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• That Was the Week That Was (#139)

  

  Your typical “good feminist” engages in “sex-positive activism” by assuring one another that they are bold “revolutionaries” for watching punk porn or buying... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Symposium

  

  It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.Over the past three years I’ve slowly built u... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• There Ain’t No Bad Guys

  

  There ain’t no good guys, there ain’t no bad guys. There’s only you and me and we just disagree. - Jim KruegerA.S. writes:I’m in a “lukewarm” marriage. Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• My Favorite Games

  

  No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called Games. - W.H. AudenI adore games; I always have and I always will. Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Learning Curve

  

  Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs. - Marlene DietrichI’ve noticed a definite trend in the “gypsy whore” and “sex trafficking” hype around Super... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Straining at Gnats

  

  Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.-Matthew 23:24Sex worker rights activists hear a lot of arguments against decriminalizing our... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Blunt Instrument

  

  Philosophy, as the modern world knows it, is only intellectual club-swinging. - H.L. MenckenI’ve often referred to Maslow’s Hammer, the principle that “If the... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Number Puzzle

  

  He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts—for support rather than illumination. - Andrew LangDoes anyone remember number puzzles? Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Caring Professionals

  

  This essay first appeared on Cliterati on January 31st; I have modified it only slightly so as to fit the format of this blog. Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Skin To Skin

  

  This essay first appeared on Cliterati on January 27th; I have modified it only slightly so as to fit the format of this blog. Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Fictional Interlude: Point of View

  

  This month’s story is a bit of a departure; it’s quite short, and there really isn’t a whore in it, but I think you’ll enjoy it anyway. Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• St. Valentine’s Day

  

  Today is Valentine’s Day, or as men like to call it, Extortion Day! - Jay LenoA few Februaries ago my husband called me from the road one day to tell me what a... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Wednesday Links

  Remember that thou art dust, and to dust thou shalt return. - Genesis 3:19Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of the solemn liturgical season of Lent;... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Mardi Gras 2013

  

  Mardi Gras is the love of life. It is the harmonic convergence of our food, our music, our creativity, our eccentricity, our neighborhoods, and our joy of... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Unclean Situation

  

  We have to learn how to come out of unclean situations cleaner than we were, and even how to wash ourselves with dirty water when we need to. Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• That Was the Week That Was (#136)

  

  Whorephobia…can manifest in various forms, including…rejection of a fellow…human being…projection of one’s own life experiences onto another…and in severe cases... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• The Devil’s Toys

  

  Those who play with the devil’s toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword. - R. Buckminster FullerThough the concept of the “slippery slope” can (and... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Us and Them

  

  Arbitrary rule has its basis, not in the strength of the state or the chief, but in the moral weakness of the individual, who submits almost without resistance... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Cora Pearl

  

  I have never deceived anybody for I have never belonged to anybody. My independence was all my fortune, and I have known no other happiness; and it is still wha... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2013 SEXUALITY

• Bad Boys

  

  Power is the great aphrodisiac. - Henry KissingerI’ve been asked on a number of occasions why women are attracted to “bad boys”, even when those men are abusive... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY