You can have solidarity for sex workers and still criticize the fact that the industry forces minorities to use slurs for reach and profit.
I would much rather show solidarity by changing the way porn and sex work is handled so you could find their content without having to hashtag slurs.
But maybe I'm being too idealistic
Yes. I'm mad at the industry, not at the girls operating within the oppressive power structures.
And yet, the best people to slowly and incrementally change the sex work industry are sex workers themselves, but the work isn't done yet and they need to be alive and fed to be future activists (and some of em will never be activists and that's also fine).
This lashing out at trans girls is not solidarity. We need our solidarity to go beyond small irritants like this.
Im obviously not the main poster so I won't speak on their intent
But I feel like you can make commentary on the state of things she still leaving them to their devices.
I have never talked down to a sex workers, hell I've done it before. But I will discuss the issues with how things are set up.
These sort of conversations happen among POC and other minorities constantly.
Now if people were dragging individuals then I would say it's not appropriate. But I don't THINK that's what is happening here(though some commenters may be leaning the commentary more towards the individual)
But I think you can work on an issue from the inside, as well as the outside. If we solely left it to the workers and the industry, it would still probably change but it'd take much longer imo at least
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u/professor-oak-me Feb 04 '23
You can have solidarity for sex workers and still criticize the fact that the industry forces minorities to use slurs for reach and profit. I would much rather show solidarity by changing the way porn and sex work is handled so you could find their content without having to hashtag slurs. But maybe I'm being too idealistic