Strippers Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/strippers/ Since 1975, the English Collective of Prostitutes has been campaigning for the abolition of the prostitution laws which criminalize sex workers and our families, and for economic alternatives and higher benefits and wages. Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:56:35 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://prostitutescollective.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/favicon-260-x-260-150x150.png Strippers Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/strippers/ 32 32 Metro: ‘We have to offer more for less, because we don’t have any other options’ https://prostitutescollective.net/metro-we-have-to-offer-more-for-less-because-we-dont-have-any-other-options/ Sun, 08 Jan 2023 21:45:54 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17631 By Lauren Crosby Medlicott, JournalistAfter a long working day at a London-based office job in the charity sector, there’s nothing Alex* would love more than to go out with friends or sit and binge on boxsets. Instead, Alex opens their ‘sex work’ phone en route to the gym and quickly replies to messages from clients who they’ll be seeing […]

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]]> Channel 4 News: Forced into sex work by cost of living crisis https://prostitutescollective.net/channel-4-news-forced-into-sex-work-by-cost-of-living-crisis/ Thu, 01 Dec 2022 22:18:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17571 Minnie Stephenson News CorrespondentThe cost of living crisis is causing a significant rise in the number of women returning to sex work, according to the English Collective of Prostitutes.And the organisation says women are putting themselves in much more dangerous situations as they struggle to pay their energy bills and feed their families.The numbers asking […]

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]]> Channel 4 News: Increase in benefits can help protect women from sex work says Labour MP https://prostitutescollective.net/channel-4-news-increase-in-benefits-can-help-protect-women-from-sex-work-says-labour-mp/ Thu, 01 Dec 2022 22:14:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=17566 Cathy Newham, PresenterA ban on strip clubs has been announced by Edinburgh Council, which says the venues disempower women.But today the United Sex Workers union began a legal challenge of the decision.The union says it would force over 100 women out of work and potentially into more dangerous situations.We spoke to Labour MP Nadia Whittome, […]

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]]> Media Storm podcast: Sex Workers: Ignored and under threat https://prostitutescollective.net/media-storm-podcast-sex-workers-ignored-and-under-threat/ Thu, 10 Mar 2022 12:29:46 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16291 Media Storm presented by Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia.Warning: Some strong language and references to sexOnline or offline, the stigma that comes with being a sex worker is pervasive. But sex work is not just stigmatised - it's criminalised. Laws that ban certain aspects of sex work force workers into unsafe, unregulated environments, where they […]

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]]> Screenshot: Why aren’t more feminists fighting to decriminalise sex work? https://prostitutescollective.net/screenshot-why-arent-more-feminists-fighting-to-decriminalise-sex-work/ Wed, 23 Feb 2022 21:14:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16251 Sex work is a profession that is consistently under threat—workers are judged, shamed, harassed and criminalised. However, sex workers have had a particularly rough time of it during the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike others who were able to continue to work remotely or granted furlough when the former was not a possibility, sex workers received no governmental support. […]

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]]> Bristol Live: The married woman working as a part-time escort to ‘keep her head above water’ https://prostitutescollective.net/bristol-live-the-married-woman-working-as-a-part-time-escort-to-keep-her-head-above-water/ Fri, 12 Nov 2021 12:08:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=16027 "I do not think sex work is ever just about the sex"Lucy gives us a very warm welcome into her home and one of the first things she does is offer us a cup of tea, having a plate with biscuits on the coffee table.With a lovely big smile, the young woman seems relaxed straight […]

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]]> National SEV Coalition: Nothing about us without us – the real impact of anti-strip club ‘feminist’ campaigns https://prostitutescollective.net/nothing-about-us-without-us-the-real-impact-of-anti-strip-club-feminist-campaigns/ Thu, 04 Nov 2021 14:59:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=15816 Placards from the 'Save our Strip Clubs' march, Sheffield, June 2019 It was October 2018 and I was 23 years old. I had just started my Master's course at the University of Sheffield, quickly learning that the loans available to postgraduate students are barely a fraction of what I was used to as an undergrad. […]

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]]> Novara Media: Strippers Take Aim at Women’s Equality Party Over ‘Sting’ Operation https://prostitutescollective.net/novara-media-strippers-take-aim-at-womens-equality-party-over-sting-operation/ Thu, 25 Apr 2019 18:54:06 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=7659 A union has said it will seek “legal remedies” following a sting operation by anti-strip club campaigners linked to the Women’s Equality party (WEP).In recent months, the anti-strip club campaign Not Buying It has paid male private investigators, including two former police officers, to pose as customers in strip clubs in Sheffield and Manchester with […]

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]]> Sunday Times: Letter – strip club ‘sting’ is threat to workers https://prostitutescollective.net/sunday-times-letters-to-the-editor-strip-club-sting-is-threat-to-workers/ Sun, 07 Apr 2019 13:41:55 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=7636 April 7, 2019  You report that the Not Buying It group is paying men to spy on strippers at Spearmint Rhino, to catch them breaking the no-touching rule (“Sting at strip club lays bare feminist split over sex work”, News, last week). This surveillance, aimed at closing down strip clubs and depriving women workers of […]

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]]> Novara Media: Sidelined No Longer, Sex Workers Led the Women’s Strike https://prostitutescollective.net/novara-media-sidelined-no-longer-sex-workers-led-the-womens-strike/ Wed, 13 Mar 2019 20:30:48 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=7580 by Sophie HemeryCarried from the Bank of England to London’s Piccadilly Circus by drizzle, pop music and smoke grenades, 2019’s Women’s Strike march culminated in a performance by strippers demanding the full decriminalisation of sex work. Thousands of people danced with them, marking the end of an International Women’s Day (IWD) event that had sex workers at the […]

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