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@Lola_Davina

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Author of "Thriving in Sex Work" Series. Self-care & wellness columnist for YNOTcam. I get around the web:

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Joined July 2016
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@Lola_Davina
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7 years
#Sexwork is serious emotional labor, and self-care is essential.
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@Lola_Davina
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6 years
I just learned this term, "toxic positivity," and it's a term I've needed all my life...
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@Lola_Davina
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Disgustingly even more relevant tweet 7 years later.
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@Lola_Davina
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6 years
Never occurred to me to frame it like this, but it's a terrific question.
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@Lola_Davina
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@Lola_Davina
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2 months
Etsy going rated G--I just simply cannot. How can we continue to live in a world where sex = bad, violence = entertainment???
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@Lola_Davina
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25 days
Every single sex worker that lives and breathes has: ~Feelings ~A family ~Friends ~A future Treat them accordingly.
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@Lola_Davina
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6 years
Pretty much this.
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@Lola_Davina
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Sexy workers: whether you love your job or hate it; whether you make bank, or are just barely getting by; you and your work are important. All sex workers deserve dignity and respect.
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Paying for sex NEVER overrides consent. Paying for sex NEVER overrides consent. Paying for sex NEVER overrides consent. Paying for sex NEVER overrides consent. Paying for sex NEVER overrides consent. Paying for sex NEVER overrides consent. Paying for sex NEVER overrides consent.
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@Lola_Davina
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Sex workers are service workers, no more dirty or shameful than nurses, plumbers, or dog walkers.
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@Lola_Davina
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Denying that sex work is valid work leaves sex workers exposed to violence--from both criminals and law enforcement.
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@Lola_Davina
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There's nothing dirty, despicable, or disposable about sex workers--they're lovable, gorgeous, amazing human beings.
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@Lola_Davina
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Paying for sex NEVER negates consent. Paying for sex NEVER negates consent. Paying for sex NEVER negates consent. Paying for sex NEVER negates consent. Paying for sex NEVER negates consent. Paying for sex NEVER negates consent. Paying for sex NEVER negates consent. Paying for sex
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@Lola_Davina
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If you've never done sex work, you need to LISTEN to sex workers when they tell you about their lives. The changes they want, the laws they need to survive, be safe, and thrive.
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@Lola_Davina
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15 days
Anyone who thinks sex work is easy money has no damned idea just how complex and contradictory the job can be.
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@Lola_Davina
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Paying for sex NEVER overrides consent. Paying for sex NEVER overrides consent. Paying for sex NEVER overrides consent. Paying for sex NEVER overrides consent. Paying for sex NEVER overrides consent. Paying for sex NEVER overrides consent. NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER EVER.
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@Lola_Davina
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6 years
This is just science, guys...
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@Lola_Davina
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6 years
Priceless.
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@Lola_Davina
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@Lola_Davina
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Paying for sex NEVER negates consent. Paying for sex NEVER negates consent. Paying for sex NEVER negates consent. Paying for sex NEVER negates consent. Paying for sex NEVER negates consent. Paying for sex NEVER negates consent. NEVER. EVER. EVER.
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@Lola_Davina
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You don’t give up personhood when you sell sex. You don't give up citizenship when you sell sex. You don't give up bodily autonomy when you sell sex. You don't give up dignity when you sell sex. You don't give up humanity when you sell sex. #SexWorkerRightsAreHumanRights
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@Lola_Davina
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6 years
Ha!
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@Lola_Davina
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6 years
Uh... I think I'm at the wrong meeting...
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@Lola_Davina
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6 years
Nothing like having the clit mansplained by an idiot...
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@Lola_Davina
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5 years
Suddenly I've got a taste for glitter, and nothing else will do... Happy Pride, ya'll!
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@Lola_Davina
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4 years
You don’t give up personhood when you sell sex. You don’t give up consent when you sell sex.
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@Lola_Davina
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7 years
Criminalizing prostitution is ridiculous and hypocritical. #decriminalize #sexwork
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@Lola_Davina
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6 years
Careful everyone! Are you properly protected?
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@Lola_Davina
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Sex Worker Knowledge: The vast majority of clients will test you on your time, your fee, and what you’re willing to do. Many will try to bend your rules on all three. Setting boundaries is essential in sex work
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@Lola_Davina
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7 years
Perfect description of the hypocrisy of criminalizing #sexwork . #decriminalize
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@Lola_Davina
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2 years
Who, exactly, is harmed by paying for sex? What, exactly, is wrong with sex as a job?
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@Lola_Davina
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6 years
Just what exactly the fuck is going on here???
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@Lola_Davina
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They call sex work "easy money." That's bullshit-- it's hard work.
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@Lola_Davina
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6 years
Paying for sex NEVER negates consent. Paying for sex NEVER negates consent. Paying for sex NEVER negates consent. Paying for sex NEVER negates consent. Paying for sex NEVER negates consent. Paying for sex NEVER negates consent. Ever. #sexworkiswork #sexworkersarepeopletoo
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@Lola_Davina
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Perfect encapsulation of the hypocrisy of criminalizing full service #sexwork #sexworkiswork #decriminalize
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@Lola_Davina
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Sex work between consensual adults is a service that harms no one. So, why criminalize it?
