A month of tidying up
Every January we like to take the month to focus on working on all the little things we want to tidy up from the year. From fixing minor bugs to improving how our development and support tools work to make it easier to work on the platform. While you might not see much going on outwardly, we've been busy beavering away and setting ourselves up for an exciting year of things ahead!
New this month
- Clients can now edit their profile text! No longer will their profile be stuck with that unfortunate typo.
Other changes
- Improve the accessibility of pop over dialogues to ensure that they work well for screen readers.
- Fix a bunch of typos, minor bugs, and other little annoyances.
In the community
There's loads going on in the community and we want to highlight some things each month in our release notes to help bring more awareness to them. Are you involved in an event or organisation, or know of one, we should highlight? Reach out and let us know!
- Black History Month Live with Lotus Lain and Elsi Yalater: Feb 7th, 10:30am EST
- Conducting Ethical Research in the Sex Trades - A webinar for researchers and community advocates: Feb 10th, 2pm ET
- Stripper Life Drawing with Bristol Sex Workers Collective: Feb 19th, 7-9pm GMT
- Decrim Sex Work Lobby Day Training with @decrimNY: Feb 19th, 6pm EST
- Tax Filing Seminar with @PetiteMortMag: Feb 19th, 4-6pm EST
Recurring events
- St James Infirmary are running a SW writers circle every Thursday from 2:00pm - 4pm PST. Invite via the "Sex Workers we love you button" found here.
- Magenta in Perth are running meet ups the first Thursday of every month. DM them on instagram for more info.
- Sober Sex Workers is running a monthly Zoom meeting every second Sunday at 7pm CST. Request a meeting link via the @sobersexworkers instagram account.
- Sex Worker breakfasts Wednesdays 11am -2pm Least London E1. Contact swblondon@protonmail.com for more details.
In the media
- We Played The Award-Winning Game Boy Game About Sex Work And Shame - Sisi Jiang
- How Therapists Can Support Their Sex Worker Clients - David J. Ley
- The fantasy of sugar dating: ‘They don’t want you to be a sex worker – they just want to pay you for sex’ - Jenny Valentish
- Christine says she's being discriminated against because of her job. Here's why advocates are concerned - Tom Canetti
- Mistress Lucilla doesn’t need saving. She thinks sex workers are saving Sydney - Billie Eder
- I’m a Sex Worker. AI Porn Isn’t Taking My Job - Liara Roux
- The Forgotten Lives of Medieval Prostitutes - Alexandra Kanan
- 10 photo projects that reveal the reality of sex work - Lydia Figes
- On-screen, sex workers aren't just victims anymore - Abby Moss
- Stripper Web, a 20-year-old forum for sex workers, is shutting down. No one knows why - Amanda Silberling
- Nova Scotia sex worker takes client to small claims court over unpaid fee - Lindsay Jones
- How a war on porn is endangering US sex workers - Hallie Leiberman
- The Other Sex Tourism: Rich Women Paying Men - Michael Castleman
- New report details dark side of RI’s criminalization of sex work - Steve Ahlquist
- Hollywood Often Stereotypes Sex Workers. Two New Films Portray Them In Their Own Words. - Candace Frederick
- Chloe Cherry on the beauty of porn: "Your whole goal is just making somone cum". - Gigi Fong
- OnlyFans has been a home for safe sex work. Will celebrities ruin it? - Ellie Muir
- This OnlyFans Star Was Once Part of a Fanatical MLM Cult. "I Was Forced Into Celibacy." - Jonathan Small
- Sex worker says ex-Virginia police chief and three other retired cops paid for prostitution and protected a human-trafficking ring that coerced her into the industry from Costa Rica - Vanessa Serna
- Decriminalizing prostitution minimizes violence and exploitation. Senate Bill 357 is a key first step. - Kaytlin Bailey
- Australian banks continue to deny small businesses an explanation for debanking - Tony Jaques
