Crystal
@cris-l.bsky.social
Communications Manager @swan-vancouver.bsky.social #RightsNotRescue
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Public Relations Manager @Filipino-BC.bsky.social
Former reporter. Settler in Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Territory.
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Public Relations Manager @Filipino-BC.bsky.social
Former reporter. Settler in Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Territory.
"The women who work here are not forced to do anything [...] if they want to leave, they can leave anytime." @swan-vancouver.bsky.social showed women Canadian news stories about sex work, which was often conflated with human trafficking. Here's what they said: swanvancouver.ca/resource/cur...
Current Journalistic Representation: Assessment & Suggestions from Im/migrant Women Engaged in Indoor Sex Work | SWAN Vancouver Society
Current Journalistic Representation: Assessment & Suggestions from Im/migrant Women Engaged in Indoor Sex Work
swanvancouver.ca
August 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"The women who work here are not forced to do anything [...] if they want to leave, they can leave anytime." @swan-vancouver.bsky.social showed women Canadian news stories about sex work, which was often conflated with human trafficking. Here's what they said: swanvancouver.ca/resource/cur...
The Washington Post reports that the woman arrested was born into poverty in South Korea and was a sex worker for years before becoming a madam. She screened clients, workers kept half the proceeds of services and they were allowed to refuse any services. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/...
‘High-end brothel’ serving politicians and executives busted, feds say
The client list, which could number in the hundreds, included elected officials, business executives, professors and military officers, according to prosecutors.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The Washington Post reports that the woman arrested was born into poverty in South Korea and was a sex worker for years before becoming a madam. She screened clients, workers kept half the proceeds of services and they were allowed to refuse any services. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/...
“Despite many of the sex workers involved being Asian—a fact that greatly increases the odds of a prostitution bust being called a 'human trafficking sting'—news reports have largely refrained from trying to portray the women involved as hapless victims of sexual servitude.” - @enbrown.bsky.social
August 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“Despite many of the sex workers involved being Asian—a fact that greatly increases the odds of a prostitution bust being called a 'human trafficking sting'—news reports have largely refrained from trying to portray the women involved as hapless victims of sexual servitude.” - @enbrown.bsky.social
There were also several families with young children.
May 7, 2025 at 4:41 AM
There were also several families with young children.