EPISODE 5: HUMAN TO HUMAN

 As Coronavirus takes hold overseas, Ruby has a very standard weekend at work. Valerie takes the week off work to move to a new house and contemplates if she’ll work next week, based on ongoing Coronavirus situation.  This week we also meet Lucie who is trying to create healthy boundaries between themselves and their work but is worried about how much longer they’ll be able to work  given the current circumstances.

If you would prefer to read our diaries, you can find the curated written diary entries at https://www.tosjournal.com/sex-worker-diaries/2020/11/26/violet-3. PART 15-18 of the written diaries relate to Episode 5 of the audio-documentary.

Sex Worker Diaries has been reviewed by the TØS Journal Editorial Committee and includes diaries from Violet Sweet, Valerie Miller, Ruby Summers and Lucie Bee.

SHOW NOTES

News snippets (in order of appearance):

Australia enters into coronavirus pandemic phase | ABC News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEgMbrQls80&t=8s&ab_channel=ABCNews%28Australia%29

Airlines cancelling flights to northern Italy as coronavirus takes hold | ABC News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkFOgvMNHMQ&ab_channel=ABCNews%28Australia%29

Authorities urge Australians not to waste facemasks as coronavirus preparations ramp up | ABC News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjukzhKObME&ab_channel=ABCNews%28Australia%29

Travel bans eased in China as coronavirus focus shifts to West | ABC News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ4mpb4oMtM&ab_channel=ABCNews%28Australia%29

Coronavirus COVID-19 has begun spreading in Australia. So, what happens now? | ABC News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGelZBRGkfo&ab_channel=ABCNews%28Australia%29

Italy locks down as coronavirus spreads through Lombardy | ABC News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T0kSAXdyFs&ab_channel=ABCNews%28Australia%29

The 8km zone in Sydney that has health authorities worried | ABC News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTsHzDh60Gc&ab_channel=ABCNews%28Australia%29

Bizarre coronavirus reactions lead to empty shelves | ABC News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXv9BczXRoE&ab_channel=ABCNews%28Australia%29

What happens if a global coronavirus pandemic is declared | 7.30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKWyAiZvB5Y&ab_channel=ABCNews%28Australia%

Music:

The Usual

AND

“Sadness” by Carl Henriksson via Epidemic Sound

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/bIMrHBmLyu/