I can’t breathe. – Troy Goode
I thought this sampler of “Dutch angle” scenes, called to my attention by Matt Welch, was quite interesting. The links above it were provided by Jesse Walker (“superhenge” and “driver”) and Michael Whiteacre (“LSD”).
- Superhenge.
- The term is “pretext stop”.
- Cops seek man for seeking directions.
- About last week’s “murderous Chinese driver” story.
- Except that there’s no such thing as a lethal dose of LSD.
From the Archives
- Another ass who thinks women too stupid & weak to be allowed to manage our own sexuality.
- Where “minor child” means “young woman above the age of consent but below 18”.
- Telegraph‘s headline writer doesn’t know meaning of term “graphic novel”.
- Even with broad definitions, UNODC can’t find many “trafficking victims”.
- Funny how the truth doesn’t get as much press as silly lies about sports.
- Why is sex supposed to be fun for singles, but sacred for married folks?
- How the summer slump in New Orleans affects the stripping business.
- Cop gets in trouble for unofficially doing what other cops do officially.
- How can I get an amateur who’s attracted to me to accept payment?
- A long-form review of American Courtesans by a marriage therapist.
- Tracy Elise has fired her attorney and will represent herself in court.
- Government is just a word for the things we choose to do together.
- It’s good to see this in as mainstream a publication as The Atlantic.
- Reporter doesn’t get that actresses & whores are of the same tribe.
- Geography, animation, purdah, Stonehenge, cops, fascism & more.
- Bangladeshi sex workers evicted so politicians can steal their land.
- Cops, comics, cats, bacon, science, police state and World War III.
- Canadians feminists are just as trivia-obsessed as their UK sisters.
- As usual when sex isn’t involved, the word “trafficking” is absent.
- More signs of the impending collapse of “sex trafficking” hysteria.
- Remember how Jack the Ripper was identified by DNA? Not quite.
- Another good call for Canadian queers to oppose criminalization.
- More about the long pre-internet history of sex work advertising.
- Jemima mocks an anti-whore article by casting it as self-parody.
- Irish judges enjoy robbing whores & giving it to prohibitionists.
- The difference between saving a life and prolonging a dying.
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail as a modern blockbuster.
- Whore-hating New Zealand politician erects illegal signs.
- Lord Chancellor Chris Grayling tries to ban sex in prison.
- Marijke Vonk on how to be a good ally to sex workers.
- Lap dancing clubs could soon be banned in Glasgow.
- Acolytes of Cthulhu and Struwwelpeter (in English).
- Excerpt from a press release by Terri-Jean Bedford.
- Criminalizing things makes them magically vanish!
- When a sex worker’s client gets buyer’s remorse.
- California says it’s whores’ fault if they’re raped.
- Note that at 12 weeks abortion is totally legal.
- A promising HIV vaccine is now being tested.
- So now joining a cult is “sex trafficking” too?
- The kisaeng, traditional Korean courtesans.
- Aspasia Bonasera on the goddess Oshún.
- The first escort agency to accept bitcoin.
- The beginning of the end for lads’ mags.
- A pop singer who used to be a stripper.
- Irish cops oppose the Swedish model.
- Bad literature turns girls into whores.
- Sex workers organizing in Jamaica.
- In other words, a fairly typical cop.
- A nice little profile of Siouxsie Q.
- Sweden is in bed with the NSA.
- A fake dominatrix in Austria.
- Friday the Thirteenth again.
- A few changes in my blog.
- My return from the tour.
- Rapist cop of the week.
- Grace’s recipe for chili.
- 3,000,000 pageviews.