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January 9, 2026January 9, 2026 by NMN

A meditation on internalised objectification and its devastating personal consequences

Jenna writes eloquently about the self-objectification that followed sexual abuse she suffered as a child and how this led her into prostitution. Read More

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December 21, 2025December 21, 2025 by NMN

Escape room

In this moving poem, Jenna describes her struggle to rebuild a life away from prostitution. Read More

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August 13, 2025August 13, 2025 by NMN

My Surviving Body

A poem by a prostitution survivor about the impact of selling sex and the struggle to reclaim her body as her own. Read More

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August 26, 2021November 4, 2021 by NMN

Feeding john

A poem by Andrea Heinz informed by her own experiences in prostitution. Read More

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July 11, 2021November 4, 2021 by NMN

InVISIBLE by Andrea Heinz

Andrea Heinz wrote this moving poem soon after exiting seven years in the commercial sex trade. Read More

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March 12, 2021July 11, 2021 by NMN

My Sister The Stranger by Andrea Heinz

In this poem Andrea Heinz, an exited woman and sex trade abolitionist, speaks to a woman actively selling sex and professing joy with her participation in the industry. Read More

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