Sex Workers Unite

A provocative history that reveals how sex workers have been at the vanguard of social justice movements for the past fifty years while building a movement of their own that challenges our ideas about labor, sexuality, feminism, and freedom Documenting five decades of sex worker activism, Sex Workers Unite is a fresh history that places prostitutes, hustlers, escorts, call girls, strippers, and porn stars in the center of America s major civil rights struggles Although their presence has largely been ignored and obscured, in this provocative history Melinda Chateauvert recasts sex workers as savvy political organizers not as helpless victims in need of rescue Even before transgender sex worker Sylvia Rivera threw a brick and sparked the Stonewall Riot in 1969, these trailblazing activists and allies challenged criminal sex laws and whorephobia, and were active in struggles for gay liberation, women s rights, reproductive justice, union organizing, and prison abolition Although the multibillion dollar international sex industry thrives, the United States remains one of the few industrialized nations that continues to criminalize prostitution, and these discriminatory laws put workers at risk In response, sex workers have organized to improve their working conditions and to challenge police and structural violence Through individual confrontations and collective campaigns, they have pushed the boundaries of conventional organizing, called for decriminalization, and have reframed sex workers rights as human rights Telling stories of sex workers, from the frontlines of the 1970s sex wars to the modern day streets of SlutWalk, Chateauvert illuminates an underrepresented movement, introducing skilled activists who have organized a global campaign for self determination and sexual freedom that is as multifaceted as the sex industry and as diverse as human sexuality. Best Download Books Sex Workers Unite By Melinda Chateauvert – kino-fada.fr I gave this book my very best, I went into it with the most open of open minds, and I just didn t like it at all Now, let me explain a little about myself here I believe that prostitution and sex trade work will exist no matter how illegal we try and make it It always has existed and it always will as long as there are people willing to pay for sex I believe that a lot would be accomplished by legalizing prostitution.For the rest of this review please visit my blog, Written Among The StarsI I gave this book my very best, I went into it with the most open of open minds, and I just didn t like it at all Now, let me explain a little about myself here I believe that prostitution and sex trade work will exist no matter how illegal we try and make it It always...Melinda Chateauvert s Sex Workers Unite challenges stereotypes and examines the history of the sex worker rights movement in the United States, from the riots at the Stonewall Inn and Compton s Cafeteria in the 1960s until the contemporary SlutWalk protests Her intersectional analysis and plentiful examples of individuals and organizations involved in the push for sex worker rights confront the identity based ...I wanted to give this book a good review because it is my first gotten through Goodreads Giveaways However, while the book is well researched and meticulously foornoted, it is much too clinical for the casual reader Was this Chateauvert s dissertation The author is at her best when discussing personalities rather than movements The chapter headings were cool Otherwise, I did not find this book at all entertaining And the only reference to Stonewall is that the riot started when a transgend I wanted to give this book a good review because it is my first gotten through Goodreads Giveaways However, while the book is well researched and meticulously foornoted, it is much too clinical for the casual reader Was this Chateauvert s dissertation The author is at her best...I like the idea of this book and the purpose for which it is written, but the chapters were slow and a lot of the key people hard to keep track of and follow The intent of this book is fantastic, and it w...I m surprised by other reviewers comments Firstly, the subtitle is from stonewall to slutwalk one reviewer seems to have forgotten that and focused on the so called lack of discussion of Stonewall which is incorrect since the first essay discusses stonewall and the beginnings of sex worker activism per se Secondly, another reviewer claims a lot of acronyms are used that likely will confuse a reader That s not true Acronyms are used but each are discussed and they didn t stroke me as carele I m surprised by other reviewers comments Firstly, the subtitle is from stonewall to slutwalk one reviewer seems to have forgotten that and focused on the so called lack of discussion of Stonewall which is incorrect since the first essay discusses stonewall and the beginnings of sex worker activism per se Secondly, another reviewer claims a lot of acronyms are used that likely will confuse a reader That s not true Acronyms are used but each are discussed and they didn t stroke me as carelessly bandied about as to lose a reader.Thirdly, it was claimed in another review that this wasn t entertaining enough This wasn t meant to be entertaining a serious of salacious sex tales, so that reviewer missed the whole point of the book.It was claimed in multiple places that this was high academic reading Admittedly I have two masters degrees, but I know people without a college degree who would have no trouble reading this at all The language is jargon free and the style is s...I received Sex Workers Unite for free in a Goodreads giveaway and I m really grateful that I did Despite the provocative title, it was well researched, useful for both casual readers like myself andserious academics Gloria Steinem once wrote that we should listen to people, not paper, and Chateauvert does just that Instead of talking about sex workers, she talks to them, deliv...I won a copy of Sex Workers Unite from a firstreads giveaway It is clear from this book that Melinda Chateauvert is entrenched in the struggles of sex workers be they strippers, escorts, porn stars, or rent boys , and well versed in the history of their political organization.The empowering title, a call to action in itself, alludes to the proactive nature of the activities profiled in the text Chateauvert is interested in the sex workers that don t just lay back and take it forgive me, coul I won a copy of Sex Workers Unite from a firstreads giveaway It is clear from this book that Melinda Chateauvert is entrenched in the struggles of sex workers be they strippers, escorts, porn stars, or rent boys , and well versed in the history of their political organization.The empowering title, a call to action in itself, alludes to the proactive nature of the activities profiled in the text Chateauvert is interested in the sex workers that don t just lay back and take it forgive me, couldn t resist the pun , and covers five years of political organization within the United States As someone who lost a university president in part because he stood up for the student s right to host the Sex Workers Art Show, I was surprised at how much I didn t know ab...I received this book through a Goodreads giveaway It takes a lot for a book to make me want to stop Chateauvert who has a lovely French last name is angry Her passion for sex worker equality is admirable I love long non fiction books, but the tone here was too blatantly angry for me to enjoy the book The subject is fascinating, and the writing is well done, but Chateauvert clearly does not hold men in high esteem, to put it nicely As a man, I was offended slightly by both her attacks an I received this book through a Goodreads giveaway It takes a lot for a book to make me want to stop Chateauvert who has a lovely French last name is angry Her passion for sex worker equality is admirable I love long non fiction books, but the tone here was too blatantly angry for me to enjoy the book The subject is fascinating, and the writing is well done, but Chateauvert cl...I really wanted to enjoy this book The author and I share every viewpoint, and I was very excited to read about the history of sex workers rights and their continuing evolution But I deeply resent whichever person told the author that she ought to resort to dramatic narrative language to get her points across The language and structure are immature, and leave a lot of facts to be desired in the sense that, while based on facts, and relaying facts, the whole book sounds like a Lifetime Movi I really wanted to enjoy this book The author and I share every viewpoint, and I was very excited to read about the history of sex workers rights and their continuing evolution But I deeply resent whichever person told the author that she ought to resort to dramatic narrative...Great topic Tedious rant of a book The language is too dry and complicated to follow easily, and the grasp of the issues at stake is not complex enough I get that she wants to be supportive of sex workers I do too But it feels rather a...

• English
• 04 August 2017
Melinda Chateauvert
• Hardcover
• 272 pages
• 0807061395
• Melinda Chateauvert
• Sex Workers Unite