Links #165

By Maggiemcneill @Maggie_McNeill

There’s a certain color someone uses that I won’t mention that tells me someone’s been demonized.  Everything that I talk about is based on numbers, is based on studies, which is what you do…when you’re a scientist.  -  Jerry Mungadze

Another good week for general links, though I’m glad it wasn’t quite so heavy on topical ones; if I start getting too many more of those I’ll have to expand to two TW3 columns, and I’m really not anxious to do that yet.  Our leading contributor for the week was Jesse Walker, with everything down to the first video; that one and “cat physics” were supplied by Mike Siegel.  The second video is just footage from a probe on the Martian surface of Phobos eclipsing Deimos, and was provided by Antonio Lorusso; the links between the videos are courtesy of Popehat (“science”), Aspasia (“nanotechnology”), Brooke Magnanti (“tentacles”), Franklin Harris (“haters”), Cthulhuchick (“Azathoth” and “canyon”), Mistress Matisse (“menstruation”), my husband (“allergies”),  Mike Riggs (“presence” and “prohibition”), Dean Clark (“taboo”), Cop Block (“never call cops”, “legless” and “bicycle”), and Radley Balko (“SWAT”).

From the Archives

  • How do I let my regular escort know that I truly value and appreciate her personality without coming off as creepy or patronizing?
  • I enjoyed your column of (x date), but it was rather superficial and I wanted to know why you didn’t mention y?
  • I’ve read that girls in Southeast Asia “treat men like kings” sexually;  what does that really mean?
  • The police state, apes, hysteria, rhetoric, bogus math, surveillance, ass wi-fi and nom nom nom.
  • Reality can only be fit into simplistic belief systems by ignoring most of it.
  • Basic “trafficking” sting: consenting adults caged, 44; victims rescued, 0.
  • Advice for a new escort in Malaysia and an aspiring plus size courtesan.
  • Why do people get upset if a woman prefers men of only one ethnicity?
  • “Trafficking” fanatics claim all whores make more than $300,000/year.
  • Prohibitionists have a weird idea of meaning of “support” and “help”.
  • Texas begins to realize that locking up whores is a waste of money.
  • Michael Weinstein’s campaign to turn porn movies into commercials.
  • Christians say GOP should do everything possible to increase rape.
  • Support for decriminalization continues to grow in Canada.
  • Are tall men more endowed than those of average height?
  • What type and size of penis do most women really prefer?
  • Sex strikes: good in theory, but usually poor in execution.
  • The truth about “sex trafficking” of North Korean women.
  • The counterfeit comfort of “sex offender” registries.
  • How can I help my boyfriend’s erectile dysfunction?
  • Monkeys prefer to play with gender-typical toys.
  • The inevitability of Nature getting her way.
  • Bringing sex workers into the public eye.
  • What are your views on polyamory?
  • Language patterns of New Orleans.
  • In Sweden, begging equals rape.
  • Prohibitionism is a mental illness.
  • Welcome to our world, chemists.
  • Kristof’s prohibitionist omelette.
  • The myth of “rape culture”.
  • David Vitter doesn’t tweet.
  • My ten favorite columns.
  • Maslow’s Hammer.