So Skewed
So Skewed is a podcast exploring gender, sex and culture.
In season 1, we are rethinking prostitution; exploring the discourses that make prostitution illegal (and uncomfortable) and countering them with sex worker views.
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Episodes
8 episodes
7. In Solidarity: Decriminalise Sex Work
Can we shut up about the ethics and morality of prostitution for a minute, and understand what anti-prostitution laws do to sex workers? Because, sex workers have been trying to tell us for ages: the criminalization of prostitution is not only ...
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Episode 8
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1:21:34
6. Sex + Work = Sex Work
On to sex worker views! Sex worker inputs to feminism feel more radical than mainstream feminism that continues to be a bit weird around sex. The anti-prostitution camp’s ‘concerns’ around sex work continues to be the ‘sex’ (so let’s talk...
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Episode 7
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1:24:08
5. The sex trade and laws: India
How do women find themselves in the sex trade? How does the sex trade run? What is trafficking, actually? What does the law say and what does the law do? This episode 5 tracks the sex trade and laws, in India. Warning: sexual content...
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Episode 6
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1:23:01
4. The Tyranny of Amrika: Global anti - trafficking movement
Why was the current UN anti- trafficking convention passed in 2000? What is trafficking and how rampant is it? Why do the state and police aggressively pursue sex workers? What’s America got to do with it? This episode 4 tracks contempora...
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Episode 5
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1:20:05
3. Modern India’s Tryst with Prostitution
This episode 3 tracks the mainstream discourses around prostitution and the sex worker movement. Credits: Host: Surabhi Chatterjee. Audio production: Pruthu Parab. Cover Art: Rini Alphonsa Joseph Mu...
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Episode 4
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52:02
2. US Feminism vs. Prostitution (& Porn)
How does modern day feminism look at prostitution? Why did western second – wave feminists oppose prostitution and sex workers? How did feminism theorize prostitution? This episode 2 tracks the US women’s liberation movement around...
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Episode 3
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1:00:45
1. Origins of international anti-trafficking laws
Why did the first global anti-trafficking laws come about? What’s India got to do with it? Episode 1 will track discourses around prostitution in colonial India that eventually leads to the United Nations’ first anti-trafficking convention pass...
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Episode 2
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1:05:21
Season 1 Trailer: Rethinking Prostitution
Welcome to So Skewed, a solo podcast hosted by Surabhi Chatterjee. In season 1, I try to dismantle the entire anti-prostitution movement; exploring the discourses that make prostitution illegal (and uncomfortable) and countering the...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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