Maggiemcneill

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2979 )

• In the News (#632)

  

  The only issue is that the people having sex are consenting to it and anything else is an arbitrary moral judgement which no one has the right to make. Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• The Puritan Recrudescence

  

  Anything with “sex” in the vicinity will gather news crews like pyros to a dumpster fire. – Tim CushingIt’s probably almost impossible for anyone under the age... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Signed and Numbered

  

  As I explained on Tuesday, Chester Brown and I spent a lot of time together on Sunday, and much of it was used in signing books. Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#631)

  

  Tracy’s community…turned away from her in an inane focus on protecting the look of the gates rather than the garden that thrives beyond them. Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #303

  

  The early part of last week was pretty quiet, as tax week often is; I probably should’ve made time to open the book-thickness sheaf of forms that my CPA sent... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Fictional Interlude: Knock, Knock, Knock

  

  Helen was a methodical sort of person; she believed in a place for everything and everything in its place. That’s not to say she was stuffy; far from it. Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #302

  

  I need to take this away. – airport “security” thugSo as Walter Olson informs us, the brilliant musical comedian Tom Lehrer turned 88 last week; I’ve decided... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#630)

  

  Self-professed progressives fight for middle class utopias at the expense of the socially weak. – Cas MuddeBook ReviewsAn interview with Chester Brown about... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Morality Lessons

  

  The unhealthy alliance of medicine and government…blesses all sorts of unjustified limits on liberty. – Thomas SzaszEven though I live in the same world as the... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Endorsement

  

  Would you write something for me?No.You wrote something for So-and-So!So-and-So is a personal friend of mine, and I rarely say no to friends.Will you do it if... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#629)

  

  Let us not treat prohibitionists as misguided people who care, any more than we should waste breath over whether it is right or wrong to lynch black people or... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #302

  

  It’s always nice when one can wind down just a little and relax with friends for a while. This isn’t to say that my week wasn’t hectic (because it rarely... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• SWOP Behind Bars

  

  is a new project, which attracted my attention soon after its formation; I think it’s incredibly important so I asked the organizer, Alex, to explain the projec... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #301

  

  Brand New, I will take $800 for it. – Erek BalentineA few days ago, Mike Siegel tweeted that whenever some random idiot challenges me on Twitter, “I feel like... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#628)

  

  Women who trade sex within marriage [may one day] realise they are the ones undervaluing what they have to offer. – JemimaR.I.P. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Virtual Unreality

  

  Faith prefers the absurd to the plausible. – Mason CooleyI will never understand the compelling human desire to believe in fantasy. Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #301

  

  Those of you who follow me on Twitter already know that last week was a painful one for those of us in the sex worker rights movement; journalist and former... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#627)

  

  Punishing women who voluntarily sell sex for a living is human rights violation threatening their survival and another violence by the state. Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Melissa Gira Grant Puts Heroic Escort Heather Through The Buzzsaw On Buzzfeed

  

  This is an important article by my friend Mistress Matisse, cross-posted from Medium.It’s ironic that journalist Melissa Gira Grant decided to write an article... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #300

  

  Please don’t shoot me. – Daniel Shaver, last wordsUnfortunately, there are no episodes of the funny, charming (but short-lived) Steven Banks Show on YouTube, no... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY