On this episode, Crystal and Graham are joined by Qasim Rashid, Esq. Together, they discuss mass shootings, how they're represented in the media, & how collectively, we can make a difference in our communities. Episode 5 is available on all streaming platforms. spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/3FsW06193xb

We're tired of: - underfunded schools - underpaid and overworked workers - under-resourced communities Overwhelming solidarity has always been the solution to the underfunding of our communities. On 3/15, we will be demonstrating our united power for public schools. Join us!

Please contact your senators and ask them to vote against the EARN IT Act before it is too late.

This is plays out in many communities, but I’ve been thinking a lot about how this impacts sex worker’s- there is a severe legitimacy crisis SWers face in building knowledge.

williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/r… This policy report SWOP Los Angeles did with the Williams Institute shows that 80% of sex workers in Los Angeles didn’t know about the recent law banning condoms as evidence for prostitution related crimes in California and recommends peer-based outreach.

ASA Conference Costs (estimate) $500 - RT flight to Philly $1200 - 5 night stay $400 - Meals $300 - Membership $250 - Registration (early) $100 - 2 Uber trips (airport) Total: $2750 (Not included: childcare, section memberships, receptions, additional Ubers, etc.)

I have a new piece out on Australian Outlook Australian Institute of International Affairs. I discuss the dangers of conflating human trafficking and sex work, and some of the crucial work activists are doing to promote human rights. Check it out here: internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutl… Let me know your thoughts!

When I tweet about there being more accessible Pride parties, this is what I’m referring to. No pants, no noise, only sexual tension across the candlelit room where we read our lil books and do our lil crafts.

One of the most fascinating transition-related changes I have experienced as a disabled white man is how much it has diminished the administrative burden related to my medical care relative to when I was perceived as a woman...

Union Station should be a lively community space - capable of fostering community in LAs largest transit hub. But instead it's a hostile desolate place because it's been designed to keep the unhoused away - which keeps everyone away. The restaurants don't even have chairs.

I don’t think a lot of senior academics understand the timeline for publishing since COVID. Just getting a *desk review* has been about a month on average for me lately.

I don’t want to be a downer but a reminder at how dangerous this work is. Police just arrested Rex Heuermann, “the Long Island serial killer” who murdered 18 people, most were sex workers. He’s in his 50s and worked as an architect in Manhattan.

Lack of labour protections for sex workers continues to hamper human rights efforts and the conflation with trafficking makes it worse. Alisson (she/they) 🏳️‍🌈 tells us why. internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutl…

Anyone have suggestions on how to cut ~2k words from a paper? I keep rereading it but I don't wanna take anything out 🥲

End Demand Comes to LA: abc7.com/figueroa-corri… City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto targets a local motel that happens to be located near SWers, as an "Anti-sex trafficking" operation, even though the motel has no connection to criminal activity other than proximity.

I’d love to see folks here!

Open letter to Mayor Karen Bass from researchers Institute on Inequality & Democracy expressing grave & urgent concerns about the displacement of, & escalating police violence against, the Aetna Street community, where we have been doing research and collaborative pedagogy for a year. Read & amplify. 1/7

❗GRADUATE STUDENT CHARGED BY UCI ADMIN❗ On November 14, a group of graduate students staged a peaceful response to a campus event titled, “The Israel-Hamas War: Five Week Update,” featuring Alon Burstein, a visiting professor in UCI Political Science via the Israel Institute.