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• Links #235

  If you can talk, you can breathe. – unidentified murderer copNot a bad selection of links for the post-holiday weekend, really; the first video was one of... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#501)

  

  Sex workers are…the sacrificial offering that people outside of the industry are willing to make in an attempt to attain an impossible state of societal purity. Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• It Was Twenty Years Ago Today

  

  That which does not kill us makes us stronger. – Friedrich NietzscheI’ve often referred to my “year of disaster”, August 1994 to July 1995, a single twelve-mont... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• New Year’s Day 2015

  

  Every thing teaches transition, transference, metamorphosis: therein is human power, in transference, not in creation; therein is human destiny, not in... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• New Year’s Eve 2014

  

  The Old Year has gone. Let the dead past bury its own dead. - Edward PowellAs has been my custom for five years, New Year’s Eve is the occasion for a... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2014 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #235

  

  What a wonderful Christmas this has been! I picked up Jae from the airport last Tuesday, and she and Grace got along famously; as I tweeted on Boxing Day, it’s ... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2014 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Back Issue: December 2011

  

  If you’re at Wal-Mart, how do you know your cashier doesn’t have a lazy boyfriend at home who forces her to work and takes her money? You don’t. Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2014 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #234

  How about if I see you post this on YouTube, I’ll find a way for the DA’s office to arrest you? – “Trooper” RosenblattIt’s not surprising that I have so little... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2014 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• That Was the Week That Was (#452)

  

  Apparently learning when to use a turn signal is twice as complicated as conducting an undercover operation that jeopardizes women’s lives. Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2014 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Boxing Day 2014

  

  While it’s true that we can no longer put the entire world on hold for twelve days, I’m sure most of you can manage two. – Maggie McNeillDoctors, so it is... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2014 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Christmas Eve 2014

  

  Christmas is…big enough for all the varied traditions which it encompasses, and then some, and any attempt to reduce it to one specific “reason for the season”... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2014 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #234

  

  So here I am, down to the last few hours before Christmas; I’m writing this on Sunday morning, after making the dough for the pumpkin gingerbread cookies but... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2014 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Yule 2014

  

  Here comes the sun, Here comes the sun And I say it’s all right. – George HarrisonSome people wonder why I, a pagan, celebrate Christmas. Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2014 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #233

  By the way if anyone feels they can’t breathe or their lives matter I’ll be at the movies tonight, off duty, carrying my gun. – Phillip WhiteIt was a pretty... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2014 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• That Was the Week That Was (#451)

  

  [Sex workers] can’t be slandered, apparently, because our status is THAT low. – Mistress MatisseOut of ControlThis was obvious to anyone who’s actually known an... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2014 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• A Year Later

  

  This essay first appeared in Cliterati on December 14th; I have modified it slightly for time references and to fit the format of this blog. Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2014 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Up to Date

  

  “Sex trafficking” hysteria has given cops and prosecutors a rationale for harassing the screening services sex workers use to protect themselves, often... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2014 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• On December Seventeenth

  

  To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven…A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance. Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2014 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #233

  

  I’m slowly getting my head back into the necessary space for catching up on my work, but it hasn’t been easy; Monday and Tuesday last week were largely... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2014 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Fictional Interlude: Serpentine

  

  Every December, I present a different kind of story; they’re usually light, and some contain puzzles. This one certainly isn’t light, but it’s…well, you’ll see. Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2014 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY