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title: "Organize Like a Sex Worker: Learning from Worker and Organizer Kate D'Adamo"
date: 2022-10-26T03:00:00-04:00
author: OBOS Admin
canonical_url: "https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/organize-like-a-sex-worker-learning-from-worker-and-organizer-kate-adamo"
section: Resources
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[Health & Sexuality Info](/health-info)# Organize Like a Sex Worker: Learning from Worker and Organizer Kate D'Adamo

An interview with past Our Bodies Ourselves content Expert Kate Adamo in which they talk about both sex work organizing and abortion rights/reproductive justice organizing. The interview also includes myth-busting information about sex work and how to better support sex workers.

> And if we really thought a lot about the criminalization of sex work about policing of sex work, we would have to have a conversation about who is criminalized, who is policed. And that actually, dismantling \[these systems\] is the only way to keep people safe in a lot of in many, many instances.

[Read the full article ](https://www.scarleteen.com/article/politics_etc/organize_like_a_sex_worker_learning_from_worker_and_organizer_kate_adamo)

SOURCE: Scarleteen • AUTHOR: Kate D'Adamo • LAST UPDATED: December 16, 2023

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- [ sexualities, gender, and relationships](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/subject-area/sexualities-gender-relationships)
- [ sex work](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/themes/sex-work)
- [reproductive justice](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/reproductive-justice)
- [sex work](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/sex-work)
- [activism](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/activism)
- [social justice](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/social-justice)

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## Maintaining A Sense of Empathy Within Activism

MB talks about the importance of empathy in activism and not making assumptions about people as it relates to privilege and personal experiences.

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MB talks about the importance of empathy in activism and not making assumptions about people as it relates to privilege and personal experiences.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/stories-conversations/my-story-maintaining-a-sense-of-empathy-within-activism)

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## Learning How to Use Social Media Appropriately for Activism

MB talks about how helpful social media can be for activism, at the same time that it has potential drawbacks.

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MB talks about how helpful social media can be for activism, at the same time that it has potential drawbacks.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/stories-conversations/my-story-learning-how-to-use-social-media-appropriately-for-activism)

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## Feeling Advocacy Burnout From Too Much Social Media Exposure

MB discusses the ways in which social media may be harmful for activists and gives advice on how to have a healthy relationship with social media.

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MB discusses the ways in which social media may be harmful for activists and gives advice on how to have a healthy relationship with social media.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/stories-conversations/my-story-feeling-advocacy-burnout-from-too-much-social-media-exposure)