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Lysistrata Co-op
@lysistratamccf.bsky.social
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THE ORIGINAL National US online $olidarity group & 200 member co-op by/for SWs founded in 2016!
A rougenetwork.bsky.social project.
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Lysistrata Co-op @lysistratamccf.bsky.social · Feb 4
We've been quiet lately while we work on assessing what's safe for public communication where, working on ways to tighten up some security, and doing internal structuring work but the work continues as conditions deteriorate quickly!
Image 1, a screenshot from @ PenGwenwithLC reads: I'm going to be very blunt about this. We are going to see a LOT more people in need of mutual aid to cover food between the soaring food prices and the last vestiges of our societal safety nets being dismantled. People are going to starve without community support. Image 2, a screenshot from @ TheRealJChubby reads: Nothing should radicalize people more than seeing Trump blow through all the barriers Democrats always said were stopping them from delivering meaningful change. Image 3, screenshot from @ allie.gay reads: You need to understand that in 11 days, Trump has advanced anti-transgender policies to near genocidal intensity. Passports have been denied. ID documents confiscated. Banned Trans medicine from those >19y. Essentially banned Trans people from using the bathroom. Image 4, screenshot from @ wyden.senate.gov reads: NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
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swop-usa.bsky.social
Remember when sex workers' rights advocates begged people to start using the word "trafficking" properly because misuse would only lead to an ever expanding definition that would result in finding ways to criminalize people for non trafficking offenses?

Pepperidge farm remembers.
valetparker.bsky.social Valet Parker * Las Vegas @valetparker.bsky.social · Feb 26
What in the country fried fuck is going on??

jessica.substack.com/p/montana-bi...
February 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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prisonpolicy.org
Roses are red, violets are blue, to end mass incarceration there is lots of work to do.

Happy Valentines Day
Infographic text: Love may be priceless, but the US carceral system costs taxpayers $182 billion every year.
February 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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shankeycuntersen.bsky.social
But of course orgs even serving SWs (not even doing SW related transactions) aren't allowed to move funds this freely
February 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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siridahl.com
Annnnnd that’s why I sold all my Shopify stock today
mikestabile.bsky.social Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · Feb 11
Shopify is happily processing the sales for the Yeezy swastika shirt.

Tell me again why porn stars can't get sales processing but a Nazi can.
February 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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blackamazon.bsky.social
He got access to our data fiscally vamoosed 8 billion and now wants to buy Open Ai

DO NOT PUT A SINGLE THING MORE IN CHAT GPT
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · Feb 10
In a high-stakes bid that could reshape the future of artificial intelligence, Elon Musk is leading a group of investors that have offered to buy OpenAI, the parent company of ChatGPT, for $97.4 billion.
Elon Musk leads a group of investors that want to buy ChatGPT’s parent company, OpenAI | CNN Business
Elon Musk is leading a group of investors that have offered to buy OpenAI, the parent company of ChatGPT, for $97.4 billion.
www.cnn.com
February 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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phoenixcalida.bsky.social
Its not just that the sex trafficking myths around the super bowl make life harder for sex workers, it's that the diversion of resources and media attention makes stories like this go under the radar for most people
brian-goldstone.bsky.social Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · Feb 9
In preparation for today’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, state police forced over 100 homeless men and women onto buses under threat of arrest, dumping them in an unheated warehouse. Tents destroyed, belongings lost. Press are barred from the warehouse.

The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
Louisiana coerced unhoused people into an unheated warehouse – and paid $17.5m for it
Dozens of New Orleanians were bused to a site with insufficient heating and blankets days before the city is to host the Super Bowl
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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sinnamonlove.blacksky.app
The ONE Project 2025 talking point Dems, and everyone else frankly, actively avoided talking about was the banning of “porn.”

Now y’all want to talk about it after the architect of P2025 is confirmed.

I hope y’all are happy.
February 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
lysistratamccf.bsky.social
We've been quiet lately while we work on assessing what's safe for public communication where, working on ways to tighten up some security, and doing internal structuring work but the work continues as conditions deteriorate quickly!
Image 1, a screenshot from @ PenGwenwithLC reads: I'm going to be very blunt about this. We are going to see a LOT more people in need of mutual aid to cover food between the soaring food prices and the last vestiges of our societal safety nets being dismantled. People are going to starve without community support. Image 2, a screenshot from @ TheRealJChubby reads: Nothing should radicalize people more than seeing Trump blow through all the barriers Democrats always said were stopping them from delivering meaningful change. Image 3, screenshot from @ allie.gay reads: You need to understand that in 11 days, Trump has advanced anti-transgender policies to near genocidal intensity. Passports have been denied. ID documents confiscated. Banned Trans medicine from those >19y. Essentially banned Trans people from using the bathroom. Image 4, screenshot from @ wyden.senate.gov reads: NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
February 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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beckytahablu.bsky.social
December 17th memorials and the closure of spaces like Boyztown highlight the need for visibility mourning and reclamation These losses aren’t isolated they reflect a system that erases nonconformity

