Advocacy
“Because whatever has happened to humanity, whatever is currently happening to humanity, it is happening to all of us. No matter how hidden the cruelty, no matter how far off the screams of pain and terror, we live in one world.” – Alice Walker
Fighting for social change becomes more urgent with each passing year. None of us can change everything, but all of us can change something. All oppression is linked–but so too is our liberation. I find myself most often in the role of teacher: as a magpie obsessively collecting resources, ideas, and history, I synthesize this information to provide context, understanding, and action items. Sex worker rights, gender & LGBTQ rights, and harm reduction strategies are my main areas of focus.
Zines
My foray into zine-making began in 2019, in the wake of internet censorship imposed by FOSTA-SESTA. I wanted to provide information on topics that were getting more difficult to share online, and images that would need to be severely altered in order to post. I love the freedom of the paper press!
Sex Work, Sex Trafficking, & Labor Rights: print-at -home
This zine is a primer on sex work, the myths and facts of sex trafficking, and how viewing these issues through the lens of labor rights rather than moral panic creates a path to meaningful support for all people working in the sex trades. It includes an overview of the history of anti-trafficking legislation in the United States, various legal models, and a section on how to be an effective ally for both survivors of sex trafficking and all others participating in the sex trades. With copious citations and further reading resources, this primer provides a concise overview of the issues currently faced in the fight for sex workers’ rights, and plentiful opportunities for the reader to deepen their understanding.
Prefer to read online?
No problem! You can view the PDF here.
Citations
Clickable links for sources cited in the zine
Flashland zine
I started Flashland as a response to increasing internet censorship of the nude body and of intensely important topics. Each zine includes a short interview with that issue's coverperson and an article about a topic that I feel is relevant to the current political and social climate. I find the present trend of censorship disturbing and am inspired by the feminist/queer/sex zines of the 70s and 80s and their role in galvanizing community and spreading information that was otherwise difficult to obtain.
Resources
Palestine
- The Palestine Academy: a good place to gain education on the history and current issues
- Decolonize Palestine: another great 101 educational site
- Artists Against Apartheid: petition & toolkits
- US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Toolkit
- Protest Art
- US Military Funding to Israel Map
- Propelling Grief Into Action: A Guide to Having Conversations With Our Jewish (and Otherwise) Loved Ones Towards a Free Palestine
- Fight Money with Money: Toolkit for divesting from big banks
- Solidarity with Palestine - A Radical Black Feminist Mandate: A Reading List
- Protest Postcards for Palestine - print at home
- E-Sims for Gaza
Community Care + Mutual Aid
- How to create systems for community support
- Pods + Pod-mapping worksheet
- Big Door Brigade - Mutual Aid Resources
- Mad-Queer Survival Tools
- Balancing urgency and patience when the world is burning around us
- Transformative Mutual Aid Practices (T-MAPs)
- Practical Solidarity: Safer In-Person Gatherings
- SAMHSA Overdose Prevention + Response Toolkit
- Fireweed Collective: Crisis Toolkit
Safety + Security
- Cybersecurity with Pigeon: Account Security Zine
- Technology Safety & Privacy: A Toolkit for Survivors
- Get In Formation: A Community Safety Toolkit
- Surveillance Self-Defense
- Disabled Sex Workers' Fight for Digital Rights, Platform Accessibility, and Design Justice
- Protecting Your Anonymity and Privacy: A How-to for Sex Workers