Maggiemcneill

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2979 )

• Fictional Interlude: Heat

  She moved softly and silently along the branch, nearly invisible amidst the foliage; when it got too narrow to support her she dropped lightly down to the next... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #267

  Fruits and veggies we adore thee You are good and good for us. – USDA propaganda departmentI was traveling this week and therefore couldn’t collect as many link... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#563)

  

  My not existing is more important to [prohibitionists] than my safety. – Tara BurnsRough Trade Tara Burns offers a personal account of how criminalization... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Amnesty At Last

  

  They’re parroting back what they’ve been told to say, as actors do, and they got their names in the headlines, as actors like. Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Body and Soul

  

  I just don’t get why an intelligent girl with a good family and boyfriend would start to sell her body. She was so honest and let me look for a few seconds... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#562)

  

  Kristof is the sort of acute observer who, upon witnessing plantation slavery, decides that farming must be abolished. – Jacob SullumAmnesty At LastThe biggest... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #267

  

  It’s been an amazingly busy week! I said on Twitter that nobody should mistake this trip for a vacation, because it wasn’t (not for me, anyway; Jae Grace had ... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Guest Columnist: Aya De Leon

  

  Aya de Leon teaches creative writing in the African American Studies Department at UC Berkeley and blogs here on WordPress; her sex worker Robin Hood novel,... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #266

  I can’t breathe. – Joseph Sheldon HutchesonYou may think of this week’s video as either an affirmation or a not-very-subliminal hint, depending on your... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#561)

  

  The inevitable and terrifying end result of giving legal rights to fetuses [is] a woman…legally reduced to being nothing more than a vessel incubating a future... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Squirrel Tooth Alice

  

  The whore is despised by the hypocritical world because she has made a realistic assessment of her assets and does not have to rely on fraud to make a living. Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Meeting Maggie

  

  I understand that you’ve gone back to full-time sex work, but I don’t see anything on your site that explains how I can arrange to see you, what your rates... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#560)

  

  There’s never been a rational argument against the legalization of prostitution, and as far as I know there never will be. – J.R. IrelandWhere Are the Victims? Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #266

  

  It’s hard to believe that I’ve been back at the ranch for almost a week now, but it’s true; I arrived last Wednesday. But don’t think that means I’ve been... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #265

  Counsel for the Citizen Accused should be referred to primarily as the “Defender of the Innocent”…Alternatively, counsel would also accept the designation... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#559)

  

  Somewhere, some document says I am entitled to the pursuit of happiness. I can’t think of many things that make most people happier than sex. Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Back Issue: July 2012

  

  Just because there are presents under your tree does NOT mean they were left there by Santa Claus. – “Half-Armed”It’s strange how much more recent these essays... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• A Friend in Need

  

  I asked a close friend who isn’t a sex worker to be my safe call. Initially she agreed, but now suddenly she said she doesn’t want to hear about it, because... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#558)

  

  Sex work is the most pervasive profession for a reason: acquiring human connection is essential for life. – Jerome NicholsDroit du SeigneurMost cops think... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #265

  

  It’s been quite a week!  Kaytlin Bailey stayed at my place for a few days after the show, and we showed her the full hospitality of Seattle’s sex worker... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY