Links #547

By Maggiemcneill @Maggie_McNeill

They…leave people’s lives in ruins because they got it wrong.
–  Anjanette Young

When I retweeted the video I featured last week, reader Michael Norwitz called my attention to this one; I think it’s a suitable way to close out the year!  The links above it were provided by Stephen Lemons, Jillian Keenan, Radley Balko, Cop Crisis, Franklin Harris, and Scott Greenfield, in that order.

From the Archives

  • It’s hilarious that these dumb sex doll conferences keep getting cancelled.
  • Prohibition turns bodies into “crime scenes” which cops can violate at will.
  • Religious-nut cop schemes to brainwash women at remote, hidden ranch.
  • Whores understand the need for STI prevention; amateurs, not so much.
  • In case anyone still doubts that politicians are deranged megalomaniacs.
  • A good profile of veteran trans & sex worker activist Ceyenne Doroshow.
  • Previous columns for Yule, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day & Boxing Day.
  • Does anyone other than local news fail to see what a disaster FOSTA is?
  • The state only cares about imaginary perfect “sex trafficking victims”.
  • Enjo kosai girls get better at protecting themselves from busybodies.
  • Government is just a word for the things we choose to do together.
  • If they win, it would be a powerful blow to Swedish criminalization.
  • Prohibitionists try to subvert debunking of the gypsy whores myth.
  • Though Amazon isn’t listening to shareholders, it seems Google is.
  • The Spanish sex worker union the government wants to suppress.
  • The EFF has recently emerged as one of our most powerful allies.
  • This ridiculous failure rate won’t stay inaccurate for much longer.
  • A retrospective of my columns from December 2015 and 2016.
  • Yet another large union declares support for sex worker rights.
  • All too often, evil arrives cloaked in the mantle of expediency.
  • In mass surveillance, fascism beats communism hands down.
  • Never forget that “filter” is merely a euphemism for “censor”.
  • Because obviously prohibition doesn’t ruin enough lives yet.
  • The handwriting is on the wall for “feminist” prohibitionism.
  • “Peacekeeper” is just another euphemism for “cop”.
  • What does her income have to do with her murder?
  • Go on, keep raising your kids to respect authority.
  • Cops, Florida, deaths, animation and much more.
  • People sometimes ask why I’m not on Facebook.
  • Even being related to a cop may be enough.
  • Cops, trains, the sea, and much more.
  • December 17th performance art.
  • A hypocrite and a cheapskate.
  • Christmas and Star Trek.
  • Rapist cops of the week.
  • Christmas at Sunset.