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• In the News (#602)

  

  You will hear our voices, because they are becoming louder and louder and you can’t drown us out any longer. – Laura LeeAbove the Law Well, this is... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Too Close To Home

  

  Given the takedown of MyRedbook and Rentboy, and the repeated assaults on Backpage, I couldn’t say that the seizure of Seattle’s The Review Board by local cops... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Secret Identity

  

  I’m 16 and would really like to write an anonymous blog about my life. However, I’m really not sure how to go about doing this, as I am afraid that people... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Little Christmas 2016

  

  If you’re confused about why there’s a picture of a sexy witch on my blog today, I suggest you read last year’s column for the occasion, which also (not by... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #288

  

  Late Saturday night (or early Sunday morning, depending on your perspective) I drove Grace to the airport; by the time I woke up about six hours later she was... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #287

  

  COME GET UR BITE. – “Officer” Keith BushNot quite a video, but in video format; this is the Philip K. Dick story “Impostor” adapted as a radio play.  And if... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#601)

  

  You take a lot of steam out of the “not representative” argument…when you have…escorts in North America…advocating the same message as devadasi sex workers in... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Cassandra

  

  Already I prophesied to my countrymen all their disasters. – Aeschylus, AgamemnonI have often joked that a better nom de plume would’ve been Cassandra McNeill,... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2016 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• New Year’s Eve 2015

  

  Then, I was inspired; Now, I’m sad and tired. – Tim Rice, Jesus Christ SuperstarThis has been a year of dramatic change in my life, and to a slightly lesser... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#600)

  

  Americans have been taught to treat the state like a god, to equate its many acts of evil…with the greater good of a plan that none of us asked to be a part... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Back Issue: December 2012

  

  Sailing into uncharted seas inevitably leads to both wonders and perils, some of them predictable and others completely unforeseen; anyone who can’t accept... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #286

  

  I can’t breathe. – Barbara DawsonChristmas videos?  What are those?  Well, at least I have one of a novel protest, courtesy of Clarissa. The links above it... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#599)

  

  [Prostitution law] is not about rationality or science or evidence. It is just about ideology. – John LowmanLicense to RapeCops don’t like it when non-cops poac... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Boxing Day 2015

  

  So as usual, I knocked myself out preparing a feast yesterday. But today, I’m just going to relax as much as my nature and conditions permit. Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#598)

  

  The bottom line is that the criminalization of prostitution is at the root of the risk that sex workers face. – Elizabeth Nolan BrownThe Red Umbrella Elizabeth... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Yule 2015

  

  The apparent path of the sun reached its southernmost point at 4:49 UTC this morning, making this the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and th... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Diary #286

  

  And so we wind down toward the end of another year; this will be the last diary column of 2015, and a number of the others will be very short.  See, I really... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #285

  [Some] are not quite sure whether this is a hoax or not. – Zachary WhyteI’m rather sad that there aren’t many good Christmas videos any more, but at least Amy... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• In the News (#597)

  

  [Under universal criminality] the cop becomes a law unto himself, with the ability to criminalize or wholly dehumanize any individual at will. Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Fictional Interlude: Christmas Cookie

  

  Every December, I feature a different kind of story; they’re always seasonal, and usually light. I hope y’all don’t find this one too sweet and sentimental; if... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2015 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY