How the law harms sex workers—and what they want instead
Do you have to endorse prostitution in order to support sex worker rights? Should clients be criminalized, and can the police deliver justice?
In Revolting Prostitutes, sex workers Juno Mac and Molly Smith bring a fresh perspective to questions that have long been contentious. Speaking from a growing global sex worker rights movement, and situating their argument firmly within wider questions of migration, work, feminism, and resistance to white supremacy, they make it clear that anyone committed to working towards justice and freedom should be in support of the sex worker rights movement.
Contains mature themes.
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“Settles the debate in favor of full and immediate global decriminalization. It does so without insisting that there is nothing troubling about sex work: about the psychosexual forces that lead men to buy it, or the economic forces that compel women to sell it.”
— Chronicle of Higher Education
“An essential read for anyone interested in feminism, activism, and other social justice movements.”
— Bust“Beautifully written and meticulously researched, this book will change what you think you know about sex work.”
— The Guardian (London)“Tackles complex topics that even sex workers struggle with…and why decriminalization isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution.”
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Molly Smith is a sex worker and activist with the Sex Worker Advocacy and Resistance Movement. She is also involved with SCOT-PEP, a sex worker-led charity based in Edinburgh, which is working to decriminalize sex work in Scotland. She has written articles on sex work policy for the London Guardian and New Republic. Juno Mac is a sex worker and activist with the Sex Worker Advocacy and Resistance Movement, a sex worker–led collective with branches in London, Leeds, and Glasgow.
Hannah Curtis is an actress known for her appearances in The Shadow, Hollyoaks, and The Heavy. She graduated from Elmhurst School of Performing Arts and is involved with organizations such as the Actors Center in London and the Howard Fine Acting Studio in Los Angeles.