Feeling so much gratitude for everyone who came out to our talk “Learning Survivor Support from Sex Workers”, which took place during the Phoenix Survivors Alliance Symposium at the University of Chicago, today, April 20th! Red gave an overview of the history of our collective organizing, and Alisha (via video) and Red shared reflections onContinue reading “PSA Symposium Reflections!”
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Letter Writing for Rene!
We held a Letter Writing event for Comrade Rene at Bluestockings Cooperative on Sunday, April 7th to send her much needed snail mail since her e-communications and commissary have been shut off for a month in retaliation for her raising concerns about the conditions inside the Aliceville Satellite Camp (federal penitentiary). We want to expressContinue reading “Letter Writing for Rene!”
NY Feminist Zine Fest Recap!
This first New York Feminist Zine Fest in FIVE YEARS was held on April 6th, at Barnard College. It was so surreal to be back in that same (extremely sweaty and glorious) room with so many of the zinesters we last saw in 2019, before the world changed (again). Our collective and organizers were inContinue reading “NY Feminist Zine Fest Recap!”
Eight Years?!
Today our collective is celebrating 8 YEARS of shared organizing, survival, care work and friendship! We’re so grateful for all our comrades and co-strugglers who we’ve learned from and grown alongside all these years (and beyond)! Thank y’all for being in community with us. We’re celebrating all we’ve held down together and with the loveContinue reading “Eight Years?!”
Picnic with us at Gender Unbound!
Join us next weekend, Sunday, March 31st from 1-5PM to celebrate Trans Day of Visibility with Gender Unbound! We’ll be tabling with our zines and we’ll have cascarones (confetti eggs) to benefit our incarcerated loved ones! Crack a cascarón on our comrades (or your pals) for a good cause! 7910 Cameron Rd, Austin, TX 78754Continue reading “Picnic with us at Gender Unbound!”
Celebrate International Sex Worker Rights Day!
Today, March 3rd, is International Sex Workers Rights Day! Please celebrate today by joining us in raising awareness and funds for Bluestockings Cooperative –one of our beloved political homes! https://www.bonfire.com/protectbstox The worker-owners, comrades, patrons, and those reliant on Bluestockings Cooperative’s free store, have faced increasing threats of violence from so-called “neighbors” who are unhappy thatContinue reading “Celebrate International Sex Worker Rights Day!”
Cecilia Forever!
The flowers we sponsored to honor our beloved whore mother and teacher Cecilia, are finally with our comrades at Bluestockings Cooperative–please go see, smell, visit the flowers, bring your grief and love, hold space for each other and reignite your commitment to fight. This was after much distressing back and forth with the florist, whoContinue reading “Cecilia Forever!”
Commissary Fundraiser!
Please join us in uplifting a sex working comrade who’s being targeted by the state for her political activism. Rene is facing federal time, and we want to make sure she has ample commissary funds for essentials while inside. Rene is a beloved community member and now a political prisoner–please hold her in your hearts,Continue reading “Commissary Fundraiser!”
IDEVASW 2023
Today, December 17th, marks the 20th annual International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. We’re spending the day with chosen fam in our respective cities, reflecting on so many years of mourning and resistance, remembering our loved ones and refocusing for the fights ahead. Love to our comrades and rage to our enemies. [ImageContinue reading “IDEVASW 2023”
Now & Always Free Palestine!
Our comrades have been taking to the streets in solidarity in Chicago, NYC and Austin, TX! We’ve been in this struggle and we will never be silent on Palestinian liberation! Join us in shouting/signing SEX WORKERS FOR A FREE PALESTINE! 🍉🖤❤️🇵🇸
SxHx invited to co-sign this organizer’s solidarity statement with Palestine
Read the full statement here. (No, we do not f*ck with the majority of the editorial board of the magazine, but we were invited by a trusted comrade to sign this powerful statement, and we’re with Gaza and the Palestinian resistance 1000%.)
Tabling at the first annual Midwest Queer & Trans Zine Fest!
October 21st at Open Book Minneapolis! Reflections from Red: Day One of Midwest Queer & Trans Zine Fest is in the bag!! What a day! So many amazing zinesters, and so many wonderful supporters—it was a busy, bustling, beautiful time! Getting to see beloved comrades and meet new pals did my heart so good. MuchContinue reading “Tabling at the first annual Midwest Queer & Trans Zine Fest!”
New York Queer Zine Fair Recap!
What an absolute whirlwind of a day! The New York Queer Zine Fair (October 7th, at The Center) was such a blissed out blur! Much love and appreciation to all the amazing zinesters we got to meet and chat with and snag zines from! Many thanks to the organizers and especially Kel for being soContinue reading “New York Queer Zine Fair Recap!”
Our Second Year at LSZF!
The 7th annual Lone Star Zine Fest was such a blast! Got to see some beautiful and powerful familiar faces and meet new zine pals. Everyone was so damn nice and supportive! We got to talk decrim and abolition with dozens of people and not one garbage thing was said to me!!! That’s literally neverContinue reading “Our Second Year at LSZF!”
National Overdose Prevention Day!
On August 31st some of our comrades participated in harm reduction focused actions / gatherings in their respective cities in solidarity with drug-using community members and their families to grieve those we’ve lost, to organize, and to offer support in making harm reduction kits for distribution. Sex working and drug using communities have taught usContinue reading “National Overdose Prevention Day!”
Zine Nights are world building ✨
Our collective got together again last night for another zine making, meal sharing occasion—we also spent most of the evening reflecting on the past year’s organizing, survival and creative efforts. Making time and space for ourselves, together, is always so replenishing!
Combabes Beach Day!
Making time for rest and sunshine! Our SxHx Combabes Beach Day was such a lovely chance to connect, slow down and enjoy each other’s company. So grateful for comradeship and care!
Alisha’s Freedom Day Anniversary!
Celebrating this beloved comrade today (and truly every day)! Happy SECOND Freedom Day anniversary, Alisha! TWO YEARS!!!! We give thanks every damn day that you’re home! Here’s to you, here’s to chosen fam, and here’s to a future without prisons! 💖🎉
Summertime Zine Nights!
Zine nights with the comrades 🥲💖 Our “Year Seven” zine is in the works! Making time to reflect, share and assess our work together over zine making, shit talking and food is essential to our collective process. Get you a crew that is fierce and joyful too. 🌈☂️
Zine Pavilion Reflections!
Day One! The first night of Zine Pavilion in the bag, and no scary shit! In fact, mostly excellent shit! What a lovely opening night— several librarians from around the US bought our zines to add to their library’s holdings and said such supportive/kind things about our work, and told us they were so excitedContinue reading “Zine Pavilion Reflections!”
SxHx @ Zine Pavilion 2023!
See everyone at the American Library Association’s Annual Conference, the biggest library event of the year, for Zine Pavilion! We’ll be tabling Friday evening and ALL day Saturday (June 23rd & June 24th) We’re so grateful to our extended community for helping us get an org safety plan together to make this feel doable after experiencingContinue reading “SxHx @ Zine Pavilion 2023!”
Art Making Party!
Some of our beloveds at the Love & Protect art making party yesterday 💜🌿
SxHx International Whores Day Picnic 2023
Hearts overflowing from our SxHx combabes and extended fam #InternationalWhoresDay picnic yesterday! Love and gratitude for rest, sharing food, memories, and catching up on sunshine time together! 🌿🖤
International Whores Day 2023
Happy #InternationalWhoresDay from Chicago, and the Haymarket Memorial! Sex working, trading, and hustling people have always been comrades in revolutionary struggle! Celebrate with us, and join in the fight for a better world! See our #IWD2023 threads on Twitter for resources, other radical comrades to follow and support, art, zines and more!
Today, we’re turning 7 years old as a collective!!!
We’re taking time to reflect on the last seven years and invite you to support our work by sharing our online resources, celebrating the launch of our latest toolkit collaboration with Survived & Punished (https://sxhxcollective.org/…/SP-Sex-Work-toolkit-single…) and purchasing copies of our benefit zines + buttons! Here: https://sxhxcollective.org/store/ or from Quimby’s Bookstore(Chicago) or Bluestockings Cooperative (NYC) InContinue reading “Today, we’re turning 7 years old as a collective!!!”
