Karina Content

Karina Content is the pseudonym of Karina Schaapman (born 6 June 1960 in Leiden), a Dutch writer and politician affiliated with the Labour Party (Netherlands). ^[1]

In 2005 Amma Asante (also a councilor for the Labour Party (Netherlands)) and Content, wrote a report, "Het onzichtbare zichtbaar gemaakt" (Making the Invisible Visible). Schaapman had once been a prostitute and was getting information about the influx of organized crime and violence into Prostitution in the Netherlands. Other reports came out around the same time. They concluded that a large number of prostitutes in Amsterdam were being forced to work and were being abused by pimps and criminal gangs, and that the goals of legalization were failing. ^{[2] [3]}

Publications

• Schoolstrijd (2000)
• Zonder moeder ("Without Mother", autobiographical, 2004)
• Het onzichtbare zichtbaar gemaakt ("Making the invisible visible", report, 2005)
• Hoerenlopen is niet normaal ("Visiting whores is not normal", pamphlet, 2007)
• Het Muizenhuis - Sam & Julia ("The Mouse Mansion - Sam & Julia", 2011)
• Het Muizenhuis - Sam & Julia in het theater ("The Mouse Mansion - Sam & Julia in the theater", 2012)
• Het Muizenhuis - Sam & Julia het grote feest ("The Mouse Mansion - Sam & Julia and the big party", 2013) This book was a gift for the royal princesses of the Netherlands when Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands was crowned king. 30,000 children in Amsterdam also received this gift for the inauguration.
• Het Muizenhuis - Sam & Julia in het circus ("The Mouse Mansion - Sam & Julia in the circus", 2013)

References

1. "PvdA'er Schaapman stopt per direct" [PvdA'er Schaapman stops immediately]. AT5 Nieuws (in Dutch). Amsterdam. March 27, 2008. Retrieved May 14, 2012. PvdA-raadslid Karina Content, beter bekend als Karina Schaapman, verlaat per direct de gemeenteraad (Labour council member Karina Content, better known as Karina Schaapman, will leave the council immediately)
2. Abuses in Prostitution, Trouw, December 12, 2005, by Dorien Pels, reprinted at fleshtrade Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine blog retr dec 2011.
3. Placing Prostitution: Formalizing the Spatial-Sexual Order of Amsterdamby Michaël Deinema Co-authored with Manuel Aalbers, Paper presented at the Conference "Imagining Amsterdam: Visions and Revisions", Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2009, November 21. at academia.edu retrieved dec 2011