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Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers' Rights by Molly Smith, Juno Mac

18 reviews

alexcribbs's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

I wanted to read this book because I felt like it was a topic I knew very little about and one I should have an (informed) opinion on. Holy smokes, this book did the trick. 

Arguments introduced would elicit a knee-jerk reaction from me, only to be so thoroughly explained and supported, I continually, consciously changed my views I didn’t even realize I had. 

What an important read. So grateful to have read it. 
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cattheteawitchfairy's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

Did I like this book? Yes and no. Let’s start with the negative.

The writing style was quite dense and academic so although this is to be expected for a piece of non - fiction, it was quite inaccessible in my opinion. Additionally there was a lot on what is happening that does not help sex workers and very little in comparison on what would help.

Despite this I found it a very interesting read! Despite the slow pace, I was always reading more and enjoyed learning about an area that I don’t know much about. There was lots of data and references to further information.

Overall I enjoyed this text although I found it difficult to read at times which has brought the rating down.
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n_t_sh_'s review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

As a piece of non fiction, this is a spectacular piece of research and a tribute to the struggle of sex workers' to be acknowledged as worker's and not as social reprobates.
An emotionally challenging read. Not just because of the awful treatment towards sex workers' but also the vitriol from others (mostly not sex workers') who feel their opinion is more important than asking the demographic being addressed, in this case sex workers', what they feel they need.
I did also find the different political terminology a challenge but very well explained by the authors.
There are some ideas in here that I find a bit frustrating, because they seem too big to achieve but that is not the fault of the authors', but the fault of the law and society at large.
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lauradvb's review against another edition

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challenging informative inspiring

4.0

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georgiam06's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful informative slow-paced

4.0

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ambero's review against another edition

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challenging informative slow-paced

3.0

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snowhitereads's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

 
Revolting Prostitutes is a non fiction book about sex workers’ rights, written by two sex workers/activists.

It’s a really short book but a powerful one.
It's a succinct and reflective book that offers real insight into the actual lives of sex workers and the impacts of various legal models.

I learned so much with such a short book, it really helped me understand the basics of a very complex situation.

It does not sugarcoat the struggles of sex workers, nor does it demonizes them. 
The authors are also honest about their privelege and shortcoming as white sex workers and activists and about how BIPOC and LGBTQ+ sex workers are often the largest of those targeted under the harms of laws/opinions against sex workers. 
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tieflingkisser's review against another edition

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informative medium-paced

5.0

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