“Formerly Incarcerated Worker Support Program” Intentions, Action & Reflections
A collaboration between Hacking//Hustling and the Support Ho(s)e Collective by Red Schulte What follows is a personal reflection and account of a program to support a friend and loved one coming home from prison better navigate technology and outside-change. This will also serve as an introduction to the “container” of our collective work. We startedContinue reading ““Formerly Incarcerated Worker Support Program” Intentions, Action & Reflections “
Lone Star Zine Fest roundup!
From Sunday’s (12/4/22) rainy but lovely tabling under the big top of Lone Star Zine Fest — seven hours of non-stop zine swapping, slinging and talking about decrim, abolition and collective zine making. On the whole, a really welcoming experience!! There were a few YIKES moments…but thankfully they didn’t linger. Was also so thrilled withContinue reading “Lone Star Zine Fest roundup!”
Our “Year 6” yearbook zine is assembled, and out in the world!
As of December 1st, our Support Ho(s)e Year 6 zine, lives! Full of love and gratitude for friendship, boundaries, shared struggle and uncompromising gift-giving, and gentleness to ourselves. We debuted this latest zine at the Lonestar Zine Fest in Austin, TX this past weekend (12/4/22) and we endeavor to have some listed on our websiteContinue reading “Our “Year 6” yearbook zine is assembled, and out in the world!”
“Supporting Sex Workers & Survivors: Lessons for Defense Campaigns” Virtual Toolkit Launch!
Join us and our comrades Survived and Punished for a virtual toolkit launch of our latest collaboration: “Supporting Sex Workers & Survivors: Lessons for Defense Campaigns” on Dec. 8th @ 6PM ET. Closed Captioning is available via Zoom. Stream the webinar here: http://bit.ly/SWToolkit Our comrades Red and LiLi will be joined by Alisa Bierria ofContinue reading ““Supporting Sex Workers & Survivors: Lessons for Defense Campaigns” Virtual Toolkit Launch!”
Upcoming “Interrupting Criminalization” event!
Mark your calendars! On Nov. 30 at 4-6 PM ET join Interrupting Criminalization for their latest online #NoMorePolice event, featuring editors/contributors to Abolition Feminisms—including our comrade, Alisha! They’ll be discussing the criminalization of survivors and how survivors are leading abolitionist movements. Register here.
“Cultural Resistance to SESTA/FOSTA: Reflecting on Community Curation” – via Kernel Magazine
From one of our comrade’s latest published pieces, “Arts-based and cultural elements of organizing are often seen as superfluous, but I consider centering the cultural and artistic works of radical sex workers and co-conspirators as a way to imagine our futures collectively and honor past struggle. We change ourselves and the spaces we take upContinue reading ““Cultural Resistance to SESTA/FOSTA: Reflecting on Community Curation” – via Kernel Magazine”
Thanks MWPZF 2022!
Wow! What a whirlwind of a day! Midwest Perzine Fest’s first in-person gathering was such a blast! We completely sold out of all the zines we brought along—thanks so much to the organizers, volunteers, zinesters and attendees for making yesterday so special. We felt such big love from everyone! Missed us tabling yesterday? Remember youContinue reading “Thanks MWPZF 2022!”
Come Say “Hey!” @ Midwest Perzine Fest!
CHICAGO! One of our comrades will be tabling and we’re so looking forward to the Midwest Perzine Fest—this Saturday, Oct 8th at Columbia College’s Conaway Center, 1104 S Wabash Avenue, from 10 am to 4 pm! Been looking to snag more of our zines to support our organizing/political education/storytelling/survival/thriving?! Here’s your chance! More details (includingContinue reading “Come Say “Hey!” @ Midwest Perzine Fest!”
Grateful for USU comrades!
Thank you to everyone who was on and/or helped organize the URBAN SURVIVORS UNION NATIONAL sex worker call tonight. So much understanding, compassion and knowledge. Feeling seen! All our love and appreciation 💓
Celebrating Alisha’s Freedom Day, one year on!
Today we celebrate ONE YEAR of our friend, comrade, sibling, and organizer Alisha being home!! As Red put it, “My friend has been home for a year. It’s been wild, full of learning, love, and boundaries (!), care, and messiness and most days I still wake up and check my phone to make sure IContinue reading “Celebrating Alisha’s Freedom Day, one year on!”