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@Lola_Davina
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6 years
Do. NOT. Be this guy.
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@Lola_Davina
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6 years
The perfect encapsulation of why full service consensual #sexwork should be 100% legal. #sexworkshouldbesafework #decriminalize
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Who, exactly, is harmed by paying for sex? What, exactly, is wrong with sex as a job?
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@Lola_Davina
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2 months
Sex workers offer beauty, excitement, variety, fantasies, creativity, and pleasure. Sometimes love, too.
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@Lola_Davina
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@Lola_Davina
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6 years
Amen.
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@Lola_Davina
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6 years
This. Yup. Uh-huh.
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@Lola_Davina
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7 years
Yep! Fuck the #doublestandard -- no #slutshaming in my house today!
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@Lola_Davina
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Mmmmm..... I think is is *yummy.*
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@Lola_Davina
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7 years
There will always be a client pool that thinks you’re smoking hot. You’ll leave some clients cold. The rest are just glad you are looking them in the eye and smiling. Focusing on the clients that find us attractive and letting go of the ones that don’t, is tremendously freeing.
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@Lola_Davina
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Do NOT be this guy.
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@Lola_Davina
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3 years
Sweet Sexy Workers— With a heavy heart, I’m announcing I’m stepping away from what I call “The Lola Project” for the foreseeable future. I’ll no longer be involved on SM as Lola and won’t be available to the sex work community writing articles, offering advice... 1/9
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@Lola_Davina
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7 years
Just because YOU can't imagine ever doing #sexwork doesn't make it bad or wrong. #sexworkiswork
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@Lola_Davina
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5 years
Anyone want to answer these for me? --Who, exactly, is harmed by paying for sex? --What, exactly, is wrong with sex as a job?
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Who, exactly, is harmed by paying for sex? What, exactly, is wrong with sex as a job?
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@Lola_Davina
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There will always be a client pool that thinks you’re smoking hot. You’ll leave some clients cold. The rest are just glad you are looking them in the eye and smiling. Focusing on the clients that find us attractive and letting go of the ones that don’t, is tremendously freeing.
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@Lola_Davina
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Just because YOU can't imagine ever doing sex work doesn't make it bad or wrong.
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@Lola_Davina
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This neatly sums up the hypocrisy of criminalizing prostitution.
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@Lola_Davina
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6 years
Love it!
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@Lola_Davina
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3 years
Seriously. #sexworkiswork
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@Lola_Davina
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6 years
Hahahahaha.....
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@Lola_Davina
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6 years
If you think all #sexworkers are female and all clients are male, I'm going to ask you to wake up and smell the 21st Century. The sex industry is the marketplace of ALL genders and ALL sexualities.
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@Lola_Davina
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6 years
Ha!
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@Lola_Davina
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7 years
No #whorephobia in my house today!
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@Lola_Davina
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5 years
Why is paid consensual sex between adults illegal? Can someone explain it to me?
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@Lola_Davina
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6 years
Word.
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Who, exactly, is harmed by paying for sex? What, exactly, is wrong with sex as a job?
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@Lola_Davina
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Uh... I think I'm at the wrong meeting...?
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@Lola_Davina
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Yup. Hypocrisy in the sex industry abounds. #NoShameInSexWork
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@Lola_Davina
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6 years
Yep! 100%.
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@Lola_Davina
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This.
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@Lola_Davina
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If you think all #sexworkers are female and all clients are male, I'm going to ask you to wake up and smell the 21st Century. The sex industry is the marketplace of ALL genders and ALL sexualities.
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@Lola_Davina
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Anyone wanna answer these for me...? Who, exactly, is harmed by paying for sex? What, exactly, is wrong with sex as a job?
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@Lola_Davina
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If you don't like or approve of #sexwork that's fine, but know your reasons why. #sexworkiswork
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This made me laugh, but that kind of dried-out, hollow laughter at something that doesn't feel that funny...
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@Lola_Davina
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THIS. RIGHT. HERE. Someone explain to me why this is wrong. #sexworkiswork
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@Lola_Davina
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I believe that so much of the root of whorephobia (meaning the fear and hatred of sex workers) is that to civilians, swers don't seem "real." To them, we're objects of fantasy, or revulsion, or some confusing mix of the two. Our humanity is obliterated.
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@Lola_Davina
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Why is sex that's legal when free illegal to pay for...? Can anyone explain that to me?
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@Lola_Davina
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Paying for sex NEVER negates consent. Paying for sex NEVER negates consent. Paying for sex NEVER negates consent. Paying for sex NEVER negates consent. Paying for sex NEVER negates consent. Paying for sex NEVER negates consent. NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER. #SexWorkersArePeopleToo
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@Lola_Davina
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#mood No #whorephobia in my house today!
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@Lola_Davina
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Tell me more.
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