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Olivia Snow

(She/Her)
Los Angeles, New York
As seen in: UCLA Newsroom, Yahoo Life, WIRED Magazine, Slate, The Daily Beast, VICE, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Nation, Jezebel, BEAMSTART, Tech News Tube and
Covers:  sex, labor, sex work, technology, policy, business, culture, surveillance, artificial intelligence
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AI Is Detaining Sex Workers at the Border-and You're Next

AI Is Detaining Sex Workers at the Border-and You're Next

The Daily Beast — Facial ID is being used to detain and ban sex workers from entering the country-and it's a harbinger of a rapidly encroaching surveillance state fueled by artificial intelligence.
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The 'Mommy Goddess' and the Mass Reporting of Sex Workers on Instagram

The 'Mommy Goddess' and the Mass Reporting of Sex Workers on Instagram

Jezebel — Anti-sex activists are picking off sex workers on Instagram-and Instagram is letting them.
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A Detailed Review of the Sex Scenes in the Kinkiest Major Movie Since Fifty Shades

A Detailed Review of the Sex Scenes in the Kinkiest Major Movie Since Fifty Shades

Slate — In Sex Reviews, writers offer a sober critical assessment of the sex scenes in new films. This installment contains spoilers for the movie Sanctuary. Sanctuary stars Christopher Abbott as Hal, an heir to a hotel fortune who is finally inheriting control of his father's company and is deeply insecure about it, and Margaret Qualley as Rebecca, a dominatrix who isn't about to let him end their working relationship, though he would like to.
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Sex Workers Have Been Banned From Airbnb for Years. Will You Be Next?

Sex Workers Have Been Banned From Airbnb for Years. Will You Be Next?

The Nation — Freya was planning a Christmas vacation to a small seaside town when she received a notification: Airbnb had not only canceled her booking but also suspended her account. When she asked why, Airbnb asked her to verify her identity, which she did by submitting her photo ID.
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'Magic Avatar' App Lensa Generated Nudes From My Childhood Photos

'Magic Avatar' App Lensa Generated Nudes From My Childhood Photos

WIRED Magazine — This weekend, the photo-editing app Lensa flooded social media with celestial, iridescent, and anime-inspired "magic avatars." As is typical in our milkshake-duck internet news cycle, arguments as to why using the app was problematic proliferated at a speed second only to that of the proliferation of the avatars themselves.
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Elon Musk's Reckless Plan to Make Sex Pay on Twitter

Elon Musk's Reckless Plan to Make Sex Pay on Twitter

WIRED Magazine — A plan to monetize adult content could make sense from a business and social standpoint. In practice, Twitter won't be able to pull it off. Last week, The Washington Post reported that Elon Musk plans to fast-track a product to monetize adult content on Twitter, which he more or less confirmed on Saturday afternoon.
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The Internet's Most Popular Fetish Site Is Flagging People As Sex Workers

The Internet's Most Popular Fetish Site Is Flagging People As Sex Workers

VICE — FetLife has never been super friendly towards sex workers. Now, the fetish site is filtering out regular users that have been labeled "commercial."
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Are You Ready to Be Surveilled Like a Sex Worker?

Are You Ready to Be Surveilled Like a Sex Worker?

WIRED Magazine — FOSTA/SESTA laws deplatformed sex workers and set the stage to overturn Roe v. Wade. Friday's Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is one of the most devastating rulings to come out of Washington. It's also the next step in a larger campaign to expand state surveillance and erode the right to privacy-a campaign that sex workers have been fighting for decades.
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I Told My Mentor I Was a Dominatrix

I Told My Mentor I Was a Dominatrix

The Chronicle of Higher Education — Something seemed off when I signed into Interfolio one late September morning, during the break between two classes I was teaching. I scanned the dossier a few times, wondering if it could be a glitch, and then it hit me: My mentor had withdrawn her letter of recommendation.
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