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Phoenix Calida - SWOP BOARD MEMBER - COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR Producer and writer for Wine Cellar Entertainment. Participates with the local Sex Worker's Rights Organization. Produces five pieces of media critique a week. Has previously contributed content to be published for the Anarres Project. Educated a college class on Sex Worker's Rights. Hand Knits Winter garments for the homeless. Hand delivered supplies to Ferguson during the 2014 uprising. Interviewed residents and volunteers in Ferguson for Wine Cellar News.
Episodes
March 25, 2024 • 14 mins
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A former St. Clair High School teacher who resigned after her OnlyFans page was reported to district officials has been fired after days on a new job.
Brianna Coppage had been a teacher for five years, spending two at St. Clair High School. She was put on leave in October after it was discovered that she was using OnlyFans to supplement her teaching salary.
After her OnlyFans became public, Coppag...
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March 24, 2024 • 26 mins
"Originally published March 14 by Idaho Reports.The Idaho Senate passed legislation Thursday that would make online pornography publishers and distributors vulnerable to civil liability if a minor accesses harmful material on the internet.
“Our kids are continuously exposed to pornography, and our current laws don’t effectively protect them,” said bill sponsor Sen. Ben Toews, R-Coeur d’Alene. “What you have before you is an effect...
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March 24, 2024 • 26 mins
https://www.eswalliance.org/statement_on_financial_discrimination_of_sex_workers
"With this statement, ESWA expresses its deep concern and disappointment regarding the recent abrupt decision of payment platform Stripe to cease working with Wishtender, an online platform utilised by sex workers. The lack of transparency surrounding Stripe’s decision is concerning as it obstructs accountability. Furthermore, the abrupt nature of Str...
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March 21, 2024 • 12 mins
A former Army officer has been sentenced to four years in prison after raping a sex worker in Wellington.
Savenaca Seruvatu was convicted of sexual violation by rape in the Wellington District Court in February, after removing a condom without consent during sexual intercourse in an adult entertainment club in Lower Hutt in September 2020.
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March 19, 2024 • 9 mins
A former Pasco Police Officer was sentenced today in a Spokane cold case murder that spanned 38 years and resulted in two trials
Twenty-seven-year-old Ruby Doss was found murdered in 1986 in East Spokane, her case was worked by the Spokane Police Department for decades with no conclusion or arrest of a suspect.
In 2015 DNA collected from a condom found at the Ruby Doss crime scene was matched to Richard Aguirre. Aguirre’s DNA h...
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February 21, 2024 • 10 mins
Lawmakers are trying to pass the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a dangerous censorship bill that would give the government unprecedented control over the internet and force platforms to spy on youth.
KOSA uses two methods to “protect” kids, and both of them are awful. First, KOSA would pressure platforms to install filters that would wipe the net of anything deemed “inappropriate” for minors. This = instructing platforms to censo...
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February 19, 2024 • 6 mins
Phoenix Calida sits down briefly to talk about Police and how they harm Sex Workers.
ABOUT SWOP-USA:
Our purpose is to champion sex worker rights, through intersectional activism and public engagement.
This is done through involvement in intersectional activism and public engagement about the stigma of sex work from the many sides of discrimination and marginalization. This approach respects the interaction of social categorizati...
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February 7, 2024 • 57 mins
Phoenix Calida reacts to claims presented by voice actors in videos uploaded by "Nordic Model Now".
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February 5, 2024 • 3 mins
The Sentencing for the officer that very obviously murdered Ruby Doss has been pushed back another month after this murderer got away for over 3 decades.
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February 3, 2024 • 65 mins
Nordic Model Now is a ridiculous organization and Phoenix Calida treats them with the ridicule they've earned.
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January 31, 2024 • 20 mins
Are you ready for folks to conflate sex work with trafficking?
Are you ready for fuzzy, decontextualized numbers?
It seems to me that you might be ready for KTLA's dubious coverage of a police operation targeting sex workers.
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January 30, 2024 • 40 mins
Sasha Rakoff claims to be an ally to Sex Workers.
Phoenix Calida is Not Buying It.
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January 28, 2024 • 37 mins
Phoenix Calida Breaks Down New Anti Porn Legislation
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January 11, 2024 • 31 mins
"Every year at this time, football fans across the country and around the globe ready themselves for the most-watched event in the professional sports calendar. The traditions surrounding the Super Bowl are time honored. The host city rolls out the red carpet to welcome 100,000 visitors and millions of viewers anticipate a great game, entertaining halftime show and catchy commercials. Just as entrenched as those traditions is the a...
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January 3, 2024 • 12 mins
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A former Columbus vice detective pleaded guilty to federal accusations Thursday that he kidnapped sex worker victims under the guise of an arrest, according to federal prosecutors.
Andrew Mitchell, 59, of Sunbury, pleaded guilty to two counts of depriving individuals of their civil rights while acting under color of law and one count of obstructing justice, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern Distric...
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December 27, 2023 • 11 mins
Howdy.
We have an unexpected update in the trial for Ruby Doss.
The story doesn't end because this chapter does though. We'll keep our ear to the street on this one and see where the lawyer for the killer cop takes this.
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December 20, 2023 • 13 mins
SPOKANE, Wash. — After four weeks, the trial of Richard Aguirre, the man accused of killing Ruby Doss, is over.
On Tuesday, both the prosecution and Aguirre's defense team made their closing arguments. Much of the argument Tuesday and throughout trial revolved around DNA evidence. Prosecutors say Aguirre's DNA was found on a condom decades after Doss's death, linking him to the crime.
Aguirre's defense, including through their o...
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December 19, 2023 • 10 mins
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Hey, gang.
We have some very important updates in the Bench Trial seeking justice for Ruby Doss.
We make an effort to be sure we are clear in our understanding of the forensic science and language used in this trial.
Thank you for checking out this program and for supporting SWOPUSA.
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December 13, 2023 • 12 mins
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Thank you for giving what you can at the donation link above.
We will be doing our part in making sure we monitor this retrial to find out in real time if there will be some sort of justice for the killing of Ruby Doss.
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December 12, 2023 • 8 mins
Ruby Doss died from being strangled and hit on the head multiple times in January of 1986 , Spokane County's medical examiner testified Tuesday.
Recounting how Doss was killed opened the second week of former Pasco police officer Richard Aguirre's murder trial. Retired police officers testified about how DNA evidence was handled, and a clerk at an adult book store testified about seeing Doss, who worked as a prostitute, the night ...
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