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Guest Post: No, We Didn’t “Lose an Entire Generation” to AIDS
Molly M. Pearson Molly M. Pearson

Guest Post: No, We Didn’t “Lose an Entire Generation” to AIDS

Molly Pearson is a Missouri-based HIV advocate, social work professor, organizer, facilitator, and MO Ho Justice OG! We are privileged to re-publish this piece, originally written for World AIDS Day 2021 and published in TheBody as part of their HIV Redefined series.

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Guest Post: Liberatory Harm Reduction (downloadable zine!)
Ellie Borgstrom Ellie Borgstrom

Guest Post: Liberatory Harm Reduction (downloadable zine!)

This winter, MO Ho Justice is temporarily pausing our monthly Thotty Thursday series to bring you a series of educational blog posts written by our community members! Today’s featured guest writer is Ellie Borgstrom, who created this virtual zine about the history and current practice of self-defense as liberatory harm reduction.

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Thotty Thursday: Class Struggle and Sex Work
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Thotty Thursday: Class Struggle and Sex Work

Sex work is work! But is it *really* just like any other job? This #ThottyThursday we're exploring the history of sex work through the lens of class struggle—real talk about whorearchy, the labor of sex work organizing and community care, and sex work as survival for folks excluded from the formal economy.

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Thotty Thursday: Pelvic Floor 101
MO Ho Justice MO Ho Justice

Thotty Thursday: Pelvic Floor 101

It’s time for our monthly educational series: Thotty Thursday! This month we’re sharing what we’ve learned about pelvic floor health from our Adult Egg Hunt + Pelvic Floor 101 event last month.

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Thotty Thursday: Sex Work Laws in Missouri
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Thotty Thursday: Sex Work Laws in Missouri

Starting TODAY, our popular #ThottyThursday social media education series will now be posted on the Ho-Op Blog! This month we're presenting the policies and laws that criminalize sex work in the state of Missouri. We'll also dive into the work that MO Ho Justice has done in the past few years to raise awareness for sex workers in St. Louis, Kansas City, and across our state!

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