The Work of Sex Work
Channel: Pierce Delahunt
Date: 2023-03-31

This month, F*cking C*pitalism and My Sex Bio look at sex work and the Labor Theory of Value. We examine the rhetoric around sex work and intersecting issues with it, as well as models of law and how they affect sex workers...

Notes:
0:00 Self Intro + Caveats
0:50 Political Economy Intro
5:18 Labor Theory of Value
9:29 Wage Theft
11:29 Red Umbrella of Sex Work
13:11 Intersecting Issues
19:45 Models of Law
21:41 Abolition
24:16 Harms of Criminalization
28:30 Reflection Questions
30:38 Resources Walkthrough

Reflection Questions:
a) How do I relate to / advocate for those who “work for me”?
b) How do I provide / receive sexual effort?


Intro Video on Political Economy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7awvJ-pN_b8

Me + My Social:
https://linktr.ee/DelapierceD

MySexBio:
https://www.mysexbio.org/

MySexBio YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFt2OX5vp8P9ZXpnGSrJyVA

MySexBio's Slack:
https://rebrand.ly/slackinvite

AntiSocialism:
https://medium.com/delapierced/antisocialism-dab05a484200

Sex & Socialism:
https://medium.com/delapierced/what-does-sex-have-to-do-with-socialism-a919ef593c1f

21st Century Socialism:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1WUKahMm1s

Mumbo Jumbo: (Glossary)
https://blacksocialists.us/mumbo-jumbo

Hannah Witton on Authentic Consent:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UreZfOT54Bw

Slides: (with other linked resources)
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SzOlLWUIZ3sW938xhYpvEM11kIb9XxIQv0rDiCgXuCc/edit?usp=sharing