#EndViolence #InternationalDayToEndViolenceAgainstSexWorkers #D17 #Fundraiser #JusticeForSexWorkers
December 18, 2024 at 1:31 AM
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swop-usa.bsky.social
I have a lot of thoughts when compiling the December 17 list, and it includes what type of trends we see.

www.thedecember17thproject.org/blog/the-dev...
The Devil Is In The Demographics — The December 17th Project
The December 17th list is many things. It is a list of names of sex workers to be memorialized, a way to remember those we have lost, a way to share hope while celebrating the tenacity of the sex ...
www.thedecember17thproject.org
December 12, 2024 at 9:52 AM
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rougenetwork.bsky.social
✊️☂️ We're in the final countdown to this year's International Day to End Violence Against SW events, here's where you can find our members if you're looking for an event to join:
December 11, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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rougenetwork.bsky.social
-Friday, December 13th @hellsbellsswhc @slutwalkdenver.bsky.social and @bswc_lca will be gathering for a SW only meal at 6pm and an open community event starting at 7pm 🎤 RSVP: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Thin Ice Beneath Our Pleasers: A Nation in Flames (Denver IDEVASW 2024)
🔥❄️ Thin Ice Beneath Our Pleasers: A Nation in Flames ❄️🔥  Join us for the 7th Annual International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers as we reflect, resist, and heal.  📅 Date:Friday, December 13...
www.zeffy.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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rougenetwork.bsky.social
-Tuesday, December 17th we host an online virtual showcase with @lysistratamccf starting at 2pm ET/1pm CT/12pm MT/11am PT, shoot us an email if you're a SW who has questions about sharing your art ✒️ RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 11, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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rougenetwork.bsky.social

-Tuesday, December 17th @redlightdistrictbytwo will be hosting a SW only event, dm them on IG to get the location info 🌹
December 11, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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rougenetwork.bsky.social
-Saturday, December 21st @p.m.gran.te and @creepispacestudio will be including a vigil space and materials on Pueblo's SW history as part of their second annual Slut Soiree @theethospueblo ❤️
December 11, 2024 at 7:30 PM
lysistratamccf.bsky.social
📣 WE ARE STILL URGENTLY FUNDRAISING TO REOPEN THE EMERGENCY FUND WHICH HAS NOW BEEN CLOSED FOR THREE WEEKS!!!
September 3, 2024 at 8:49 PM
lysistratamccf.bsky.social
"I’m a low income Black survival FSSW, student, parent and I’m having trouble with getting my vehicle repaired, lack of a working phone (legit use free WiFi’s to work). Any help would be Heaven sent!"
Cashapp: $VPancakes420
Venmo: @ coffycannacakes
June 18, 2024 at 7:48 PM
lysistratamccf.bsky.social
Sharing for a Black Trans woman trying to raise 200! "I have a permanent spinal cord injury, I'm in constant terrible nerve pain.I don't take opioids for pain, I'm forced to spend 100s every month on out of pocket pain remedies"
Paypal lisawmusic69@gmail.com
June 15, 2024 at 10:03 PM
lysistratamccf.bsky.social
Sharing for a Black woman trying to raise 150 towards emergency funds for food and needs!

Cash app $faithdeed
June 13, 2024 at 8:23 PM
lysistratamccf.bsky.social
Sharing for a Black mom in need of 500! "hope to get help things like cleaning supplies and I need my tire fixed on my car so I can get back to work I single SW with two boys trying to make it happen and not go to the streets plus I am short on rent $150"

Cashapp $bossythareal1
June 11, 2024 at 8:36 PM
lysistratamccf.bsky.social
Queer, disabled south asian community member has been out of work since January. Needs to cover survival costs (rent, bills, food and transportation). Trying to raise 2000! Venmo: swansong111
Cashapp: $swansong111
June 4, 2024 at 9:00 PM
lysistratamccf.bsky.social
Sharing for a Queer Black man trying to raise 250-500! "Out with nothing loss everything I owned behind roomies and my family is not working out due to the fear of my mental health and not being 100% stable....I have nothing to my name"
Cashapp $ArtistBArt (ArtusBoulder)
May 30, 2024 at 10:32 PM
lysistratamccf.bsky.social
Sharing for a Trans WoC trying to raise 1000! " I’m behind on bills and low on food. My rent is 200 a month."
Cashapp $NEL2121
Zelle 718-801-1450
May 24, 2024 at 10:24 PM