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Camden New Journal: Kick-bait – sex workers face social media trend threat

English Collective of Prostitutes — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:58:07 +0000

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Metro: The social media trend leaving Soho sex workers fearing for their lives

English Collective of Prostitutes — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 15:29:44 +0000

Lauren Crosby MedlicottDressed in a black puffa jacket and box fresh trainers, a teenager scurries towards a flat door and kicks it frantically, before changing position to give it a good boot from a different angle.The flurry of frenzied blows only last for a few seconds – but it’s all been caught on camera. Not to capture […]

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Westminster Extra: Sex workers’ call for Met help

English Collective of Prostitutes — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:34:05 +0000

Security and safety fears in Soho after spate of men storming walk-upsBy Tom FootTHE police are failing to protect Soho sex workers from a disturbing social media trend, according to campaigners who are urging politicians to make legislative reforms to better protect women.The English Collective of Prostitutes has written to Westminster’s borough commander after crowds of […]

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Metro: London sex workers ‘targeted by teens barging their way into premises’

English Collective of Prostitutes — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:24:50 +0000

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The Times: London sex workers ‘live in fear’ of teenage harassers with cameras

English Collective of Prostitutes — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:20:34 +0000

Groups are filming themselves charging into premises in the West End and posting the videos onlineAndy Silvester, London EditorSex workers in London’s West End are “living in fear” after being harassed by large groups of teenagers, who film themselves “charging” into their premises.In recent weeks dozens of incidents have occurred in which groups numbering as […]

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Independent: Why are more women turning to sex work this year?

English Collective of Prostitutes — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:12:13 +0000

Sex work helplines have seen calls increase by a third in recent months, as more women seek to start – or restart – sex work. Radhika Sanghani speaks to sex workers and support workers to find out whyWhen Victoria was 18, she was earning minimum wage in McDonald’s, financially supporting her father who’d lost his job. […]

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How the UK Online Safety Act is harming marginalized communities and setting a dangerous global precedent

English Collective of Prostitutes — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 11:23:33 +0000

By Repro Uncensored and the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP)The UK’s Online Safety Act is often described as a landmark effort to make the internet safer. Framed around protection, particularly of children, the law introduces sweeping duties for online platforms to identify and reduce the risk of harm on their services.But as the Act moves […]

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Tryst.link: D17 Reflections On The Yorkshire Ripper & The English Collective of Prostitutes

English Collective of Prostitutes — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:02:18 +0000

“Some were prostitutes but perhaps the saddest part of the case is that some were not. The last six attacks were on totally respectable women.” – Sir Michael Havers, Attorney General.On 13 November 2020, Peter Sutcliffe, also known as the Yorkshire Ripper, died in prison. If you didn’t know who he was, you could get an […]

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Meta Is Deleting Queer and Sex Worker Accounts, and Our Communities Are Being Erased With Them

English Collective of Prostitutes — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 22:14:50 +0000

By the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP)More than 45 queer and sex worker accounts have been removed across the UK, the Netherlands, and other countries in a coordinated wave of digital erasure. Meta is shutting down sex worker accounts, and the interconnected networks we belong to including queer collectives, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights […]

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OpenDemocracy: How Wages for Housework sparked an international solidarity movement

English Collective of Prostitutes — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 13:48:37 +0000

The 1970s movement paved the way for queer, Black, trans and sex working feminist organising across the world todayJake HallThe first thing to know about the international Wages for Housework campaign that began in the 1970s is that you shouldn’t take the name at face value. This wasn't some single-issue movement committed to putting pennies […]

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