Maggiemcneill

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2979 )

• Galvanized

  

  When we eventually win our rights back we will, in a strange way, have our oppressors to thank for it. – “Cornered Animals”Contrary to popular American belief,... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#941)

  

  The justification that [cops need to be allowed to rape sex workers because] “it’s hard to prosecute otherwise” is like the justification that waterboarding is... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Back Issue #71

  

  For a man to…stare into my vulva as though he expected to see the future in it, makes me very uncomfortable. – “Aversions“ Sleazebag takes it upon himself to... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Fuck You, Pay Me

  

  I get that amateurs don’t think like whores, but…don’t most of y’all put at least some value on your time? Every time I buy anything online or even go anyplace... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#940)

  

  A child is three times as likely to be hit by lightning than to be kidnapped…by a stranger. – Lenore SkenazyMonsters This timing is very suspicious; will cops... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #465

  

  As those of you who read this blog every day already know, a week ago today I flew cross-country to see a lovely and generous gentleman overnight; I returned th... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diversion Tactics

  

  24 years ago on Memorial Day (it was the 29th that year), I suffered a deeply-traumatic experience which permanently shaped my feelings. Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #464

  

  Some days are grumpier than others.Beloved comedian Tim Conway died last week, but I decided to hold off reporting it until this week so I could share a video... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#939)

  

  Kraft’s…case punctured some of the overheated rhetoric surrounding coerced sex work. – Matt FordRough Trade A rare case where a rapist of sex workers is actuall... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Accountability

  

  I’ve noticed in the past year a dramatic increase in the number of politicians using the phrase “hold accountable”; it has become a moralistic shibboleth meanin... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• One of Those Days

  

  I wrote this column yesterday, on a very overcrowded plane with one baby screaming behind me, another to my left and still another a few rows ahead of me. Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#938)

  

  So much of the anti-prostitution laws that are being pushed is a combination of the conservative fetish for going after people for doing “sex stuff”, and the... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #464

  

  Some of you may have noticed that for all my steel, thunder and rationality, I’m also a very sentimental person. The top of my desk is cluttered with cards,... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Professor Syndrome

  

  In the Gilligan’s Island TV show, Dr. Roy Hinkley was originally stated to be a high-school science teacher with a degree in botany. Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #463

  

  The war on guns, like the war on drugs, is primarily waged on poor people. – Baynard Woods and Brandon SoderbergDoris Day, who passed away this week at the... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#937)

  

  Women…are being undermined by a system that should be supporting them. – Joan PhillipsSurplus WomenTwo women were murdered, but this reporter thinks the real... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• False Assumption

  

  I’ve written before on many occasions about how people love to create caricatures in their minds, apply a label to that caricature and then pretend it has... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Stop Encouraging Them

  

  I think most of my readers know that I think the idea that there is only One True Path to Decriminalization is as wrongheaded and destructive as the notion... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#936)

  

  We don’t know what we’re doing. – rare true prohibitionist statementReal People Stories like this need to be heard in order to fight the racist “sex trafficking... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #463

  

  After a week of events and misadventures, it was good to get back to my normal routine for a few days. The night I got home I wasted a perfectly good buzz on... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2019 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY