A message to young, radical feminists who have some strong negative feelings on prostitution: my name is Lydia. I’m a hooker in a brothel in the UK. I want my work to be decriminalised, and I think we agree on a lot more than you would think. You look at my work through an ethical lens, whereas I and my coworkers are forced to consider it first through the lens of our material realities. You ask the fair question: should prostitution exist? What does it mean for women that prostitution exists?