http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png http://jezebel.com/tag/streetwalkers http://jezebel.com/tag/streetwalkers Last night in Rio, prostitutes modeled the new collection for Daspu, a clothing line designed by prostitutes. "When my hooker girlfriends parade pretty and proud, they are speaking about themselves and become revolutionaries," says founder Gabriela Leite. [Sydney Morning Herald]

]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5346765&view=rss&microfeed=true Monica Gonzalez; a 40-year-old grandmother and resident of Brooklyn is fighting her arrest for prostitution last November. Gonzalez, who suffered an asthma attack earlier that day, was on her way to the hospital a few blocks from her house when cops stopped her and arrested her on charges of prostitution, claiming that she was carrying a condom and had previously been arrested for prostitution. Gonzalez had no prior history of arrest and says that she was not carrying a condom. But what does the officer who arrested her care? Women of color don't have medical issues that warrant late-night walks to emergency rooms! [NY Daily News]

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