If I could have done anything to protect her I would have.
I did not know her. I wish I had.
I want no woman to ever have to risk her life to put food on the table. I want us to band together so this never, ever happens again.
It is the murderer’s fault. Not hers. Not ever hers.
Ashley Masi, 24, posted an advertisement as an escort on Backpage.com, according to her mother, on the afternoon of her death.
Let us not forget fallen sister Ashley Masi, mother of three. What happened to her was NOT her fault for trying to put food on the table. I hope the bastard who did it is caught. This just… I don’t have words.
Family mourns young mother killed in her Providence apartment
Alarmed by one case after another of underage girls and women being trafficked for sex on Backpage.com, the mayor and the top brass at the Police
Stay safe fellow workers, the cops are out in force (and I doubt they’re doing anything particularly nice to underage and trafficked workers)
‘Operation Backpage’: Prostitution sting at Providence hotels nets 22 men
And saying “there are people for and against” and “bUt workers iN thE thIrD woRld!!111!!!1!11!11 and hUman tRaffiCking!1!!!11″
Sub: Are you free?
Me: No, I’m expensive but I’m not busy.
The idea that selling your labor is the path to “empowerment” makes me want to punch things
We are people who do a job. Do not treat them as if they are their job.
Now we’re just swapping client stories.
I love sex workers so much. We all have the best stories.
And all I can think is “man, they’re trying real hard to make women hanging out at work look depressing”
If you really really want to help sex workers, ask when we have appointments and then pay us double to stay home and try for a highscore on bejeweled.
If you start a bidding war, think about how much easier it will be for us to retire with you increasing our rates like that.
Thoughts From The Peacock Angel 