Maggiemcneill

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2979 )

• Doubling Down

  

  This essay first appeared in Cliterati on February 8th; I have modified it slightly to fit the format of this blog.As I’ve pointed out many times, moral panics... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Upside Down

  

  I am 27 years old and still a virgin; I don’t think I know much about sex, except in theory. I have a crush on a former Facebook friend’s boyfriend; he flirts... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#518)

  

  If [rescuers]…used my photo in websites, smiling, showing me sewing clothes I couldn’t even afford, I would want someone to at least say, “Yeah, that is... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Hands On

  

  I think I can safely speak for virtually all sex workers when I say that we don’t want to be passive tools used by governments and NGOs as the excuse for... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• An Ending and a Beginning

  

  Now here you go again You say you want your freedom Well, who am I to keep you down. – Stevie Nicks, “Dreams”This was not an easy essay to write, which is why... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #243

  A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. – Leonard NimoySometimes it’s easy to find two videos for these... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#517)

  

  People don’t come alone to Mardi Gras to find a hooker. – HelenaWhores and WivesAmateur women’s attacks on sex workers are always pretty pathetic, but this one... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Nothing New

  

  This essay first appeared in Cliterati on January 25th; I have modified it slightly to fit the format of this blog.Every generation thinks it invented sex, or a... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Fraught With Complications

  

  I recently started dating an escort that I’ve been seeing professionally for a while, but I found out that all of her escort friends are warning her away from... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#516)

  

  If sex has no value, how can prostitution be illegal? – Beaufort ObserverThe Biggest WhoresQuite possibly the stupidest statement ever made about sex:North... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #243

  

  The trip to Seattle went as smoothly as I could have wished; the car performed very well, averaging 30 miles per gallon over the whole trip (and remember, a... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Back Issue: February 2012

  

  The official and popular paradigm appears to be based on the belief that sex is such a horrible, monstrous abomination that the mere mention of it to an adult... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #242

  I am outraged that Mr. Alexander for two and a half decades failed to take this matter seriously. – Judge Kathleen McCarthyIt’s not often that we have a tie... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#515)

  

  People who think they can abolish [sex work] entirely from any country are living in a dream world. – Ronald WeitzerComing and Going…In 2012, more than 1,000... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Moving Pictures

  

  This essay first appeared in Cliterati on January 18th; I have modified it slightly for time references and to fit the format of this blog. Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Lady Hamilton

  

  A cleaner, sweeter bed-fellow does not exist. – Greville’s letter praising Emma to Lord HamiltonWhen Mandy Rice-Davies compared herself to Lady Hamilton, Lord... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#514)

  

  No sex worker I know reports clients as being the biggest problem…it’s always the rescuers, the police and the state who seem to do them the most harm. Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Mardi Gras 2015

  

  The deities who preside over [carnival] are not those associated with Christianity, but rather the ancient pagan gods who, in New Orleans alone out of this whol... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #241

  When the officer released her neck, Ms. Callaway gasped for air. She could not see because there was a bag over her head, but she felt the weight of a boot in... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#513)

  

  It is…easier to characterize sex work activists as traffickers and pimps than what they really are: vulnerable women advocating for themselves within a system... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY