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LATEST ARTICLES ( 2979 )

• In the News (#1016)

  

  Almost all of the messages we get about trafficking are slanted toward imaginary victims. – Sabra BoydDroit du SeigneurThough pimps are not common, a... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Labor of Love

  

  Ever since I announced that I want to publish a third fiction collection, Lost Angels, sometime next year, my Muse of Fiction appears to have regained some... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #503

  

  I can’t breathe. – Dekyrion EllisEric Idle once said that he felt Monty Python was in a way a successor to the Beatles, but have you ever seen The Rutles? Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#1015)

  

  If someone wants to protect me they need to ask what helps me. – Gali, a stripper in Tel AvivRooted in RacismSometimes “trafficking” just means “bringing in... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Unsafe Space

  

  Note for new readers:  My blog and Twitter feed are definitely not “safe spaces”, and cannot be made so with “trigger warnings” or “content notes”. Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Revealing

  

  I live in a very small city, so there aren’t many escorts around here. I contacted a new one recently and when she replied, I notice that her username appears t... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#1014)

  

  If a consenting adult wants to engage in sex work, that is their right, and it should not be a crime. – Tulsi GabbardSee How Well It Works? Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #503

  

  Though last week was very busy (with work, other appointments, etc), I still managed to get everything done that I wanted to do, including preparing my tax stuf... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Monolith

  

  Chauvinism is a hell of a drug. Once a person has swallowed the Kool-aid that their own place and time are the best that have ever been, and that all future... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #502

  

  I think I’m dying. – Terral EllisSo here’s another unusual cover; this one is Dire Straits’ “Sultans of Swing” played on the gayageum by Luna, whom we’ve seen... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#1013)

  

  Companies…that made bad bets on the internet…[are] using…the political process to harm the competitors who built the products people actually want. Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Valentine’s Day 2020

  

  As longtime readers know, Valentine’s Day is my least favorite of holidays, and I’m not particularly fond of the typical iconography associated with it, either... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Shell Game

  

  Recently, I’ve received a number of requests for recommendations on advertising sites, both from sex workers and from clients.  For the time being, I only feel... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#1012)

  

  Judging from the epic case of [“Super Bowl sex trafficking”] mass psychosis…Floridians could easily give the Flat Earth Society a run for its ducats. Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #502

  

  Now that I’ve got a number of different products for sale, I had to rearrange my bookshelves in The Den (that’s what I call my city lair) to accomodate them... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• As Always

  

  I’ve got an article on the damage inflicted by FOSTA in the new print edition of Reason, and I think y’all should show your support by picking one up! Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #501

  

  Boo fucking hoo. – “Officer” Michael ValvaForget those incredibly annoying songs written for children by adults; this one was written by a child,... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#1011)

  

  While scandalized men are given second chances galore, women who society says behaved badly are branded for life. – Melissa PetroThink of the Children! Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Wannabe Heroes

  

  Ever wonder why so many men have bought into the “sex trafficking” fantasy? Part of it, as I’ve discussed before, is that insecure men need to believe that men... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• How Bi I Am

  

  People have such a need to cram others into little boxes. Somebody recently asked me how bisexual I am (I can only presume they meant my Kinsey number). Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2020 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY