Venus
Venus is co-founder of Shadow Sistxrs Fight Club and a a sex worker, performance artist and facilitator who has been practicing self-defence for over twenty years. With a Black Belt in Karate and a Purple Belt On Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, she draws from her background in martial arts to devise workshops that explore agency and autonomy to address socialised beliefs around power, strength and survival. She is founder of Sex and Rage, a second worker and activist led organisation resisting stigma and shame through sex education. As an advocate for sex workers’ rights, she works to organise spaces that explore the intersections of sex work, survivorship, race and gender identity. A current student of politics and philosophy, her work is ultimately an exploration of the profound relationship between personal and social justice.