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Tag: sex industry survivors speak about mental health

by Thoughts From Jas
Posted on August 4, 2019August 5, 2019

Why we shouldn’t be paying for NDIS recipients to see sex workers

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Currently ‘dying’ from a particularly nasty flu, which has not only given me full body chills, high temps, and a sore throat, but I’ve also just about lost my voice... which is particularly torturous when you are trying to keep your toddler from destroying the house, or having them follow you around constantly, holding up items and repeatedly saying WHAT’S THAT?! WHAT’S THAT?! WHAT’S THAT?! . . 🙄🙄🙄 (Omg kid, I told u a million times already, it’s a nerf gun. Don’t you know what that is? Geeeezzz 🙄😂) . . But hey, I got some time to myself this afternoon (thanks sis!), and finally got around to getting the rest of my foils done. So yay! Now I’m a full mermaid... no more ‘cruela de ville’ style brown/blue hair 😂

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