"There's a lot of examples of sex workers coming together and organizing and making their voices heard in San Francisco, which is why I'm so excited to be bringing this show there and performing it in front of people that do this work,"
"It once felt inconceivable that Roe v. Wade could be overturned. It felt like opportunities for women were always expanding,"
"I believe that we will work towards a future with less sexual violence and less gender-based violence, not by policing anyone's sex life harder, but by giving more people, including the most vulnerable people, more access to rights and resources,"
"Criminalizing our work and criminalizing our livelihood just isn't how you get there."
Kaytlin Bailey transitioned from aspiring comedian to outspoken sex worker rights advocate through a one-woman show that blends comedy with sex worker history. She plans performances in San Francisco to engage with organized sex worker communities. Bailey described early-2000s cultural shifts that seemed to expand sexual freedom but observed persistent fat-shaming and slut-shaming. She links recent legal rollbacks, including the Supreme Court's shift and the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade, to broader restrictions on sexual autonomy. Bailey argues that decriminalizing sex work and expanding rights and resources for vulnerable people will reduce sexual and gender-based violence.
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