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Not an impact report, but This American Life ran a story about SESTA-FOSTA's impact on one woman: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/740/there-i-fixed-it/act-one-
by spondylosaurus 3y ago
Not an impact report, but This American Life ran a story about SESTA-FOSTA's impact on one woman: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/740/there-i-fixed-it/act-one-19 https://www.thisamericanlife.org/740/there-i-fixed-it/act-on...
(For a transcript version, scroll down to "Act One": https://www.thisamericanlife.org/740/transcript https://www.thisamericanlife.org/740/transcript)
> Kara: Let me make it very clear, I was still an independent sex worker for a while after SESTA-FOSTA, so it didn't work. SESTA-FOSTA didn't stop me. It hindered me a few times.
> Kara: It got less safer. I wasn't able to be able to screen my calls the way that I should have. It became a headache, but it never stopped me.
> Lina Misitzis: It was always Kara's plan to stop doing sex work. She wanted to finish school, get a different job, try starting a family. But when the law passed, it threw a wrench in her plan. She made a lot less money at sex work, which slowed down her progress and her ability to reach her goals. So the law didn't push her out of sex work, she says. If anything, it kept her in it for longer.