So you’re a feminist, ey? You tell your kids that girls and boys are equal? That little ladies can grow up to be firefighters and astronauts, that boys can play with dolls and paint their nails? That’s a good start, but the bare minimum a decent adult can do in the year 2017. With a rising oligarchy on our hands, it is time that women and minorities and working class people begin supporting each other. A society is stronger when it is less divided, and we can mend our societal rifts by deeply examining which attitudes reinforce oppression and harm. We can each do our part, and I’m here as a feminist sex worker to tell you that the normalization of sex worker abuse by American women contributes to the abuse of all women.

Here’s the thing: feminism isn’t as simple as reblogging the cutest Tumblr “Yas Queen” inspos, or buying “Male Tears” coffee mugs. To support equality of all people, despite their gender, race and class, it’s vital that you put your money where your mouth is ― and I don’t mean between your teeth at my stripper stage.

How do you feel about sex work? If you’re inclusive in your feminism you understand that everyone should be born with full ownership of their body and their time. I appreciate you, and you need read no further! But for the American women who hashtag their pole classes with #notastripper, or who still think that strippers are funny as the butt of a Tina Fey joke, you’ve got a long way to go, baby.