He had had prior run-ins with local authorities. – Alexandra Petri
Guitarist J Geils, who founded the band that bore his name, died this week; a lot of sex workers dislike the band’s most famous song, “Centerfold”, for what seems to be acceptance of the Madonna/whore dichotomy. But the narrative persona in a song does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the songwriter (were the Rolling Stones advocating for war & genocide in “Sympathy for the Devil”?) and in this case, I’ve always felt the last line of the song indicates the writer’s real feelings about people who express the dichotomy. The links above the video were provided by Rick Horowitz, Jesse Walker (x2), Popehat, Mike Siegel, Radley Balko, and Mike Chase (in that order).
- Stop faking!
- R.I.P. J Geils.
- The Magnetic Girl.
- Brilliant and seasonal.
- Nightmare of the week.
- Not a police state, no sirree.
- Cop beats man for crossing street.
From the Archives
- Sex work is as legal in Christchurch as anywhere in New Zealand, but some would love it to be otherwise.
- Dutch pass more anti-whore laws, feign surprise when number of illegal whores increases.
- Those trapped in magical thinking can’t see that a human-shaped toaster is still a toaster.
- Competing to see who can inflict the most mindlessly-draconian sentences.
- Headlines, recursion, cops, dinosaurs, censorship, pre-crime, fake English.
- Even the silliest iterations of “gypsy whore” myth now contain disclaimers.
- Journalist argues whores are cattle who should be harvested by the state.
- Minds befuddled by prohibitionism are confused by predictable outcomes.
- Tiny minority of politicians manages to impose Swedish model on France.
- This listicle is more interested in being “cute” than it is in being accurate.
- They say it’s about “pimps”, but it’s really about sex workers and clients.
- Gays who promote anti-whore crusades are the sleaziest sleaze there is.
- Yes, Zimbabwe is actually ahead of the US in this area of human rights.
- Weird mixture of “sex trafficking” fantasy & technical-magazine writing.
- It was only a matter of time before male “survivors” started cashing in.
- I doubt an unwitnessed, informal contract would really protect anyone.
- Strip club alcohol bans are the most Puritanical of all sex “regulations”.
- Defining human sexuality as a medical “problem” in order to control it.
- “Sex addiction” is the defense of choice for non-violent sex offenders.
- You’ll notice that none of these laws really affect picket-fence queers.
- Grady Judd destroys people’s lives for his own self-aggrandizement.
- The Swedish model has virtually eliminated prostitution in Sweden!
- Article on women visiting massage parlors is a kiddie-train wreck.
- An interview with Chester Brown about his newest graphic novel.
- Another marketing firm creating bogus prohibitionist “studies”.
- One can never have too many anti-Swedish model editorials.
- Is Al Jazeera swinging away from anti-whore hysteria again?
- The source of all this bile is that a man went to a strip club.
- An evening with Mistress Matisse & Elizabeth Nolan Brown.
- Lehrer, Lovecraft, cops, cookies, the TSA and much more.
- A motel chain is systematically ratting out guests to cops.
- Massage therapists just can’t resist anti-whore posturing.
- A few journalists are starting to see where this is going.
- Could any woman really be satisfied by a micropenis?
- “Sex trafficking” smoke & mirrors obscure the truth.
- “Christian” vigilantes playing with people’s lives.
- More anti-whore propaganda mouthed by shills.
- Sex work is neither contagious nor a pathology.
- Interviews, pizza, and a nameless pink cocktail.
- Indian sex workers are getting tired of bullshit.
- A good criticism of US “anti-trafficking” policy.
- The predictable consequences of brothel raids.
- Ned really should’ve stuck with professionals.
- Banker fired for moonlighting as a domme.
- Malawi continues to do what the US won’t.
- How police profile and shame sex workers.
- I hope they keep feeding on each other.
- A review of The Girlfriend Experience.
- Strip clubs banned in Saskatchewan.
- In which Kaytlin Bailey comes out.
- This is actually kind of revolting.
- Introducing SWOP Behind Bars.
- This can only be a good thing.
- Boo hoo hoo, the poor wives.
- Burn. It. To. The. Ground.
- Naked Comedy Showcase.
- No, I won’t shill for you.
- Rapist cop of the week.
- Faces of prostitution.
