Love Me Like You Hate Me

Saddle up, kids, because the Magpie is mad about a video on the internet again. Content warnings apply for discussions of sexual assault, consent, queer stuff, and a whole plethora of different types of prejudice and phobias.

As readers of my articles and general members of my social sphere may know already, I’m a big proponent of sex work advocacy. I find the area interesting, it’s sometimes ethically fraught and complex, and it’s one in which a lot of marginalized oppressions and issues dovetail together. There’s a ton of societal prejudice involved as well. So when I see discussions about sex work — which are related to issues of drug decriminalisation, police abolition and reform, and prison abolition and reform as well — I perk up.

This time, however, I was about to be very disappointed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSlfhXSC7hU&list=WL&index=4923

Don’t trust the character witnesses

Let’s start by talking about two of the figures alluded to in the video. There was a controversy surrounding much-maligned influencer Belle Delphine’s use of bondage and a gag in a photoshoot that appeared on her Twitter. Personally, many of Belle Delphine’s “scandalous” activities don’t bother me in the least. They’re one of the best things about her. I agree that she’s hilarious and clever — but stealing other sex workers’ nudes is absolutely not okay. in addition to just being theft of someone else’s hard work, it’s a huge violation of privacy.