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Solidarity as strategy: Diverse organising by sex workers
ARTICLE: Sex worker activism takes many forms. Drawing on her experience, Marin Scarlett shares how different ways of organising build collective power.
Behind the scenes: Wealth of Whoredom
PHOTOGRAPHY: In September, Red Insight organised a three-day creative media retreat in the Netherlands for tired and artistic sex workers. We gathered in a house in the forest with a sauna, good food, campfires, and all the materials required to create the story we wanted to tell.
Honouring 50 Years of European Sex Worker Activism
NEWS: 2nd June marked the 50th anniversary of a pivotal moment in our history: the occupation of the St. Nizier Church in Lyon, France. To celebrate, we took to the streets and ESWA aired Whore TV, as sex workers gathered around the world.
A new insight: Our Proximate partnership
We are excited to announce our first ever media partnership. Together with Proximate, a new American nonprofit media platform, we’ll publish a newsletter.
Zine Workshop for Sex Workers
CALL OUT: This spring, Red Insight is offering a two day zine workshop on the theme of sex work and family.
A call for ceasefire
EDITORIAL: The Red Insight team are attending protests across Europe right now, to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Screening and storytelling – Igniting Irish sex workers through film
ARTICLE: Ireland has just hosted its first ever sex worker film festival. Red Insight visited to take in the culture, celebrations and challenges of our Irish colleagues.
Vote like your rights depend on it
ARTICLE: It’s political party time, and there’s only 3 days left until it’s time to vote. Only three candidates are outspoken sex workers, including Red Insight’s own managing editor Yvette Luhrs, who is running for Parliament with radical equality party BIJ1.
Pleasure Providers Pillow Talk: a night to gather, rest and celebrate
ARTICLE: On the 2nd of June we celebrated International Sex Worker Day. This year Gigi Queerlove visited the Pleasure Providers Pillow Talk. A night organized by Kami Million at the San Seriffe bookstore.
Reimagining Sex Work on tour
ARTICLE: Reimagining Sex Work is a feminist activist collective, formed to address the Dutch mainstream media and the many problematic terms and images they use to report on sex work, by bringing together sex workers and journalists.
Celebrate sex worker pride at the Wallen
ANNOUNCEMENT: It is summer, so time for pride. Queer & Pride Amsterdam is explicitly making room for sex workers this year by including several sex worker events on Thursday 27th July.
Our favorite allies: Margreet de Heer
SHOUT-OUT: Red Insight is all about sex workers creating their own media and sharing their own stories. But sometimes we really want to shine a light on some of our biggest allies.
Mom, Dad, at least I don’t work for Facebook: Coming out to your folks
COLUMN: It’s so hard coming out of the closet as a doctor. People asking you all kinds of invasive questions like whether the operating theatre is dangerous with all those scalpels lying around, what’s the freakiest illness you’ve seen, whether there’s lots of exploitation of medical interns and nursing staff. Good thing we’re sex workers, and don’t have to deal with any of that!
WORKSHOP: Five day video workshop for sex workers
Are you tired of mainstream reporting on sex work? Would you rather tell your own (video) story? Do you want to contribute to Red Insight and to the sex worker community? Then sign up!
Drag show at the brothel
ARTICLE: Sex work and feminism: even for feminist sex workers it’s not always clear how these two terms relate to one another. Noord Wildeling searches for depth and meaning so it may be of use to us all.
'Say no to the WRS'-internet consultation guide
Right now, the legislative proposal Sex Work Regulation act is in consultation. That means the government is asking the people what they think of this law. So for sex workers and allies, this is the time to speak out against these laws.
Brexit triple threat
ARTICLE: From catering to leafletting, I’ve had many jobs… But only one that was sustainable enough for my rent and for my mental health.
Belgium is doing it! Decrim!
NEWS: After many years of tireless hard work by sex work activists and advocates, sex work has finally been decriminalised in Belgium.
What’s the house number?
ARTICLE: “Can you step out of the car please? Just to make sure you’re really here.” Slowly he appeared, one leg, two legs. And there he was, wearing jeans and a T-shirt.
In solidarity with Ukrainian sex workers
EDITORIAL: The war in Ukraine is causing devastating consequences for everyone in the country, including the Ukrainian sex worker community.
"Can't you just blow me without?"
POETRY: A poem about working in the Red Light District during a pandemic.
So much to fight for: the state of sex workers' rights in the Netherlands
ARTICLE: The debate in parliament about the Nordic Model earlier this month was the most recent attack on sex workers' rights in…
Welcome home
EDITORIAL: Welcome to Red Insight, the Dutch online platform for and especially by sex workers. Here we…
Film festival announcement: Coming to a screen near you
We are proud to announce that our short film, Wealth of Whoredom, has been selected for a number of screenings and nominations at film festivals globally this year.
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Series: Things you wish you knew
In this new series, we share sex worker-run events, along with sex workers’ tips, tricks and hard-won wisdom.
Solidarity as strategy: Diverse organising by sex workers
ARTICLE: Sex worker activism takes many forms. Drawing on her experience, Marin Scarlett shares how different ways of organising build collective power.
Behind the scenes: Wealth of Whoredom
PHOTOGRAPHY: In September, Red Insight organised a three-day creative media retreat in the Netherlands for tired and artistic sex workers. We gathered in a house in the forest with a sauna, good food, campfires, and all the materials required to create the story we wanted to tell.
Honouring 50 Years of European Sex Worker Activism
NEWS: 2nd June marked the 50th anniversary of a pivotal moment in our history: the occupation of the St. Nizier Church in Lyon, France. To celebrate, we took to the streets and ESWA aired Whore TV, as sex workers gathered around the world.
A new insight: Our Proximate partnership
We are excited to announce our first ever media partnership. Together with Proximate, a new American nonprofit media platform, we’ll publish a newsletter.
Screening and storytelling – Igniting Irish sex workers through film
ARTICLE: Ireland has just hosted its first ever sex worker film festival. Red Insight visited to take in the culture, celebrations and challenges of our Irish colleagues.
A call for ceasefire
EDITORIAL: The Red Insight team are attending protests across Europe right now, to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Vote like your rights depend on it
ARTICLE: It’s political party time, and there’s only 3 days left until it’s time to vote. Only three candidates are outspoken sex workers, including Red Insight’s own managing editor Yvette Luhrs, who is running for Parliament with radical equality party BIJ1.
Reimagining Sex Work on tour
ARTICLE: Reimagining Sex Work is a feminist activist collective, formed to address the Dutch mainstream media and the many problematic terms and images they use to report on sex work, by bringing together sex workers and journalists.
Celebrate sex worker pride at the Wallen
ANNOUNCEMENT: It is summer, so time for pride. Queer & Pride Amsterdam is explicitly making room for sex workers this year by including several sex worker events on Thursday 27th July.
Our favorite allies: Margreet de Heer
SHOUT-OUT: Red Insight is all about sex workers creating their own media and sharing their own stories. But sometimes we really want to shine a light on some of our biggest allies.
Mom, Dad, at least I don’t work for Facebook: Coming out to your folks
COLUMN: It’s so hard coming out of the closet as a doctor. People asking you all kinds of invasive questions like whether the operating theatre is dangerous with all those scalpels lying around, what’s the freakiest illness you’ve seen, whether there’s lots of exploitation of medical interns and nursing staff. Good thing we’re sex workers, and don’t have to deal with any of that!
Pleasure Providers Pillow Talk: a night to gather, rest and celebrate
ARTICLE: On the 2nd of June we celebrated International Sex Worker Day. This year Gigi Queerlove visited the Pleasure Providers Pillow Talk. A night organized by Kami Million at the San Seriffe bookstore.
Drag show at the brothel
ARTICLE: Sex work and feminism: even for feminist sex workers it’s not always clear how these two terms relate to one another. Noord Wildeling searches for depth and meaning so it may be of use to us all.
How much time should I give my new partner to adjust to my job?
COLUMN: A whirlwind romance had brought me to a Greek island, where – sipping on a frappé, the sea lapping at my feet – my rose tinted sunglasses fell off. My lover informed me he could perhaps learn to tolerate my work.
Brexit triple threat
ARTICLE: From catering to leafletting, I’ve had many jobs… But only one that was sustainable enough for my rent and for my mental health.
Belgium is doing it! Decrim!
NEWS: After many years of tireless hard work by sex work activists and advocates, sex work has finally been decriminalised in Belgium.
What’s the house number?
ARTICLE: “Can you step out of the car please? Just to make sure you’re really here.” Slowly he appeared, one leg, two legs. And there he was, wearing jeans and a T-shirt.
In solidarity with Ukrainian sex workers
EDITORIAL: The war in Ukraine is causing devastating consequences for everyone in the country, including the Ukrainian sex worker community.
Making Money with Sex: Difficult trade-offs, still my choice
PERSONAL ESSAY: I was having yet another sleepless night. I had never realized what insomnia was until I had to face it myself.
"Can't you just blow me without?"
POETRY: A poem about working in the Red Light District during a pandemic.
So much to fight for: the state of sex workers' rights in the Netherlands
ARTICLE: The debate in parliament about the Nordic Model earlier this month was the most recent attack on sex workers' rights in…
Welcome home
EDITORIAL: Welcome to Red Insight, the Dutch online platform for and especially by sex workers. Here we…
WORKSHOP: Five day video workshop for sex workers
Are you tired of mainstream reporting on sex work? Would you rather tell your own (video) story? Do you want to contribute to Red Insight and to the sex worker community? Then sign up!
Film festival announcement: Coming to a screen near you
We are proud to announce that our short film, Wealth of Whoredom, has been selected for a number of screenings and nominations at film festivals globally this year.