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• That Was the Week That Was (#330)

  

  Sex workers consider the promotion of the Swedish model and other forms of criminalization not just part of an ongoing “debate” on sex work, but a matter of lif... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Give Them an Inch…

  

  This essay first appeared in Cliterati on June 23rd; I have modified it slightly for time references and to fit the format of this blog. Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Cleaning Toilets

  

  The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves. - Logan SmithWhen it comes to housework, everyone is different; though some people are either... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Cutting Remarks

  

  A large majority of the whores I have seen have been the lower tier type. I have always acted right, but often come across those who somehow get into it with... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Celebrity

  

  Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud. - W.H. AudenAs regular readers know, all last week I was attending the Desiree Alliance convention i... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• The Magdalene

  

  Then Mary wept and said to Peter, My brother Peter, what do you think? Do you think that I have thought this up myself in my heart, or that I am lying about... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• That Was the Week That Was #329

  

  The First TimeBecause obviously, a random amateur will give him a better experience than a skilled professional.Looking to send her nerdy son off to Harvard in... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Long Spoon

  

  This essay first appeared in Cliterati on June 9th; I have modified it slightly for time references and to fit the format of this blog. Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• More Harm Than Good

  

  No people do so much harm as those who go about doing good. - Mandell CreightonI’ve often written about how important allies are in the struggle for sex worker... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Keep Doing What You’re Doing

  

  For the first time in my life, a man has is proffering me the opportunity you usually only read about: not just becoming his mistress, but doing so with all... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Rubbing Elbows

  

  I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, ‘Tis all barren–and so it is; and so is all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruits it... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Fictional Interlude: For I Have Sinned

  

  Prostitution in the towns is like the cesspool in the palace: take away the cesspool and the palace will become an unclean and evil-smelling place. - St. Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• That Was the Week That Was (#328)

  

  Be the sort of victim people want, swallow the crap about not really choosing sex work, tell a few stories about bad clients and pray with the fervor of a... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Ad Absurdum

  

  This essay first appeared in Cliterati on May 26th; I have modified it slightly to fit the format of this blog.Reductio ad absurdum is a form of argument which... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Passive Voice

  

  We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we move from the passive voice to the active voice–that is, until we have stopped... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Third Anniversary

  

  My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and viewing them as if they were... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Guest Columnist: Onioja (Part Two)

  

  This is the second part of the story of a Nigerian sex worker in Amsterdam; if you missed the first part yesterday, I urge you to go back and read it first... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Guest Columnist: Onioja (Part One)

  

  When a regular reader in Amsterdam mentioned that his regular escort was a Nigerian immigrant, I asked him to ask her if she would be interested in telling her... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• That Was the Week That Was (#327)

  

  We need to listen to [sex workers]…rather than feeling sorry for them…and then actually take what they say seriously. - Jeanett BjønnessJapanese... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Public Property

  

  This essay first appeared on Cliterati on May 19th; I have modified it slightly for time references and to fit the format of this blog. Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY