Ridin’ the range once more
Totin’ my old .44
Where you sleep out every night
And the only law is right
Back in the saddle again. – Gene Autry
Though I hinted at it in the comment thread of “An Ending and a Beginning“, stated it explicitly in “Diary #245” and have referenced it in a number of diary posts and tweets, it seems as though many readers haven’t quite realized that I have returned to active sex work. You won’t find my escort website by Googling my name, and I’m not going to post rates or anything like that here; frankly, they’re in the “if you have to ask you can’t afford it” category anyhow, though I’m wholly willing to negotiate for regular readers and references from my many sex worker friends. And though I do have a new work name (that I’m not going to share here), I’m not really concerned if anyone figures out that she is me; in fact, at a recent multi-escort, multi-client party I told the ladies not to fret if they slipped up and called me “Maggie” in front of the gents. The important thing is that there not be a direct link between one and the other, and if you can’t understand why you haven’t been paying attention. Simply put, I’m sure there are a number of vice cops who would just love to have my pretty head as a trophy on the wall, and I’m not going to facilitate that any more than I inevitably must (my appearance is, after all, pretty distinctive). Just last week a reader recognized my picture on a sugar baby site, and messaged me to say hello; my reply was quite friendly because I have absolutely nothing to hide or be ashamed about. I am a whore; I have always been, and I always will be. I make my living by entertaining men (and, to a lesser extent, women) and the only thing that has changed about that for 18 years is the exact nature of the entertainment and the details of the contract.
That last is a very important point that I can’t possibly stress enough: the exact details of the contract are of no importance whatsoever from a moral or logical standpoint, and the pretense that some forms of transactional sex are “better” or “higher” or “purer” or “less skanky” than others is pure bullshit rooted in the deeply-dumb attitudes about sex held by the human race in general, and Western society in particular. Just because I had a state-issued license to take money in exchange for sex and companionship to one particular man (that I happen to have great affection for) did not make my life from 2007 to 2014 any better or nobler or safer for the eyes of children than my life before ’07 or since my return to a more directly commercial form of sex work. Nor was that return as recent as you might think; soon after starting this blog in 2010 I went back part-time (with Matt’s blessing) under my old stage name, partly for pocket money and partly to put myself in the right frame of mind to write the blog. Rather than attempt to work for an agency I took out an ad on Craigslist for a week or so, then on Backpage for a couple of weeks, then on a national escort board. “But Maggie, Craigslist? Backpage?” I hear some of you cry. Yep, and if you don’t understand why please reread the first sentence of this paragraph. I wanted to see what that form of whoring was like so that I could write about it with understanding and compassion, and I’m planning to eventually do a stint in a legal brothel for the same reason (if any Nevada owner or manager reads this and wants to negotiate a deal for this, please email me at your earliest convenience). Mistress Matisse has been schooling me in domination, and my sugar baby profile? That too. Maybe I’ll even do a few weeks in a massage parlor.
Now, I’m not saying that I’m going to stop being a courtesan; it’s the style of sex work that suits me best given my education, eloquence, presence and economic needs. I eventually hope to get a solid group of dependable, generous, long-term clients who recognize the importance of my work and are willing to either travel to see me or give me space to be sick in the day I travel to see them. I also plan to continue writing, speaking and advocating just as I have for the past five years. That doesn’t mean I plan to stand up and orate in restaurants or lecture my gentlemen in bed about the harms of criminalization; what it does mean is that I consider my sex work and my sex work advocacy to be two parts of one unified whole. Though it may look to y’all as though I’m back in the saddle again after an eight-year absence, in truth I never actually left it.
Maybe you should change your mast text?
…to, “Frank commentary from a * formerly * retired call girl” ? lol
Maggie, I wish you well in your continued sex work. It sounds to me like you’re getting out there and enjoying life to the fullest.
It seemed like a fairly obvious decision to me. After all, a girl has got to earn an income, right?
If I ever find myself in the Seattle area (which is, admittedly, high unlikely) I may drop you a line. 😉
Good for you. It will make interesting reading to see how your return to what you want goes. Know that you have a huge mass of folks out here wishing you well.
Best of luck, Maggie! I just hope that the police in Seattle don’t read your blog for clues to put you behind bars. Whatever you do, try to stay safe!
Good luck and don’t get caught!
This will certainly add to the authenticity of your blog.
I love whores 🙂
Good for you, Maggie. I find your honesty about your chosen profession refreshing, and I hope (in fact, I am pretty sure) that you will find a lot of satisfaction with your renewed career.
“I’m planning to eventually do a stint in a legal brothel for the same reason (if any Nevada owner or manager reads this and wants to negotiate a deal for this, please email me at your earliest convenience).”
I have wanted to buy you a drink at The Bunny Ranch for years. Any chance you might wind up there?
Your appetite for research makes my jaw sag. And experiential research, at that! I’m filled with admiration.
Experimental research is the only way to go unless you have really good theory (which is very rare and needs to be confirmed by experiments).
Looking forward to reading about the results! Sure, the establishment will ignore them, but the state of research into sex work (and sex) is so bad that any additional solid information is welcome.
yet another reason why i need to win the lottery
If you love people, if you love women, then you have to love whores.
This is some news. May you get the clientele you wish.
Dear Ms. McNeill
I am just wondering during the time that you were married, would you say that I some respects that you were unhappy because you were not being true to yourself with respect to your own personal and professional development? Also since you have left your marriage and became bisexual would you say that socially,romantically and professionally that you are at peace with yourself? Finally would you also say that it was a bone of contention with yourself that you did not specifically spell out with to your husband but was an underlying dynamic within your relationship when you could not be a practitioner of the game because of the respect that you had for him and for marriage although you did not interact with each other in that manner for a protracted period of time? A nickle for your thoughts my dear Maggie.
So, did you ever go to Nevada, etc.?