and the fight for sex worker rights is still going strong. We still fight for social acceptance, decriminalization and the right to work safely. No more raids. No more arrests. No more stigma. No more bad laws. Because sex work is work.

Image a crowd of people. A woman stands towards the front holding a sign that says sex work is work.

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

On June 2nd, 1975, 100 sex workers gathered at the Saint-Nizier Church in Lyon, France. They demanded an end stigma, criminal penalties and police harassment. They hung a banner which read ‘Our children don’t want their mothers to go to jail’ That was when International Sex workers' Day started.

background image- An image of a globe with a white candle over it.

Text reads: Happy International Whores' Day.
No bad whores, just bad laws.

@swopbehindbars

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Sex workers don't deserve to be punished for surviving.

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Feminism should be a movement for all, especially those facing systemic oppression. If feminism excludes sex workers, it is failing at its core mission. The real question is whether feminism is willing to evolve beyond its historical biases and fight for all people’s safety.

A truly inclusive feminism must recognize sex workers as integral to the fight for bodily autonomy, economic justice, and human rights. The ongoing tension within feminist movements regarding sex work reveal deeper issues of exclusion, respectability politics, and reliance on carceral solutions that ultimately harm marginalized communities.

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

"carceral feminism" advocates for laws like the Nordic Model, which claims to punish clients rather than workers. In reality, these policies make sex work more dangerous. A feminism that relies on the prison-industrial complex to "help" people is just reinforcing state violence.

A woman looking directly into the camera.
text reads:

Carceral Feminism & the Danger of "Rescue"
One of the biggest divides in feminist discourse around sex work is between those who support decriminalization and those who push criminalization under the guise of "saving" sex workers. The latter—often referred to as "carceral feminism"—advocates for laws like the Nordic Model, which punishes clients rather than workers.

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Sex work is disproportionately criminalized along racial and class lines. Women of color and trans women are more likely to be arrested, incarcerated, or experience police violence. Many white middle-class feminist perspectives have historically reinforced this violence.

Someone holding a sign that reads "each time a woman stands up for herself she stands up for all women"

caption: Racism, Classism & Whose Liberation Matters
Sex work is disproportionately criminalized along racial and class lines. Black, Indigenous, and other women of color, as well as trans women, are more likely to be arrested, incarcerated, or experience police violence under laws that claim to "protect" them.

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

#SexWorkIsWork Many enter the industry because of financial necessity, a reality that should put it squarely within feminist conversations about labor rights. If feminism is serious about economic justice, it has to take sex workers’ rights seriously, too.

Economic Justice
Sex work is, at its core, work. Many enter the industry because of financial necessity, a reality that should put it squarely within feminist conversations about labor rights, fair wages, and economic survival.

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Feminism has championed the idea that people have the right to make decisions about their bodies. Criminalizing sex work strips women, trans & nonbinary folks of their agency, reinforcing the idea that choices are invalid if they don’t align with state-sanctioned respectability.

Bodily Autonomy & Choice
Feminism has long championed the idea that people should have the right to make decisions about their own bodies. If the feminist movement supports access to abortion, contraception, and sexual liberation, why should sex work be treated any differently?

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Someone sent us this and we love it! One single issue impacts more areas than most people realize. The same people who oppose sex work also tend to oppose abortion, trans rights, and comprehensive sex ed in schools.

Black text over orange background

Yes, I'm a "one-issue voter", but that one issue is sexual liberation, which includes public policy related to:

Book bans
Pornography
LGBT equality
Sex education
Abortion access
Sex Workers' Rights
Broadcast "decency"
Contraception access
Funding for sex research
Sexually- oriented businesses
STI/HIV prevention & treatment
Not treating 50% of the population's nipples as a demonic threat if exposed in public.

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