Edit:
Here is a list of resources to learn about sex worker from actual sex workers who are engaged in the struggle for worker’s rights:
- https://www.nswp.org/resources/types/nswp-briefing-papers-248
- https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/white-mans-burden-revisited/
- https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/from-brothel-to-sweatshop-questions-on-labour-trafficking-in-camb/
- https://titsandsass.com/the-massage-parlor-means-survival-here-red-canary-song-on-robert-kraft/
- https://medium.com/purplerose0666/the-af3irm-agenda-b5ec31216904
- https://medium.com/@katezenjoy/dear-esperanza-5aa7db4d501a
- https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/decriminalising-sex-work-in-new-zealand-its-history-and-impact/
- https://www.mayamorena.com/anti-equality-model-campaign/2021/5/22/pscegcnr680fh4oazlmwe8i5527o9j
Bigger repo of theory / resources:
Books to check out:
Great, yeah, I agree that theory is important and also that’s not what this is about.
You know what makes sure the working class doesn’t read theory? Using it to tear them down and belittle them.
if workers succumb to the liberal impulse of hyper-individualism, i.e. “I will always know what’s best for me.”
A woman asserting her right to bodily autonomy and owning the full value of her labor is not hyper-individualism.
“listen to x people” is always a stupid as fuck non-argument because there’s a wide diversity of opinions in any fucking group you can come up with. you just take the one you agree with and tokenize them so that their mere existence is your argument. casting the topic aside for a second, this a deeply frustrating thread and general (non-)argumenative line for that reason. one should learn to argue your points, and if you’re right you’re right, but until then you’re just being a rude condescending asshole that doesn’t even show an understanding of a given subject
Mao:
Marxist philosophy holds that the most important problem does not lie in understanding the laws of the objective world and thus being able to explain it, but in applying the knowledge of these laws actively to change the world. From the Marxist viewpoint, theory is important, and its importance is fully expressed in Lenin’s statement, “Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement.” But Marxism emphasizes the importance of theory precisely and only because it can guide action. If we have a correct theory but merely prate about it, pigeonhole it and do not put it into practice, then that theory, however good, is of no significance. Knowledge begins with practice, and theoretical knowledge is acquired through practice and must then return to practice.
On Practice
so glad you know more about the organizing efforts and the material reality of the person making this video than they do themselves :)
But the way she dismissed very critical theoretical works and then claimed virgins could not create communities as effectively as sex workers just makes me think she has fallen victim to liberal, individualist ideology.
You are extremely focused on a throwaway line about virgins. What do you think about sex workers and sex work?
It’s important to read theory in order to learn that things like basic human decency and empathy are way more important than rote memorizing the words of dead people.
