The S*x Work Autonomous Committee (SWAC) invites you to the launch of the sixth edition of its annual magazine.
Gathered around a panel, the authors will discuss their texts:
☆ 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚, 𝑃𝑜𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔
☆ 𝐀𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐊𝐞𝐥𝐢, 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑎𝑟 𝐹𝑒𝑒
This text argues for the abolition of bar fee as a central demand for unionizing strippers, showing how this model benefits owners while precarizing workers. Drawing on the history of labor struggles, the authors defend strikes and autonomous organizing as key strategies to reclaim power, improve working conditions, and break away from the illusion of self-employment.
☆ 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐲, 𝑀𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝐼𝑛𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑦: 𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐵𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑙
This inquiry examines the digitization of s*x work and the central role of online platforms in reproducing relations of power and surveillance, comparable to those found in precarious jobs within the platform economy. Based on a militant inquiry conducted with swers, the text highlights the issues they face on these platforms and proposes paths of resistance, self-organization, and solidarity in response.
☆ 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐼𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑐𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑆*𝑥𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝐻𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐶𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎
This text analyzes hiring discrimination in the s*x work industry—particularly in strip clubs—by showing how clients’ s*xual preferences, far from being neutral, are shaped by racist, lookist, fatphobic, ageist, and transphobic structures. The author argues for unionization, decriminalization, and anti-discrimination laws as levers to transform dominant preferences.
☆ 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐊𝐞𝐥𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐙𝐞𝐫𝐨, 𝐵𝑎𝑑 𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑠 𝐺𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑: 𝑅𝑒𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 “𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑” 𝑊ℎ*𝑟𝑒 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝐷𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑠 𝐴𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠
This text critiques the appropriation of the aesthetics, dances, and narratives of swers by pole fitness dancers and circus artists. The authors expose a double standard: on one side, the “good wh*res” who can perform a “sexy” s*xuality without facing stigma; on the other, the “bad wh*res”—swers—who are marginalized and criminalized. According to them, this appropriation reinforces wh*rephobia, social hierarchies, and the political erasure of swers.
Facilitated by 𝐊𝐊 & Datura Divine
This is a bilingual event.
Some parts will be in French and others in English.
Come pick up your copies
