Jessica Van Meir 🩵
@jessicavanmeir.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at Harvard Kennedy School. Socialist feminist. Studying sex work, informal labor, Latin America. ☂️ Cofounder of @mintstars.bsky.social & @bostonswac.bsky.social
This is my unprofessional account, profs please ignore lowercase shitposts
This is my unprofessional account, profs please ignore lowercase shitposts
Wrapping up the NWSA conference @theenwsa.bsky.social - it was such a pleasure to present my work on sex worker subjectivities in Argentina & Ecuador, & hear from and meet other sex work scholars like @dozierayanna.bsky.social, @lena-chen.bsky.social , Lauren Levitt, Brit Schulte, Kassandra Sparks…
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Wrapping up the NWSA conference @theenwsa.bsky.social - it was such a pleasure to present my work on sex worker subjectivities in Argentina & Ecuador, & hear from and meet other sex work scholars like @dozierayanna.bsky.social, @lena-chen.bsky.social , Lauren Levitt, Brit Schulte, Kassandra Sparks…
I’m excited to be presenting at the National Women’s Studies Association Conference this week! @theenwsa.bsky.social
I’ll be presenting, “‘It’s Not Easy:’ How Sex Workers in Ecuador and Argentina Feel About Selling Sex,” on the panel “Challenging Gender Imperialism in 2025” on Friday at 11:30.
I’ll be presenting, “‘It’s Not Easy:’ How Sex Workers in Ecuador and Argentina Feel About Selling Sex,” on the panel “Challenging Gender Imperialism in 2025” on Friday at 11:30.
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I’m excited to be presenting at the National Women’s Studies Association Conference this week! @theenwsa.bsky.social
I’ll be presenting, “‘It’s Not Easy:’ How Sex Workers in Ecuador and Argentina Feel About Selling Sex,” on the panel “Challenging Gender Imperialism in 2025” on Friday at 11:30.
I’ll be presenting, “‘It’s Not Easy:’ How Sex Workers in Ecuador and Argentina Feel About Selling Sex,” on the panel “Challenging Gender Imperialism in 2025” on Friday at 11:30.
every time I teach I feel like this
October 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
every time I teach I feel like this
we need Bubbles to save us from Ron DeSantis
August 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
we need Bubbles to save us from Ron DeSantis
i hope this email finds you
August 15, 2025 at 12:34 AM
i hope this email finds you
Petro has now doubled down on his statement.
An…interesting choice to bring race into the discussion, when he could have simply said no one should discriminate against sex workers.
(The original statement in Spanish says “sexual condition” not “sexual orientation.”)
An…interesting choice to bring race into the discussion, when he could have simply said no one should discriminate against sex workers.
(The original statement in Spanish says “sexual condition” not “sexual orientation.”)
July 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Petro has now doubled down on his statement.
An…interesting choice to bring race into the discussion, when he could have simply said no one should discriminate against sex workers.
(The original statement in Spanish says “sexual condition” not “sexual orientation.”)
An…interesting choice to bring race into the discussion, when he could have simply said no one should discriminate against sex workers.
(The original statement in Spanish says “sexual condition” not “sexual orientation.”)
The Trump administration is canceling funds for human trafficking prevention.
April 17, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The Trump administration is canceling funds for human trafficking prevention.
30 yrs old today
March 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
30 yrs old today
Today I attended an event on sex workers’ rights organized by the newly formed Direction for Women in Paid Sexual Activities in the Ministry of Equality of Colombia.
Multiple SWer activists spoke, and officials from multiple ministries affirmed the need to regulate the industry & protect rights.
Multiple SWer activists spoke, and officials from multiple ministries affirmed the need to regulate the industry & protect rights.
December 5, 2024 at 1:53 AM
Today I attended an event on sex workers’ rights organized by the newly formed Direction for Women in Paid Sexual Activities in the Ministry of Equality of Colombia.
Multiple SWer activists spoke, and officials from multiple ministries affirmed the need to regulate the industry & protect rights.
Multiple SWer activists spoke, and officials from multiple ministries affirmed the need to regulate the industry & protect rights.
