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• A Year Not Reviewed

  

  Every year at this time, I used to do a statistics column looking at my blog’s performance over the past year.  But as I wrote last time around,…it’s getting a... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2018 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Tit For Tat

  

  Two days ago, Dan Savage shared this letter on Twitter and asked a number of sex workers he knows for their input: There were a lot of answers you might find... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2018 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#803)

  

  People say [sex work] is…easy money…those are people who have never done sex work. – Christa DaringWatershedSlowly but surely, public opinion is turning in our... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2018 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #393

  

  Though the holiday season officially ended on Saturday, Lorelei and I have planned a sort of epilogue to it; very early Thursday morning we’ll be departing for... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2018 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Guest Columnist: Liana

  

  I recently received an email from the ladies at MatureSensual, an advertising site for escorts over 40, about changes they’re making to head off the growing... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2018 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#802)

  There is no “Truckers Against Trafficking Truckers” to help me safely return to the freedom and independence of sex work. – Kelly MichaelsBackfirePathetic “sex... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2018 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #392

  

  This call was little peculiar for us. – murder apologist Troy LivingstonThough there are plenty of falling domino videos on the internet, I’m enchanted by the... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2018 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #392

  

  It’s just so lovely having Grace nearby. Instead of having to fly her here and deal with all the logistics of a two-week vacation, all I had to do is take a... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2018 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#801)

  

  Sexworkers don’t need their therapist to “rescue” them. – Ronete CohenMoloch How many kids need to be sacrificed to this obscenity before it’s enough? Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2018 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Cassandra’s Mirror

  

  In January of 2012, I predicted the demise of “sex trafficking” hysteria, and up until one year ago today that prediction was right on schedule: “…articles... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2018 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• New Years Eve 2017

  

  Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. – attributed to Lucius Annaeus SenecaAnd so we come to the end of another difficult year. Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2017 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #391

  

  I will eat Mum on Christmas Day. – Debra ParsonsAdd to your list of Maggie’s weird little personality quirks: I love Rube Goldberg machines. Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2017 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Back Issue: December 2014

  

  [Sex workers] must love and care for each other so, because none of the “good”, “righteous”, “upstanding” members of “law-abiding” society will. Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2017 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #391

  

  It’s rare that it snows in Seattle at all, much less right on time.  But this year, thanks to several hours of Christmas Eve snow all over this part of the... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2017 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#800)

  

  Democrats have been using internet sex panics to score political victories since the days of MySpace. – A.V. FloxRough Trade Please be careful out there,... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2017 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #390

  

  Your language is disgusting. – unnamed racist womanOne of my favorite musicians has just released a new Christmas album, and here’s her performance of one of... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2017 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#799)

  

  Sex workers…are fed up with being used as pawns…in…a publicity stunt. – Valerie ScottDirty AmateursAmateurs are a menace to public health; they should be... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2017 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Yule 2017

  

  The apparent path of the sun reaches its southernmost point at 16:28 UTC today, making this the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2017 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Twitterpated

  

  Do you follow my Twitter feed?  You really ought to, and if you aren’t on Twitter you should join just to follow me.  I mean, look at some of the cool tweets... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2017 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #390

  It’s the holidays again, and that means my schedule is all over the place (though in a not-necessarily-bad way).  Y’all may have noticed my latest news and link... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2017 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY