Because drug traffickers have been seen breathing, then breathing is an indicia of drug trafficking. – Justices Quinn, Campbell & Pirtle
There’s nothing “banned” about this Betty Boop Halloween cartoon from 1933; presumably, the label refers to the fact that once the Hays Code started being enforced the next year, Betty was given much less sexy clothes. The links above it were contributed by Scott Greenfield (“more”), Brooke Magnanti (“Lovecraft”), Tim Cushing (“idiots” and “posters”), Nun Ya (“attention”), Inspireland (“Because”), and Grace (“whatsoever”).
- More of this, please.
- Paging H.P. Lovecraft.
- More like dangerous idiots.
- Well, he certainly got their attention.
- The Beatles’ “Because” slowed down 800%.
- Thai horror-movie posters of the (mostly) 1980s.
- When will people learn? NOT. FOR. ANY. REASON. WHATSOEVER.
From the Archives
- This headline makes the contagion sound voluntary & evokes the “dirty whore” myth.
- In which I’m cited by a members of the US government Commission on Civil Rights.
- Trying to cash in on the “gypsy whore” myth before it collapses completely.
- That “prostitution-free zones” are unconstitutional never deters politicians.
- I love Liz Brown, & I mean that in whatever way she finds most appealing.
- Idealists beg their masters to revoke one tiny part of universal criminality.
- Not so long ago, a substantial fraction of US bars were owned by whores.
- Writer says Denmark doesn’t have enough reasons to lock people up yet.
- Hysteria, clowns, psychics, cops, headlines, stupidity, animation & more.
- Sometimes real motive for the “sex trafficking” narrative is transparent.
- Dear Dave Zirin: please STFU and stop parroting neofeminist nonsense.
- Was this “child sex trafficking sting” really an act of revenge by the US?
- How about an amateur physician causing harm through incompetence?
- All prohibition is the same, so any move away from it affects all types.
- Language, monkeys, fascism, magnets, cops, drugs, cheese & more.
- Why 90% of whores prefer to work illegally than submit to licensing.
- Even when authoritarians do right, they always warp it into wrong.
- Barry Freundel is a strict moralist of a rabbi, so guess what he did.
- Indian expert suggests decriminalizing sex work to prevent rapes.
- Radhika’s clutching her pearls so hard she’s about to break them.
- How sexually repressive cultures generate sexual horror imagery.
- Authoritarians think people can simply be ordered to be asexual.
- How can I become more confident and less shy around women?
- I’m really pleased to see black intellectuals writing about this.
- The “Juju sex slaves” myth just keeps on going like a zombie.
- How many moronic prohibitionist plays can the market bear?
- Sex work under “legalization” is still conceived of as a crime.
- One of the few decent “anti-trafficking” organizations closes.
- Guys, don’t accept unprotected sex from a whore. Really.
- I’ve written about this issue before, but this is a new low.
- Sex workers testify before the California state legislature.
- If I call an escort, will she tell me if she saw my husband?
- Man sues cops for wrecking his life in an anti-sex “sting”.
- Another bullshit story touting bullshit “safe harbor” laws.
- Need I point out that the War on Whores is the same?
- The half-life of sex radiation must be over 40 years.
- The phrase “sanctimonious bullshit” comes to mind.
- It turns out COAST is even sleazier than I thought.
- Bad assumptions lead to ridiculous conclusions.
- Unfortunately, facts don’t concern politicians.
- We still don’t know who Jack the Ripper was.
- Yet another serial killer targets sex workers.
- Queer-curing “warlock” rapes teenage boy.
- The Somaly Mam Foundation closes down.
- A popular escort realizes she has no past.
- Since when do “scientists” treat patients?
- A fundraiser for the St. James Infirmary.
- Links for Halloween, 2014 and 2015.
- Refuting the myth of the evil client.
- Yet another murdered sex worker.
- From sex worker to seamstress.
- How many men die at brothels?
- A letter from Amber Batts.
- The McNeill Rule in action.
- Whores migrate to Papua.
- An unexpected discharge.
- Rapist cop of the week.
- Back to New Orleans.
