LET'S CAUSE SOME MISCHIEF

July 1st 2026

I hate having to do this again but I am back and begging for money. After barely getting through the previous heatwave, which killed one of my mum's birds and made it damn near impossible for either of us to sleep, there's another one gearing up to screw us over next week. I'm looking to get a freestanding AC unit to help out, but the model I'm looking at is £325, and I have about £20 to my name. I am aware cheaper models are available on Amazon and whatnot, but, if I am spending a significant sum of money either way, I'd prefer to get something that's guaranteed to be of decent quality from a reputable retailer. My next benefit payment isn't until the 20th, my mum is barely scraping by as it is, and has been off work sick for the last two days, and I don't know how much longer she will be.

Please only donate if you can spare it, I don't want anyone giving more than they can comfortably give. Thanks in advance for any donations, and any reblogs to help this post reach more people.

...why don't they?

One of the universal rights is the right to unionize one's career.

As far as I can tell there's literally nothing stopping sex workers from unionizing or forming a guild in order to protect themselves. Union bosses could even call themselves Madames if they wanna.

In countries where selling sex is only partially criminalized under various legal models, unions often can (and do!) exist, but their power is limited. In the UK we have SWU (Sex Worker's Union) which I am a member of, but our laws make it so that my union can't support me with a huge range of issues because my union rep would be charged as a pimp if they did. Our efforts to organize for better working conditions always have to come second to pushing for full decriminalization.

There are only a few places which have full decriminalization of sex work. In Belgium, there's the sex worker union UTSOPI. Since it's not illegal to do full-service sex work or any surrounding acts there, UTSOPI is able to have much more influence on public policy and is far more empowered to support their workers.

I realize this was a question, but I do wish people wouldn't start making claims that something is a "universal right" (it's not) and suggesting there's nothing stopping us, as if sex workers are simply too stupid to have considered this already. Sex workers are an incredibly engaged group of workers highly prone to becoming class conscious and politically radicalized.