A Night Shift at Jen's Kitchen

May 11, 2012 22:26

A woman sits in a doorway, feet apart and leaning forward with her elbows on her knees, posed like an athlete taking a break on the bench. She's had an injury ( Read more... )

sex work, british columbia, canada, women

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romp May 12 2012, 18:37:37 UTC
Yeah, the austerity budgets always abandon the marginalized first.

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the_gabih May 12 2012, 22:26:50 UTC
Family Values all around! At least unless your family is full of poor people, in which case fuck you and your (born) children.

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kagehikario May 12 2012, 19:34:32 UTC
This sounds like a wonderful group. I don't see any contact, website or way to get involved - This sounds like something worth supporting.

And their police monitoring? Wow. That takes bravery. Way to make the most of the time and energy being put in.

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romp May 12 2012, 20:54:59 UTC
survivorjen@spinfinder.com was working a few years ago... Or message her on FB.

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kagehikario May 12 2012, 22:10:18 UTC
Thank you!

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kaowolfie May 12 2012, 20:15:16 UTC
Thank you for sharing this. I love how sympathetic the author is to the women Jen helps - it's so rare.

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poetic_pixie_13 May 13 2012, 03:02:48 UTC
She sounds amazing, it takes so much courage to do that, especially making sure the cops actually do their fucking jobs. I wonder if there are similar things in Toronto, I would love to support something like that here.

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romp May 13 2012, 06:57:31 UTC
The Safer Stroll Project is gov't sponsored rather than grassroots but looks good. Maybe they have different ways of being involved.

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