Maggiemcneill

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• Guinea Pigs

  

  This essay first appeared in Cliterati on February 22nd; I have modified it slightly to fit the format of this blog.As I’ve written many times, tyranny always... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Fadeaway

  

  I’ve never been very confident with women, so at the age of 28 I lost my virginity to a sex worker. I continued to see other professionals since then as time an... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#524)

  

  When two consenting adults have sex behind closed doors and if money changes hands then that is none of the state’s business. – Laura LeeDo As I Say, Not As I D... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Takao

  

  Unlike Takao who is very much missed, Komurasaki is missed by no one. – a Yoshiwara courtesan, quoted in 1683 By now the regular reader should have noticed thre... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #247

  

  Confused to see a diary column on a Monday? That was a sort of last-minute change designed to accommodate the fact that I’m really behind schedule and didn’t... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #246

  To protect and serve. (Rick Horowitz)Has a crime been committed? (Веселин Жилов)The... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#523)

  

  Sex workers in…[current] media accounts are not people, but fever dreams, to be pitied, laughed at, hyperbolically loathed, and surreptitiously lusted after. Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Contract

  

  I am curious whether you or any of your friends has ever signed or formally negotiated any kind of employment contract with the man involved? Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#522)

  

  The text of Eden folded seamlessly into the curriculum of U.S.-based anti-sex trafficking efforts with its images of taped mouths, chained wrists risen toward... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #246

  

  It hasn’t even begun to let up yet; if anything, last week was even more hectic than the week before. We’re working on a secondary business venture in addition... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Fictional Interlude: Tick Tock

  

  Time travels in divers paces with divers persons. – William Shakespeare, As You Like It (III,ii)The two of them lay as still as a statue in bed, their white... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #245

  We’re not anti-fairies but it’s in danger of getting out of control. – Steven AcremanThere was a good assortment of links this week, but only one video of note... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#521)

  

  The public never wants to hear that their fear-based and/or moral-routed legislation isn’t solving a problem. – Gracie PassetteAll Shapes and Sizes The world’s... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• The Following Friday the 13th

  

  Sex worker rights are human rights, and there can never be too many voices speaking up for them, nor too many occasions on which to speak. Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Who Pays?

  

  I have friend who dated an escort, and he said she liked to pay for things; she always grabbed the check at dinner, and also bought him gifts. Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#520)

  

  People have the right not to be “rescued” by outsiders who neither understand nor respect them. – Meena SeshuThe Scarlet LetterGiven that most sex workers aren’... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #245

  

  My first few weeks in Seattle have been incredibly hectic; in addition to normal difficulties of relocation and moving in with another adult person, I have... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Guest Columnist: Mara

  

  I think that one of the most important purposes of my guest columnist feature is to provide a look at experiences I’m not qualified to speak about personally, s... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #244

  You can’t be a heterosexual one day and a lesbian the next day. – Andrew BirdIn a few weeks I’ll probably let up on mocking Fifty Shades of Grey, but not until ... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#519)

  

  Selling sex is not inherently harmful or dangerous. Criminalising it would be. – Alex BryceThe Proper StudyPrevalent discourse would have you believe that sex... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY