Maggiemcneill

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2979 )

• In the News (#1068)

  

  Traffickers aren’t sneaking into your home in the night and stealing your teen daughter from her bed. – Kip HollenbeckFinding What Isn’t ThereAre some cops... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Bathhouse 14

  

  Heavy rain last Thursday and Friday slowed us down, but we were still able to get the foundation for the cottage finished by dinnertime Saturday, at which... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• (State) Violence Against Women

  

  Every so often a story comes along that demands too long a quote, and covers too many categories, to fit neatly into a news column. Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#1067)

  

  Prohibitions don’t eliminate things. They drive them underground. – Jeffrey MironWelcome To Our WorldYou mean laws can’t stop consensual business transactions?... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #530

  

  On Thursday morning I woke up at Sunset, came downstairs, looked out the back door and immediately turned on my phone to catch this picture. Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Ask Maggie, Volume I

  

  Despite delays and obstructions, Ask Maggie, Volume I is here! It contains 80 of my answers to reader questions, and volume II (currently planned for October)... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #529

  

  I hate that you put me in this position. – unidentified pigAs many of you can probably guess, I’m not a fan of Platonic thought; I am, however, a fan of weird... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#1066)

  

  It’s awful to think how disposable [migrant] women are. – Linda CorchadoTo Molest and Rape (#996) The state is more willing to act when a cop molests a corpse... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Bathhouse 13

  

  I was in Seattle for most of this week, but last week I was at Sunset working hard on the bathhouse project. I continued building the deck until I ran out of... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• The Implosion Begins

  

  More than eight and a half years ago I predicted that when the end of “sex trafficking” hysteria came, it would not simply fade away, but rather violently... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#1065)

  

  What seems obvious to citizens is far too often deliberately unclear to government agencies. – Tim CushingNegative Secondary EffectsBusybodies are trying to... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #529

  

  As regular readers have noticed, I’m not spending a lot of time in Seattle lately, so I try to schedule my dates with clients in close proximity to beauty or... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Catching Up, Revisited

  

  Seven years ago I published “Catching Up“, in which I gave a new reader advice of how to get started reading my blog. At the time, I compared the strategy of... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #528

  

  I could have gotten shot in my face. – Sincere GoodmanIf I’d play music more often while I worked, I probably wouldn’t have as many weird songs pop into my head... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#1064)

  

  Gender-specific…violence is not an aberrant corner of law enforcement. It is…a cornerstone of police power. – Anne Gray FischerI Swear To GodJust in case you... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Bathhouse 12

  

  Last week we ran the new power cable and installed the part of the French drain running under the main part of the deck, thus clearing the way for me to start... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Obsolete Architecture

  

  The ACLU of old is, alas, no more.  Gone is the organization so passionately devoted to civil liberties that it paid for a team of Jewish lawyers to defend... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#1063)

  

  The fear of ending up homeless is bigger than that of Covid. – Fernanda PoncianoPanopticon (#609)Buried lede: cops were using a license plate reader to... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #528

  

  It appears I’m not the only one who wants to protect her skin from the sun; as I was taking a short break in the shade, Chekhov snapped this picture with... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Guest Column: Testimonial

  

  This was written at the request of a sex worker who wanted to explain the business to someone close to her who objected to sex work and believed most sex worker... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY