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Molly Smith is a sex worker and activist with the Sex Worker Advocacy and Resistance Movement (SWARM). She is also involved with SCOT-PEP, a sex worker–led charity based in Edinburgh that is working to decriminalize sex work in Scotland. She has written articles on sex work for the Guardian and New Republic.
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