It is well-known that every new drug is the most dangerous drug that ever came along. – Peter Reuter
The links above this week’s video were provided by Thaddeus Russell (“rape”), Elizabeth N. Brown (“juice”), Sarah Woolley (“Leiber”), Jesse Walker (“Lovecraft”), Mike Siegel (“prohibition”), Jesse Walker (“map”), Domina Elle (“bystanders”), Mike Riggs (“sidewalk”), Radley Balko (“literally”), Jillian Keenan (“message”), and Clarissa (“hammer”).
- Be careful who you (try to) rape.
- Flying makes tomato juice taste better.
- Paging Fritz Leiber. And H.P. Lovecraft.
- “Prohibition is the thing that’s driving a lot of this.”
- A map for nearly every modern high-fantasy novel.
- Bystanders prevent thugs from abducting 14-year-old girl.
- In Washington DC, just standing on the sidewalk is illegal.
- US politicians don’t normally destroy enemies quite so literally.
- When government does this, it’s praised as “sending a message“.
- Government is just a word for the things we choose to do together.
- The crime: jaywalking. The penalty: beaten in the face with a hammer.
From the Archives
- Proto-internet, cops, teachers, bureaucracy, phenomena, Calvin & Hobbes, fallacies, Lovecraft, Nutella and exploding sex toys.
- US media print ignorance from cops and prohibitionists; Canadian ones publish articles by sex workers.
- While Western Australia moves toward criminalization, South Australia does exactly the opposite.
- State expects parents to “control” 33-year-old daughter, abandon her, or turn her in to cops.
- Article by “investigative journalist” provides lesson in moral complexity & ambiguity.
- Swedish cultists so deluded they want disagreeing with them to be illegal.
- Articles are more revealing when examined critically by informed minds.
- Is the CPS hiring bad TV writers to produce scripts for their accusations?
- Zimbabwe’s repeated “crackdowns” on whores keep netting amateurs.
- Cops, propaganda, robots, Sweden, crocodiles, Tom Lehrer and more.
- If cops can use these tactics against legal businesses, is anyone safe?
- This includes far too much “whore as victim” rhetoric, but it’s a step.
- Is there really a legal difference between prostitution and escorting?
- Another example of how neofeminists play fast and loose with facts.
- What advice do you have if I want to start working immediately?
- Hey, kids, be the first in your neighborhood to be “trafficked”!
- Another call for decriminalization of sex work in South Africa.
- The “Harvard of sex trafficking”? WTF does that even mean?
- That whole “higher education” thing was nice while it lasted.
- What do porn performers and gun dealers have in common?
- Can relationships with different sexual histories really last?
- Miami guards scald a prisoner to death in a locked shower.
- Cops caught on camera abusing massage parlor manager.
- More horrible gadgets for micromanaging your child’s life.
- The havoc wrought by “sex trafficking” hysteria on Nepal.
- Another good interview with the amazing Rachel Wotton.
- HPV vaccine decreases genital warts in Australia by 59%.
- Would a photo of a “topless” male baby also be banned?
- Damned amateurs are always screwing everything up.
- Skepticism about “sex trafficking” tropes is growing.
- Indian sex workers get counterfeit-spotting lessons.
- Yet another awful article about “safe harbor” laws.
- Hamilton, New Zealand’s biggest brothel keepers.
- Another case of structural sex ray contamination.
- NIMH will no longer fund research based on DSM.
- SWOP warns streetwalkers about Project ROSE.
- Prohibitionists are “rescuing” whores to death.
- “Sex trafficking” as an example of The Big Lie.
- A judge pretends that words can be felonious.
- I think the Topless Tunisian’s mother is right.
- “Sex trafficking” fetishism really is like a cult.
- The true cause of “sex trafficking” is PORN!
- Another excellent essay from Felicia Anna.
- “Super gonorrhea” does not actually exist.
- In which I ask readers for makeup advice.
- Sex worker rights activists won’t go away.
- Kim Jong-Un’s ex-lover is alive and well.
- An ally writes to placate prohibitionists.
- Serial sex worker rapist found guilty.
- Good satire sticks close to the truth.
- Washington, DC’s favorite madam.
- A rescue industry report vs reality.
- Another case of the missing word.
- Disgruntled client sues stripper.
- Rapist cops of the week.
