Devon was not the kind of person who would do something stupid. – Cody Staples
The video was contributed by Jacob Sullum, the first link by Eddie J Cunningham and the last two by Clarkhat. And that’s all I have to say this time!
- Darwin Award nominee.
- Welcome to our world, tech guys.
- Government is just a word for the things we choose to do together.
From the Archives
- The real motive behind high-profile attacks on escort advertising websites.
- Cops want to create “child porn” to prosecute teen for taking nude selfies.
- Cops, Kafka, noses, Barbie, bureaucracy, law, music & Captain America.
- The ridiculous & harmful consequences of laws against consensual acts.
- At least US “authorities” don’t yet lock up “sex trafficking” debunkers.
- Unnecessary cops claim “prostitution is…one of the biggest problems”.
- Reinforcing whorearchy is not the way to win right to employ whores.
- A reminder that Dennis Hof is a revolting excuse for a human being.
- Irish nuns abducted children from mothers, sold them to Americans.
- Politicians are usually forgiven; those whose lives they destroy, not.
- Enjoy this thorough French denunciation of sex work “abolitionism”.
- Why doesn’t my sex worker girlfriend want sex with me any more?
- Elizabeth Brown analyzes the latest “sex trafficking” Trojan horse.
- Cops, thieves, Popeye, sociopaths, Florida, prisoners and slinkies.
- No, a camera doesn’t magically protect sex workers from arrest.
- More sophomoric “humor” from sadistic New York “authorities”.
- Swedish feminist wants ban on drinking alcohol near children.
- Asinine prohibitionist act puts over 9000 people out of work.
- How the “trafficking” paradigm harms young sex workers.
- Exceptions to general rules do not invalidate those rules.
- Shamans punish teen girl for possession of taboo object.
- Mainstream media begins to discover Dr. Laura Agustín.
- Legal experts condemn Canada’s new prostitution laws.
- The true story of a Nigerian sex worker in Amsterdam.
- When governments ban things, they magically vanish!
- Another excellent parody of “sex trafficking” nonsense.
- The damage caused by the FBI seizure of MyRedbook.
- An anti-criminalization article in The National Review.
- Chinese “authorities” evict activist from her home.
- How a judge condemned 65 sex workers to death.
- UK “porn” filters block 20% of popular websites.
- Another bureaucrat extorting sex from women.
- Using the passive voice to shift the blame.
- My third and fourth anniversary columns.
- The #rightsnotrescue Twitter campaign.
- France avoids the Swedish rot for now.
- Belle Knox on sex worker solidarity.
- Somalia sets age of majority to 40.
- “Proof” of drug dealing.
- R.I.P. Petite Jasmine.
I went through security at a government museum yesterday. I had forgotten that I had a multi-tool on my belt, which includes a knife. So I showed it to the “screener”. I think he was a volunteer. An MP for a local base was standing watch with him.
The screener said, “Oh, that’s ok.” So I proceeded through the metal detector with my multi-tool in hand. I could have been armed with anything else and they wouldn’t have cared because they assumed the “beep” of the metal detector was from the multi-tool.
But dear LORD…don’t you dare try to bring a bottle of water through. After all, how do you expect the concessions people to make money selling bottled water for $2.00.
Oh…sorry…point being, the video is funny AND 100% correct.
Hi Maggie,
My name is Mary Brennan and I am a Madam in New Zealand. (Known nationally as Madam Mary) I have been loving your blog for some time now, informative, well written and fabulous.
I know that you understand the New Zealand working model of Decriminalization is leading the way internationally and we are very proud of that. I have become the ‘go to’ person for research, docos, general interviews and comment on the industry.
I was on the parliamentary review board for five years after reform and I am passionate about the industry and the human rights side of it all. I have just released my first book called ‘Some kind of fantasy’ which will be in e-book form in a week or so as well and then kindle.
The book is partly a life story, partly about fetishes I deal with (I am also a Dominatrix) and partly about the industry general – I have used the Domme part to get people to sit up and listen as it is so trendy, hit them with honest open life story stuff to make them realise I am a good person, not damaged or hard and then sneak in some general industry stories.
That is book one anyway. So there is a lot of media interest and I am sending you some links to the things that happened this weekend and there are magazine articles out this week and then next Monday I do 7 more radio interviews – so good coverage here.
But I wondered if you would consider promoting the book – once it is out on e-book as I feel it may help if we can get word out to the rest of the world about the inner workings of the industry here and what is happening and how easy it would be to follow our lead and not the darn Nordic model. Also who knows someone may sit up and listen and I may be able to help out by doing educational stuff over there too. Soooooo much work to be done to make it right!
Anyway here are the links – keep up the amazing work you do.
MMx
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11478963
http://www.radionz.co.nz/search/results?utf8=✓&q=mary+brennan
http://tvnz.co.nz/seven-sharp/meet-pro-dominatrix-i-provide-stress-relief-s-simple-video-6356411
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