From BBC:
Indian sex workers learn karate
“Prostitutes in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu have begun taking karate lessons to protect themselves from violent customers and pimps.
The women say they were so fed up with abuse that they approached a local community group for help.
The organizers hope the course in the ancient self-defense technique sends a message that violence against sex workers must stop.”
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From the London Evening Standard:
Naked Bike Ride hits Brighton
“Participants in the Brighton leg of the World Naked Bike Ride ride through the streets of the city to demonstrate the vulnerability of cyclists on the road and to protest against oil dependency.”
Naked people on bikes. Fun times.
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From the Telegraph:
Woman cancels wedding after finding fiance was porn star
“Haylie Hocking, 27, only found out that strapping 30-year-old fitness fanatic Jason Brake made adult films just weeks before the big day.
A friend organising her hen night searched online for a male stripper and spotted Jason with a woman in a porn movie.
Now Haylie has called her vicar to cancel the wedding.
She said: “There was no way I could marry an adult film star.”
I can’t imagine being married to someone that didn’t know I was a sex worker. On the other hand I can understand why some sex workers may feel the need to hide their past.
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From the Indian Express:
Gangrape accused suspected in sex worker’s murder
“The Surat police are now investigating the role of one of the three accused — arrested in Friday’s gangrape incident — in connection with the murder of a sex worker on January 16 this year in the city.
The police have seized the mobile phones, laptop and a desktop computer of the trio and have found several MMSes that point to their being habitual sex offenders. They sought services of sex workers and filmed them in the act.”
Posted by Vixen as Musings at 11:49 PM CDT