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Why are SWs freaking out right now? (This gets bumpy, hold on.)

Twitter came through and deleted a ton of accounts. We are worried that we are next. It could be nudity, it could be retweets, it could be content posted- we don't know. And while Twitter has clear rules, SWs get

 Punished often for not even breaking the rules but just existing, so we are on edge.

Twitter/IG/TikTok are ways we advertise and build a base so when we get deplatformed without explanation, we have to start from scratch somewhere else. We lose years of contacts/content.
So, what is driving these tightened restrictions?

It could be a bunch of laws. FOSTA/SESTA came through a few years ago & made it very unsafe for SWs, both online and real time workers. It even crippled businesses like sex educators and therapists. This was a bipartisan effort.
Bc of these laws, platforms censored their content and users. Remember those Craigslist ads? Meet up groups? Bad date lists?

All gone when F/S came through. So let's move to EARN IT. EI is in limbo right now, just waiting on the new term to get rolling. It isn't dead.
EI is gonna be the every man's F/S. EI is gonna censor so many of YOU READING THIS and then what will you do!? (More of that later.)

Fuck. Ok. Then we have Section 230, also just fucking chillin, waiting for passing. 230 is gonna make it to where sites will be held liable
For everything put on their site. Fuck. Ok, so this means that sites will have to do things like hella moderate, which in most cases either means not financially feasible or extreme censorship for prevention.

So, sounds like this is big trouble for tech companies. YEAH, IT IS.
Ok, few more issues here other than legal stuff. Next, let's talk about my favorite problem to bitch about- the media.

The media is doing some shady shit. They are pushing some non factual info bc of their sponsorships. So money = storyline. A great example is the NYT.
Fuck the NYT, but let's use this one story. They put up the P*rnhub story and next scene, Visa/Mastercard pull their cash flow. The NYT story is written by a dude that is paid by an historically problematic evangelical group that has been known to out right lie. Fucking lie.
That story? Their propaganda! The problem is V/MC took away money from creators that were verified and following the laws! It, for a week, took away money from some studios (and fuck m*ndgeek, gotta say it) but they never gave payment processing back to verified creators!
So these law abiding creators now don't have that revenue stream, uh during a pandemic no less, and in a lot of cases, it was their main money maker. Again, making legal porn!

This was driven by outrage from the media! This "war on porn" by religious zealots is a THING.
Ok, let's do another. These OF stories. The media keeps outting mostly vanilla workers that have turned to sex work to make money during a pandemic bc they haven't been able to stay afloat with just their vanilla jobs (the real story, if you ask me.) They are losing their jobs
And lives bc they sold some titty pics?! You see how awful this SW stigma is?! We aren't talking about gig economy or costs of living... we are ruining someone's lives bc they put some pics up to pay the rent.

Why are we so worried about someone making money with their body?!
Are you all that outraged when a NFL player does it? What about when a celeb does it? Is it OK then?

Did the media plant this seed that it was wrong? Or does your stigma come from something else?

Ok, stigma time. Time to ask yourself some questions.
Do you avoid interacting with SWs bc you don't want others to see you do it publicly? Do you consider selling pics and maybe do it a few times but don't show your face bc you don't want your vanilla career ruined? Do you deny dating a SW bc it could be bad for biz?
Now, I get the reasons why people do these things. But I don't like them.

Why can't we all just collectively take a stand and say yeah, I've taken nudes. Hey, I've slept for someone bc they took me for a nice meal and bought me shoes. Yes, I dated a stripper in college.
Why are you hiding your search history? Why are you bothered that your partner has a fav porn star?

Why/ fucking how did SWs become so evil/life ruining? Who thought of this? Oh, right right... the evangelicals that are paying to publish their propaganda.

See, came full circle.
So here we are, at the "What can you do to help" portion of my rant.

Follow SWs on their mailing lists/websites/contact of choice

Buy directly through SWs using whatever the fuck payment methods they have left

Educate others on crypto & then start paying for things with it!
Call your politicians and tell them hell to the no on these laws in limbo

Follow and interact with SWs! We build very strong communities!

Hire SWs! Many of us have backgrounds and experience that could be hella beneficial to you

Stop others when they say hateful shit about SWs
Become more comfortable with talking about sexuality. There are many other vanillas that are woke & wanna express themselves too

Join SWs in our community- come to rallies, interact with us publicly, call out the media when non factual info is published, support our fundraising
I'm sorry this is long winded, I appreciate you sticking with me til the end here but I'm begging now. We are on our last leg here & about to be driven even deeper underground.

Help us help us & you bc you are about to experience an internet without porn if you don't.

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