Where are the Nordic Model folks calling to End Demand for Coca-Cola?
December 1, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Where are the Nordic Model folks calling to End Demand for Coca-Cola?
yeah, im religious. I believe in the holy trinity
November 30, 2024 at 6:09 AM
yeah, im religious. I believe in the holy trinity
yeah, im religious. I believe in the holy trinity
November 30, 2024 at 5:49 AM
yeah, im religious. I believe in the holy trinity
For example, the US Populist Party of the late 19th century, aka the People’s Party, had some pretty radical and pro-democratic ideals, but was also nativist, opposing immigration and prone to anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.
Any attempt to revive US populism has to avoid this.
Any attempt to revive US populism has to avoid this.
![The initial front-runner for the Populist Party's presidential nomination was Leonidas Polk, who had served as the chairman of the convention in
St. Louis, but he died of an illness weeks before the Populist convention. 32) The party instead turned to former Union General and 1880
Greenback presidential nominee James B. Weaver of lowa, nominating him on a ticket with former Confederate army officer James G. Field of Virginia. 331 The convention agreed to a party platform known as the Omaha Platform, which proposed the implementation of the Sub-Treasury and other longtime Farmer's Alliance goals. (34] The platform also called for a graduated income tax, direct election of Senators, a shorter workweek, restrictions on immigration to the United States, and public ownership of railroads and communication lines. 135]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vfvsq4k5ncdbm3iqoejkmd5o/bafkreigfccf2cyjid45e54oscff4hqwklaaodsjcawk55m3ocfhgw3awky@jpeg)
![Conspiratorial tendencies
Historians continue to debate the degree to which the Populists were bigoted against foreigners and Jews. (641 Members of the anti-Catholic American
Protective Association were influential in
California's Populist Party organization, and some Populists embraced the anti-Semitic conspiracy theory that the Rothschild family sought to control the United States. 65] Historian Hasia Diner says:
Some Populists believed that Jews made up a class of international financiers whose policies
had ruined small family farms, they asserted, owned the banks and promoted the gold standard,
the chief sources of their impoverishment.
Agrarian radicalism posited the city as antithetical to American values, asserting that Jews were the essence of urban corruption.1661](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vfvsq4k5ncdbm3iqoejkmd5o/bafkreig27i7ch3b73b55pxo7ogfi75rr24tkajtcowehr73omgrqnho27i@jpeg)
November 28, 2024 at 6:21 PM
For example, the US Populist Party of the late 19th century, aka the People’s Party, had some pretty radical and pro-democratic ideals, but was also nativist, opposing immigration and prone to anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.
Any attempt to revive US populism has to avoid this.
Any attempt to revive US populism has to avoid this.
For example, note the last line here from Colombian sex worker union ASTRASEX - a line you’d likely never hear from an Anglo sex worker group:
“ASTRASEX reiterated its firm intention to advance towards the regulation of sex work in Colombia, if and when it guarantees rights.”
“ASTRASEX reiterated its firm intention to advance towards the regulation of sex work in Colombia, if and when it guarantees rights.”
November 28, 2024 at 6:34 AM
For example, note the last line here from Colombian sex worker union ASTRASEX - a line you’d likely never hear from an Anglo sex worker group:
“ASTRASEX reiterated its firm intention to advance towards the regulation of sex work in Colombia, if and when it guarantees rights.”
“ASTRASEX reiterated its firm intention to advance towards the regulation of sex work in Colombia, if and when it guarantees rights.”
The book even comes with a pull-out map of prostitution businesses in Bogotá in 1892!
November 28, 2024 at 6:03 AM
The book even comes with a pull-out map of prostitution businesses in Bogotá in 1892!
These women were Europeans who migrated to Bogotá and became sex workers.
Police tried to expel Bertha Kalich, a Polish Jewish woman, from the country - on the grounds that although Colombian nationals could not be expelled, foreigners who showed “incorrigible moral deprivation” should be.
Police tried to expel Bertha Kalich, a Polish Jewish woman, from the country - on the grounds that although Colombian nationals could not be expelled, foreigners who showed “incorrigible moral deprivation” should be.
