Based on a true story, Madam is a 2024 show made in New Zealand. Following her husband's affair, Mack decides to open her own ETHICAL BROTHEL. Holly & Jenna have thoughts about this. Quite a lot of thoughts.

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In this episode, Jenna shares some of her worst experiences dealing with mainstream media, and we chat about discretion in our Question of the Week and Shit People Say. If you stick around until the end, you’ll be soothed by crooning tunes by our fearless hosts.

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Welcome to season 5! Today we're talking about "accidental activists" and "sex work influencers". What is the cost of speaking about the industry under your work persona? We also answer a question about transitioning from a client/provider relationship to a friendship, and Holly delivers a "won't someone think of the men???" style Shit People Say.

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It’s a big fat Holly & Jenna recap episode! What did we get up to this year? What games, movies, and tv shows did we love? What new sexual experiences did we encounter? And what is coming up for us in 2025??

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NSWP (Global Network of Sex Work Projects): https://www.nswp.org/members

APNSW (Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers): https://apnswnew.wordpress.com/membership/members/

Sources:

https://soundcloud.com/socialismconf/behind-the-rescue-sex-work-migration-and-the-anti-trafficking-industry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CfYvmGIzRE

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/03/the-white-savior-industrial-complex/254843/

https://www.artofcitizenry.com/podcast/episode-15-rescue-industry

https://truthout.org/articles/the-american-rescue-industry-toward-an-anti-trafficking-paramilitary/

https://titsandsass.com/baked-goods-or-baby-missionaries-in-conversation-with-the-cupcake-girls/

https://www.hrw.org/report/2010/07/19/streets/arbitrary-detention-and-other-abuses-against-sex-workers-cambodia

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Well, the time has come. We are finally doing a deep dive on the Nordic Model! End Demand, Swedish Model, Equality Model... whatever you want to call it, it sucks.

Sources:

• Sex in the New Europe: The Criminalization of Clients and Swedish Fear of Penetration, Kulick, 2003
• Twenty Years of Failing Sex Workers: A community report on the impact of the 1999 Swedish Sex Purchase Act, Fuckforbundet, 2019
• Sex Work and the Nordic Model (w/ Freja and Elizabeth), The Importance of Being Feminist, 2021
• The human cost of ‘crushing’ the market: Criminalization of sex work in Norway, Amnesty International, 2016
• What do sex workers think about the French prostitution act?, Medecins Du Monde, 2019

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The film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas was released in 1982, based on the 1978 musical, based loosely on a true story. The movie stars Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds and this week Holly and Jenna are sharing their thoughts on it!

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Combining 15 years as a professional undresser, award-winning stripper, pole dancer, & 🌽 star with an international research portfolio spanning SWer activism, LGBTQ+ health, sexual rights and sextech, it’s Zahra Stardust!

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