32. Somebody You Love got decrim! ...or did they? (Jules Kim, Dylan O'Hara)

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02/17/22 • 59 min

Today on the show we have a very special episode focusing on the most recent developments in the sex work decrim space. On Thursday 10th February, the Sex Work Decriminalisation Bill 2021 was passed in Victorian parliament and, while we have all been celebrating the extraordinary work of everyone who contributed to this historic milestone, it has been somewhat bittersweet. Dylan O’Hara, the Acting Manager of Vixen, Victoria's peer only sex work organisation, and Jules Kim, the CEO of Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association, join Holly & Jenna to explain the good and the bad.

1:37 Main Segment: Decrim of sex work in Victoria

Victorian sex worker? Get involved with Vixen: [email protected]

Scarlet Alliance’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/scarletalliance

Vixen’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/VixenCollective

Scarlet Alliance’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scarlet_alliance

Scarlet Alliance’s FB page: https://www.facebook.com/scarletalliance.org.au/

Scarlet Alliance website: https://scarletalliance.org.au/

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Somebody You Love is sponsored by Assembly Four, empowering sex workers through technology: https://assemblyfour.com/

For more info on sex work in Australia, please check out the following organisations:

ACT (SWOP ACT): https://meridianact.org.au/swop/

NSW (SWOP NSW): https://swop.org.au/

NT (SWOP NT): https://www.ntahc.org.au/swopnt

Qld (Respect Inc): https://respectqld.org.au/

SA (SIN): http://www.sin.org.au/sindex.html

Tas (Scarlet Alliance): https://scarletalliance.org.au/links/

Vic (Vixen Collective): https://www.vixencollective.org/vc

WA (SWEAR):http://sexworkerrightswa.org

WA (Magenta): http://magenta.org.au

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1:37 Main Segment: Decrim of sex work in Victoria

Victorian sex worker? Get involved with Vixen: [email protected]

Scarlet Alliance’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/scarletalliance

Vixen’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/VixenCollective

Scarlet Alliance’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scarlet_alliance

Scarlet Alliance’s FB page: https://www.facebook.com/scarletalliance.org.au/

Scarlet Alliance website: https://scarletalliance.org.au/

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/somebodyyoupod

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/somebodyyoupod

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/somebodyyoupod

Somebody You Love is sponsored by Assembly Four, empowering sex workers through technology: https://assemblyfour.com/

For more info on sex work in Australia, please check out the following organisations:

ACT (SWOP ACT): https://meridianact.org.au/swop/

NSW (SWOP NSW): https://swop.org.au/

NT (SWOP NT): https://www.ntahc.org.au/swopnt

Qld (Respect Inc): https://respectqld.org.au/

SA (SIN): http://www.sin.org.au/sindex.html

Tas (Scarlet Alliance): https://scarletalliance.org.au/links/

Vic (Vixen Collective): https://www.vixencollective.org/vc

WA (SWEAR):http://sexworkerrightswa.org

WA (Magenta): http://magenta.org.au

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31. Somebody You Love tells embarrassing stories

We put a call out to the hooker brains trust and asked them to submit their most embarrassing work stories... anonymously. So this episode we’re pretty much just reading out tales of blood, poop, and vomit. Soz about that. Plus Holly gets a bingo score card of a Shit People Say enquiry.

Main Segment: 8:35 Anonymous story time

Shit People Say: 41:24 “twice a fortnight”

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Somebody You Love is sponsored by Assembly Four, empowering sex workers through technology: https://assemblyfour.com/

For more info on sex work in Australia, please check out the following organisations:

Scarlet Alliance: https://www.scarletalliance.org.au/

ACT (SWOP ACT): https://meridianact.org.au/swop/

NSW (SWOP NSW): https://swop.org.au/

NT (SWOP NT): https://www.ntahc.org.au/swopnt

Qld (Respect Inc): https://respectqld.org.au/

SA (SIN): http://www.sin.org.au/sindex.html

Tas (Scarlet Alliance): https://scarletalliance.org.au/links/

Vic (Vixen Collective): https://www.vixencollective.org/vc

WA (SWEAR): http://sexworkerrightswa.org

WA (Magenta): http://magenta.org.au

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Next Episode

33. Somebody You Love tells embarrassing stories Pt 2

It’s time to tell the rest of the embarrassing work stories our peers submitted anonymously - so might not be the best time to eat your lunch if you’re squeamish! In awesome news, Susan Sarandon posted about being pro-sex work. In bad news, that brought the SWERFs out to play. In okay news, that meant we had some content for Shit People Say this week.

Main Segment: 1:39 Anonymous story time

Shit People Say: 31:27 “If you can’t service your father it isn’t a job”

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Somebody You Love is sponsored by Assembly Four, empowering sex workers through technology: https://assemblyfour.com/

For more info on sex work in Australia, please check out the following organisations:

Scarlet Alliance: https://www.scarletalliance.org.au/

ACT (SWOP ACT): https://meridianact.org.au/swop/

NSW (SWOP NSW): https://swop.org.au/

NT (SWOP NT): https://www.ntahc.org.au/swopnt