November 28, 2024 at 6:03 AM
These women were Europeans who migrated to Bogotá and became sex workers.
Police tried to expel Bertha Kalich, a Polish Jewish woman, from the country - on the grounds that although Colombian nationals could not be expelled, foreigners who showed “incorrigible moral deprivation” should be.
Police tried to expel Bertha Kalich, a Polish Jewish woman, from the country - on the grounds that although Colombian nationals could not be expelled, foreigners who showed “incorrigible moral deprivation” should be.
Olivas Lombana takes a firmly abolitionist stance, which leaves it feeling shallow to me, but the book is filled with rich historical detail and lots of great photos from the archives!
November 28, 2024 at 6:03 AM
Olivas Lombana takes a firmly abolitionist stance, which leaves it feeling shallow to me, but the book is filled with rich historical detail and lots of great photos from the archives!
I think I ought to start sharing more of my reading & research!
So: tonight from Bogotá, Colombia, I am reading this book, “Prostitution and ‘Public Women’ in Bogotá, 1886-1930” by Andrés Olivos Lombana.
So: tonight from Bogotá, Colombia, I am reading this book, “Prostitution and ‘Public Women’ in Bogotá, 1886-1930” by Andrés Olivos Lombana.
November 28, 2024 at 6:03 AM
I think I ought to start sharing more of my reading & research!
So: tonight from Bogotá, Colombia, I am reading this book, “Prostitution and ‘Public Women’ in Bogotá, 1886-1930” by Andrés Olivos Lombana.
So: tonight from Bogotá, Colombia, I am reading this book, “Prostitution and ‘Public Women’ in Bogotá, 1886-1930” by Andrés Olivos Lombana.
good enough for me
November 28, 2024 at 2:08 AM
good enough for me
Btw, here’s a pic of the sex worker organization I worked with in Guatemala, Organización Mujeres en Superación, which fights for labor rights and improved health access for sex workers!
November 21, 2024 at 4:11 AM
Btw, here’s a pic of the sex worker organization I worked with in Guatemala, Organización Mujeres en Superación, which fights for labor rights and improved health access for sex workers!
Another one! Where are these coming from?
November 20, 2024 at 6:28 AM
Another one! Where are these coming from?
This post has attracted multiple nonsensical comments like this today from accounts I suspect are cosplaying as liberals in order to sow division among the left.
(and in this case, engaging in bl*ackface)
The right is desperate to create infighting among us. We won’t fall for it - block & report.
(and in this case, engaging in bl*ackface)
The right is desperate to create infighting among us. We won’t fall for it - block & report.
November 20, 2024 at 4:49 AM
This post has attracted multiple nonsensical comments like this today from accounts I suspect are cosplaying as liberals in order to sow division among the left.
(and in this case, engaging in bl*ackface)
The right is desperate to create infighting among us. We won’t fall for it - block & report.
(and in this case, engaging in bl*ackface)
The right is desperate to create infighting among us. We won’t fall for it - block & report.
The trolls are here, block liberally
(no pun intended)
(no pun intended)
November 20, 2024 at 3:38 AM
The trolls are here, block liberally
(no pun intended)
(no pun intended)
It seems that Trump’s win has emboldened the incels.
Last week, I got a message out of the blue on Telegram from a guy I had blocked on WhatsApp over a year ago.
He started sending me videos and messages like “hey sexy,” which escalated to insults when I didn’t respond, including…
Last week, I got a message out of the blue on Telegram from a guy I had blocked on WhatsApp over a year ago.
He started sending me videos and messages like “hey sexy,” which escalated to insults when I didn’t respond, including…
November 18, 2024 at 1:35 AM
It seems that Trump’s win has emboldened the incels.
Last week, I got a message out of the blue on Telegram from a guy I had blocked on WhatsApp over a year ago.
He started sending me videos and messages like “hey sexy,” which escalated to insults when I didn’t respond, including…
Last week, I got a message out of the blue on Telegram from a guy I had blocked on WhatsApp over a year ago.
He started sending me videos and messages like “hey sexy,” which escalated to insults when I didn’t respond, including…