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• Guest Columnist: Desmond Ravenstone

  

  Desmond Ravenstone is an activist and organizer with more than thirty years of experience, from his student days at Oberlin College, to the marriage equality... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #332

  

  I don’t have time to play this constitutional bullshit. – unnamed DC copWhat the fuck, 2016?  How many great songwriters are you going to take?  David Bowie,... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#689)

  

  The reason it took so long was we kept looking for something we couldn’t find. – Joe DiSalvoElection Day (#45) It was interesting, but not at all surprising,... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Armistice Day

  

  We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2016 SOCIETY

• Straight Talk

  

  Yesterday afternoon on Twitter, I tweeted out a rather long series of tweets; as per my request it was retweeted fairly heavily, but it’s such an important... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#688)

  

  When the government shuts down sites like Rentboy, they’re really taking away tools for folks to be safe. – Becky BarryteDirty AmateursAmateurs are a menace to... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #332

  

  On Friday I flew out to Oklahoma to speak at the #OKAnarchy2016 conference at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, and if you’d like to see what was going on... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #331

  

  The specter of death creates supreme delights, salivary expectations, and this is why the greatest of gastronomical refinements consists in eating ‘cooked and... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#687)

  

  It’s largely assumed that human trafficking is both widespread and underreported…these assumptions are unsubstantiated by research. Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Remember, Remember

  

  All things must end…life depends upon the deaths of other organisms, and…old, decaying things must be cleared away – sometimes forcibly – in order to make way... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Count the Idiocies

  

  Even after all these years reporting on the moronic garbage vomited forth by cops, politicians, “rescue” profiteers and other prohibitionists, I’m sometimes... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #331

  

  Last week was full of lovely distractions, mostly Halloween and birthday-related. And I conveniently had a day of rest between each one to recover before the... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#686)

  

  This is neanderthal policing based on hysteria and headline-chasing. – Alex Feis-BryceReal People What’s “shocking” is that some people are so ignorant they... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Fictional Interlude: On the Riverbank

  

  Say to her, “My dear, my dear, It is not so dreadful here.” – Edna St. Vincent Millay, “Prayer to Persephone”Every year it’s the same; by the time August rolls... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #330

  

  Obviously, she didn’t come out of it well. – Danielle BargalaAnother Halloween cartoon?  Yep.  Pleasant dreams.  The links above it are from  Tim Cushing... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#685)

  

  If you don’t like that someone has sexual needs that you don’t understand…that is your problem. – Ryan ThomasThe Swedish PimpocracyIt’s illegal to pay for sex i... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Back Issue: October 2013

  

  Death will claim us all soon enough; it’s both foolish and counterproductive to waste one’s life trying to escape the inescapable, and to suck all the marrow ou... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Taking Sides

  

  As my close friends know, I have a deep-seated dislike of interpersonal conflict. Now, I don’t mind mocking idiots on the internet, or chastising a stranger... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#684)

  

  I have the right to choose what I do with my body. – Katherine StoneSafe Targets In case you can’t quite figure out what this site is actually for, I’ll spell i... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #330

  

  When I bought my first smartphone a year and a half ago, the folks at Verizon didn’t bother to tell me that the model I liked was already over four years old. Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY