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• In the News (#1085)

  

  McCain and her ilk…never let facts get in the way of a good moral panic. – Julianna PiccilloSo Close and Yet So FarYes, sex workers are more likely to experienc... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #539

  

  This week ends, of course, with my birthday! I’ve already received one gift, a copy of the Nicholas Cage version of Lovecraft’s The Color Out of Space (from... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Tricks for the Treat

  

  I’ve always been dedicated to the idea of this as the time of year for spooky fun. So every year I collect all the spooky, creepy or scary content from the... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #538

  

  Eventually, all of us are food for fungi. – Brian LovettThis week’s timely video was provided by Mistress Matisse, and the links above it by Cop Crisis, Jesse... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#1084)

  

  They could give us condoms, but instead they offer us thoughts and prayers. – Thierry SchaffauserHere We Go Again “Sex trafficking” propaganda has always been... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Bathhouse 22

  

  It took us six weeks, but we’ve finally got all the materials for our roof on the way! I was hoping to have the roof up before the rain came again, but Trump’s... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• For the Best

  

  Of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: “It might have been!” – John Greenleaf WhittierOn looking back at my life and pondering the various... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#1083)

  

  If there was a real problem we would know. – Maxime MaesJapanese Prostitution (#410) The Japanese get very touchy when anyone memorializes their... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #538

  

  One drawback to living on the edge of a rain forest is, as you can probably guess, that it rains an awful lot.  From October to May it’s always at least wet her... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Kiss Freedom Goodbye

  

  Authoritarians are apparently unable to conceive of any solution to any problem that doesn’t depend upon some kind of enforcers using violence to impose... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #537

  

  Vote, vote, vote Vote, vote, vote Unless you are a candied yam ‘Cause candied yams can’t vote. – CharlotteSince we’re getting close to both Halloween and the... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#1082)

  

  Think of the ramifications…if everyone who searched something…was subject to interviews by federal agents. – Todd SpodekTo Molest and Rape Given that the badge... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Intermission

  

  It’s been raining a lot lately, and we still haven’t found a place to get the roof purlins we need for phase 4 of the bathhouse project! Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Might Makes Right

  

  I saw several different articles covering this story earlier this month:…trends in public opinion that we’ve been tracking provide strong grounds for concern. Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#1081)

  

  [COVID-19 schemes] are throwing the working class under the bus. – Dr. Martin KulldorffDon’t Take My Word For It (#592)The Australian site Mama Mia, like the... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #537

  

  I think I’m just about done processing apples for the year. There’s a gallon carboy of cider fermenting out in the garage, and three jars each of apple jelly an... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Humiliation

  

  American cops seem to have become dissatisfied with merely brutalizing their victims; now, it seems, they feel they have to humiliate them as well.  A few... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #536

  

  This family…didn’t choose…to [allow] Jefferson Parish to look into their home and judge what happens there. – Chelsea CusimanoThe big news this week was the... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#1080)

  

  Pleasure can never be free. – Moroccan sayingSurplus Women Your regular reminder: this isn’t confined to the US:On 9 April, sex worker and activist Robyn... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Bathhouse 21

  

  For the last couple of weeks, developments on the bathhouse have been incremental; Chekhov stained the second cottage as you can see, and he also figured out ho... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY