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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
June 13, 2024 • 15 mins
The 60-year-old was first arrested in July 2023 for the deaths of four women whose remains were found in burlap sacks along the Ocean Parkway in New York over a decade ago.
Detectives finally nabbed Heuermann in 2023 after he tossed a pizza box with leftover crust into a Manhattan trash can after the investigation that took more than a decade. The DNA from his crust matched genetic material found on the women's remains.
Heuermann...
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June 10, 2024 • 12 mins
Police officers who 'brought shame on their uniforms' and let Emma Caldwell's killer Iain Packer walk free for 19 years should be jailed if it is found they 'engaged in criminality', her family's lawyer says.
Packer, 51, was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 36 years at the High Court in Glasgow this month after being found guilty of murdering the 27-year-old in 2005, as well as 11 rapes and 21 other charges, including sex...
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June 6, 2024 • 31 mins
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 categorizations, among them race, class, and gender, which strengthens the idea of fighting for all members within ...
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May 23, 2024 • 16 mins
Phoenix Calida discusses stigma and discrimination against Asian sex workers and the racism of the Nordic Model propagandists.
Link To Article Used As Jumping Off Point.
https://cityhub.com.au/racist-and-disempowering-nsw-asian-migrant-sex-workers-speak-out-on-rescue-industry/
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May 14, 2024 • 43 mins
A screed of lies was brought to the ATTENTION of one Phoenix Calida.
Not being the type of individual whom would let such nonsense slide, Phoenix took to the microphone and carpet bombed these liars with an overwhelming truth assault.
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May 8, 2024 • 19 mins
KOMO News - "An explosion of sex trafficking," is how one Seattle city council member described what's happening along Aurora Avenue in north Seattle.
Some business owners and residents told KOMO News something needs to be done.
During a recent community public safety meeting, councilmember Cathy Moore said one tool she's considering to address the issue is a proposal to reinstate Seattle’s loitering law.
Moore told a packed roo...
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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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