Back Issue #78 - Paperblog

Arbitrary social conventions have no more resemblance to real morality than pantomime horses have to thoroughbreds. – “Heart of Gold”

Fascinating to see fetishists convincing themselves their fantasies are real.
The Maoist cult whose members were at first called “slaves” by the media.
Vanillas who can’t recognize repressed kink when they see it are hilarious.
Next they’ll wonder why women working “illegally” increases dramatically.
“It’s hard to imagine a more predictable abuse of authority,” Maggie said.
Theresa May using “sex trafficking” as an excuse to destroy civil liberties.
It’s quite nice to see my ideas quoted positively in the mainstream press.
As long as these laws exist, all women are vulnerable to cop persecution.
If a cop rapes you, say he paid you instead. THAT he’ll get in trouble for.
Why can’t reporters write about murders of whores without lurid bullshit?
“Feminist” reporter says women are too stupid to manage our own lives.
Moral panics don’t end until they start disrupting lives of well-connected.
Are politicians stupider than other people, or does it just seem that way?
Liz Brown discovers a revolting pattern in US vice cops’ recent behavior.
Delusional anti-drug nonsense sounds like delusional anti-sex nonsense.
Kenyan sex work articles can be just as weirdly stupid as Nigerian ones.
Unlike US media, Canadians willing to call anti-whore rubbish what it is.
Cracked has a far more realistic view of sex work than “serious” media.
Femen’s main goal seems to be the generation of irony from hypocrisy.
The definition of “sexual predator” used here is too broad to be useful.
Another pogrom in the pocket police-state that is Polk County, Florida.
I honestly couldn’t think of what other category I could put this under.
“Expert sex therapists” have never labelled “sex addiction” a disorder.
Yet the government still won’t admit that the TSA attracts pedophiles.
Of all the semi-whores, none are as pompous as licensed masseuses.
Don’t teach kids about sex; fill their heads with anti-sex propaganda.
Eva Keene on the larger implications of the persecution of Backpage.
“Pizzagate” was a predictable outgrowth of “sex trafficking” hysteria.
What “legalized and heavily regulated” actually looks like in practice.
New payment processor, new rhetoric, same old anti-whore bullshit.
Ashley Madison still won’t admit to the known fact that it uses bots.
Fetishist admits her “information” is bullshit, yet teaches it anyway.
Sex workers need to keep fighting charges from “sting” operations.
“Pizzagate” lunacy sprang directly from “sex trafficking” hysteria.
Because pigs still don’t have enough excuses to cage people yet.
We can’t find any “victims”, yet the “problem” is “overwhelming”.
More than two years later, Mexico City’s whores are still fighting.
One of the more predictable uses of the “sex trafficking” excuse.
Jesse Walker on the long American tradition of rescue fantasies.
Another example of the “limited hours for massage parlors” fad.
Quite possibly the stupidest prohibitionist argument of the year.
It’s always great to see good December 17^th essays from allies.
Indian feminists’ enlightenment puts American ones to shame.
Just in case you think being a “legal” sex worker protects you.
Criminalization exposes whores to danger from real criminals.
Prohibition turns every individual’s body into a “crime scene”.
Liz Brown is as suspicious of the Sherri Papini case as I am.
A call for decriminalization in Australia’s Northern Territory.
Well, if Wonder Woman can teach breast self-examination…
Reflecting on three years of dramatic changes in my life.
We haven’t seen claims this ridiculous in quite a while.
How sex workers brought civilization to the Wild West.
You mean pictures don’t have magic anti-love powers?
“Concerned parents” is a euphemism for “busybodies”.
How do escorts command more respect from clients?
A disproportionate number of actual pimps are cops.
The dystopian future of Minority Report has arrived.
Presenting the tenth member of my Hall of Shame.
The first in-blog hinting about my upcoming move.
For those of you who still insist I’m an alarmist.
And this is different from the US…how, exactly?
How can I get a provider to give me a referral?
Yet another reminder that my time is not free.
A judge agrees that the law says what it says.
A rare victory for victims of legalized robbery.
America’s love-hate relationship with whores.
Preparing for the holidays, a visit and a tour.
Proofreading The Forms of Things Unknown.
Another round of persecution of TRB users.
A sneak peak at my story “Trust Exercise”.
On the futility of attempts to block porn.
I love it when they feed on each other.
This is what a moral panic looks like.
The judge, the feds and the stripper.
Called it. Five and a half years ago.
The rescue industry is big business.
No torches, but a mob nonetheless.
The five victims of Jack the Ripper.
70% of sex workers have children.
The “hooker with a heart of gold”.
Essentially, a mobile tippelzone.
Rapist cops of November, 2016.
Me, on the Politics of Sex Work.
Do as they say, not as they do.
What could possibly go wrong?
When will journalists grow up?
Dare we hope this is a trend?
My January 2017 tour dates.
The panic industry at work.
On sex workers’ families.
Ever more hilarious.
On pricing.
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