Sarah Jones Documentary About Sex Industry Sparks Backlash, Laverne Cox Exits Citing 'Outrage'

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Sarah Jones' documentary about sex industry sparks backlash, with several social media users targeting Laverne Cox, who has now exited, citing 'outrage and the need to protect her mental health'

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that would examine the sex industry, much like her critically-acclaimed one-woman show of the same name. The documentary, per the release, will tackle themes of"inequality through the lens of the debate around the sex industry. The documentary asks the question, 'is sex work exploitative or empowering?' The sex industry is hiding everywhere in plain sight during the pandemic, and impacting Black and brown women in particular. That said, many people support sex work, and some even argue those in the commercial sex space are essential workers.

Melody Kush tweeted,"At the very least, you should be including ALL sides of our industry to be fair to the hundreds of thousands of consensual workers who are one of the most misunderstood and marginalized groups on the planet. You want REAL data? Consult us, and our rights activists."

 

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The two stupidest words in the English language are 'internet backlash'. It's like the yammerers who whined about the ending of Game of Thrones.

What?!?! iamrashidajones is attacking and condemning sex work and sex workers again?!? That's crazy...

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Lol why is Meryl Streep there? She called Harvey Weinstein a God

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