Detective Conway’s use of force was justified and commensurate for the situation.
We had to spend the night away from our place last night, and like an idiot I forgot the power cord for my laptop so I couldn’t finish this column in time! I know this is happening more frequently than it did prior to the start of my tour last year, but I’m afraid that’s just a consequence of my far-less-settled schedule. This week’s video is from Mike Siegel, and the links above it are from Rick Horowitz, Веселин Жилов, Jesse Walker, Jillian Keenan and Franklin Harris, in that order.
- To protect and serve.
- Has a crime been committed?
- The legend of Giant Plastic Island.
- Man jailed for going to work early.
- What part of “never” do people not understand?
From the Archives
- Umbrellas, bootlicking, bureaucrats, police state, cops, conspiracies, bigotry, redshirts, books, dogs, censorship, sorcery & Pokemon.
- Prohibitionists use a young woman’s murder as excuse to deny her agency and talk about short skirts.
- How do I reconcile my dislike of sex work with my belief that people should control their own bodies?
- Are most sex workers insulted by gifts with “get out of prostitution” hotline numbers attached?
- If a sex worker doesn’t see herself as a victim, the state must victimize her to prove her wrong.
- French whores continue to push back against increased criminalization.
- One would never know these claims have been repeatedly debunked.
- Soi-disant conservative declares individuals are owned by society.
- Sex therapist argues disability should cover hiring sex workers.
- Dr. Brooke Magnanti on the lessons we can learn from Pompeii.
- Tracy Elise of Phoenix Goddess Temple involuntarily committed.
- The ACLU actually did something for sex workers for a change.
- Client screening tips & helpful links from a New Orleans escort.
- Video of my appearance at the Albany Law School symposium.
- Arizona wants to force some women to use men’s restrooms.
- Increased access to sex services for disabled Netherlanders.
- Busybodies who want to help cops brutalize & cage women.
- The Rennie Gibbs case was another Steven Hayne travesty.
- If it’s just a job, why don’t prostitutes use their real names?
- Proposed South Australian law isn’t quite decriminalization.
- The evangelical Christian roots of “sex trafficking” hysteria.
- Dutch anti-sex politicians use a shill to attack sex workers.
- Tunisian sex workers demand their brothel be reopened.
- Vancouver settles with the survivors of Pickton’s victims.
- Why don’t sex workers mind being objectified by clients?
- Yet another example of what real sex slavery looks like.
- The wholly predictable outcome of prohibitionist idiocy.
- Another good argument against anti-polygamy laws.
- Baboons have been observed keeping dogs as pets.
- Charlotte Shane reviews a sex surrogate’s memoirs.
- Taboo, cops, sex hysteria, tea, McFlurries and birds.
- Bernard Baran, another victim of the Satanic Panic.
- Ed Wood’s early career in television commercials.
- Horrible Houma whore helps cops entrap clients.
- My two previous columns for the vernal equinox.
- UK literally robs a sex worker of her life savings.
- Danish researchers protest the Swedish model.
- Advocates respond to rescue industry types.
- Is it true that clients really hate prostitutes?
- High school football causes “sex trafficking”!
- Lawyers censure another lawyer for lying.
- 40 years after “Free to Be…You and Me”.
- 14 more people have been cured of HIV.
- The Fokkens sisters have finally retired.
- Another ridiculous “sex trafficking” film.
- Another good Noah Berlatsky article.
- Caty Simon interviews Audacia Ray.
- King of the Hill: Portland, Oregon.
- No, rape is not worse than death.
- Nevada joins the “pole tax” mob.
- Eight of my favorite cake recipes.
- When science looks like religion.
- A new low in intra-family spying.
- The developing Canadian mess.
- One last raid, just for old times.
- Library censorship in Sweden.
- An anti-censorship protest.
- Rapist cops of the week.
- R.I.P. Harry Reems.
- Whither Canada?
