PinnedOur Split from AF3IRM: Shedding light on our issues to encourage our growth towards a real, revolutionary feminist movementUpdate 2/28/23: AF3IRM Leadership, led by chairperson Connie Huynh, responded to this article by slandering the women and workers who accused her partner Martin Manteca of sexual and workplace abuse. …Feminism27 min readFeminism27 min read
Pinned“We are all part of the same revolutionary subject:” The necessity of organizing our comrades in the sex industryIn the nearly 2 years since I published my analysis of the sex trade as someone inside of it, there has been a wide array of reactions. Perhaps naively, I did not realize the world I was stepping into. While many have understood my piece in different ways, some have…Socialism9 min readSocialism9 min read
PinnedA Socialist, Feminist, and Transgender Analysis of “Sex Work”CW: Rape Dear Sister Comrades at Red Canary Song and the NYC DSA Socialist Feminist Working Group, My name is Esperanza and I am a socialist, a feminist, a transgender Latina woman, and a survivor of the sex trade. I am writing to you as comrades in the struggle for socialism and as sisters who have presumably shared the experience of being prostitutes. I prefer…Socialism31 min readSocialism31 min read
May 25, 2022No, Ghandy was not wrong on the Radical Feminists in Philosophical TrendsIt is often asserted that Anuradha Ghandy got confused about radical feminists in her critique of the radical trend in her seminal work on feminism. However, she was simply referring to an early split between radical feminists that have been ignored by current commentators. — I have often heard the claim that Anuradha Ghandy’s critique of radical feminism should be rejected in part or whole because of apparent confusion on the position of radical feminists on pornography. …Feminism5 min readFeminism5 min read
Nov 7, 2021The Need to Link Arms With Every Oppressed Sector: An Exclusive Conversation With Rey Valmores-SalinasThis interview was originally published on March 20th, 2021 at Twink Revolution and has been reposted here with permission. I conducted this interview to capture the analysis and voice of anti-imperialist LGBT activists. The interview remains incredibly relevant to all organizers attempting to do mass organizing in their own regions. …Activism20 min readActivism20 min read
Feb 24, 2021“Our body, our life, our class, our struggle!” An analysis of prostitution from the PMLTI was given permission to share this analysis of the sex trade by the Partido (M-L) De Los Trabajadores, a Marxist-Leninist communist party in Spain. Given the recent discourse, I was struck by how principled and deep this analysis went and how it corrected the ideological and theoretical line on…Communism11 min readCommunism11 min read
Sep 8, 2020The problem with the phrase “sex work is work”I wanted to write a quick note about my issues with the phrase “sex work is work.” It is one of the most common rhetorical devices used by sex trade expansionists. I’m increasingly seeing people responding to any critical take on the sex trade by blurting out “sex work is…Sex Work12 min readSex Work12 min read
Aug 18, 2020The Problem with Sex Trade Expansionary Feminism, A Response to KateLand and women are not for conquest — Dear Kate, I am deeply sorry to hear what happened to you. The experience you describe is truly terrifying and I think there is something to be said in that we both became politicized, and not simply victimized, from our experiences. Your letter infuriates me. Not because you disagree with…Feminism24 min readFeminism24 min read
