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I'm posting a bit late, but it's a good rant none the less...
Andrea Dworkin's Death is Cause for Celebration
by Mirha-Soleil Ross
Andrea Dworkin's Death: No Small Cause for Celebration!
I'm a long time prostitute and sex workers' rights activist. The news of Andrea Dworkin's death is to me a cause for great celebration. This individual created a theoretical framework that has been used by radical anti-prostitution feminists worldwide to make it impossible for us, as prostitutes, to gain basic human rights or do anything to improve our working conditions and life circumstances. Her legacy? Having theorized while straddling the dead bodies of prostitutes, having appropriated our experiences of violence to further her own anti-prostitution political agenda... Her legacy? Having ignored the political directives and pleas of working prostitutes, having silenced the voices of women working in the sex trade. Andrea Dworkin was a twisted, manipulative, evil despot who has continuously lied about the reality of our work and lives and who has hurt us tremendously as sex workers. The negative, tragic impact that her writings and activism have had --and will continue to have-- on our ability as sex working women to work and live with dignity, on our ability to organize, empower ourselves and achieve basic human rights, has yet to be fully realized. If there such a thing as Hell, I hope her reactionary ass lands right on top of the burning coals! After 15 years in the prostitutes' rights movement, that's 15 years having to face the condescension, venom, and violence of anti-prostitution feminists, my feelings tonight --having learned of Dworkin's death-- are devoid of any compassion. My heart is rather filled with relief and my spirit burning with joy and hope for prostitutes everywhere! May all the other old 70's anti-prostitution feminist bitches who keep on ignoring us, silencing us, lobbying against us, lying about us and contributing to making our lives sometimes so unbearable, be consumed from the inside. May they all finally start to feel the sickness and violence of their filthy politics and actions within their own bodies. And may they all meet an early end --like Dworkin who was only 59 ...
Mirha-Soleil Ross,
Une pute qui pèse toujours très bien ses mots et qui ne revient donc jamais sur ses paroles!
12 avril 2005
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Queen must sign all bills into law: Group lobbies Queen to halt gay marriage bill. [from thestar.com, need free login, get one at bugmenot.com, and get the plugin] Yes!! Please do this!! We'll get rid of the crusty old crown, her flapped son and the whole inbred genetic line from our legal framework!
Andrea Dworkin's Death is Cause for Celebration
by Mirha-Soleil Ross
Andrea Dworkin's Death: No Small Cause for Celebration!
I'm a long time prostitute and sex workers' rights activist. The news of Andrea Dworkin's death is to me a cause for great celebration. This individual created a theoretical framework that has been used by radical anti-prostitution feminists worldwide to make it impossible for us, as prostitutes, to gain basic human rights or do anything to improve our working conditions and life circumstances. Her legacy? Having theorized while straddling the dead bodies of prostitutes, having appropriated our experiences of violence to further her own anti-prostitution political agenda... Her legacy? Having ignored the political directives and pleas of working prostitutes, having silenced the voices of women working in the sex trade. Andrea Dworkin was a twisted, manipulative, evil despot who has continuously lied about the reality of our work and lives and who has hurt us tremendously as sex workers. The negative, tragic impact that her writings and activism have had --and will continue to have-- on our ability as sex working women to work and live with dignity, on our ability to organize, empower ourselves and achieve basic human rights, has yet to be fully realized. If there such a thing as Hell, I hope her reactionary ass lands right on top of the burning coals! After 15 years in the prostitutes' rights movement, that's 15 years having to face the condescension, venom, and violence of anti-prostitution feminists, my feelings tonight --having learned of Dworkin's death-- are devoid of any compassion. My heart is rather filled with relief and my spirit burning with joy and hope for prostitutes everywhere! May all the other old 70's anti-prostitution feminist bitches who keep on ignoring us, silencing us, lobbying against us, lying about us and contributing to making our lives sometimes so unbearable, be consumed from the inside. May they all finally start to feel the sickness and violence of their filthy politics and actions within their own bodies. And may they all meet an early end --like Dworkin who was only 59 ...
Mirha-Soleil Ross,
Une pute qui pèse toujours très bien ses mots et qui ne revient donc jamais sur ses paroles!
12 avril 2005
*** ETA:
Queen must sign all bills into law: Group lobbies Queen to halt gay marriage bill. [from thestar.com, need free login, get one at bugmenot.com, and get the plugin] Yes!! Please do this!! We'll get rid of the crusty old crown, her flapped son and the whole inbred genetic line from our legal framework!