I like to see people dressed when they’re in public. – Tom Weathersby
I don’t generally like these “Top Ten” video things, but I wanted to honor the passing of John Hurt, possibly one of the most underrated actors of our time, by reminding you of his many top-notch performances. The links above the video were contributed by Brooke Magnanti (“steakification”), Tim Cushing (“easy” and “first”), Emma Evans (“paging”), Lucy Steigerwald (“police”), and Carol Fenton (“counseling”).
- Steakification.
- R.I.P. John Hurt.
- It’s just too easy.
- Paging The Doctor.
- Not a police state, no sirree.
- I propose fines & psychological counseling for politicians.
- The first was the only one left, so it was just a matter of time.
From the Archives
- An overblown, sensationalized interview with retired madam Jami Rodman.
- Only very rare “perfect victims” are helped by so-called “safe harbor” laws.
- Moron calls act banned a century ago “one of the oldest crimes in history“.
- A thorough report on the incredible amount of money in “anti-trafficking”.
- Bollywood is pretty sex work-friendly even if the Indian government isn’t.
- Bureaucrat imagines he can stop people from seeing porn he doesn’t like.
- Why the GSS and similar surveys are absolutely useless on sexual topics.
- Another demonstration of how regulation of sex work hurts sex workers.
- Guess what cops do when they get their hands on information like this.
- All prohibitionists are liars, but Irish ones may be the most egregious.
- Mistress Matisse’s style guide for journalists writing about sex work.
- There are actually several of these “anti-trafficking” trucker groups.
- Ruchira Gupta wants women like me banned from ever having sex.
- Now will the cops stop pretending this woman was “sex trafficked”?
- If he had simply paid to enact this fantasy, he’d still have a career.
- Last time I checked, 18 is still legally adult in every part of the US.
- Most parroting of “gypsy whores” myth now contains a disclaimer.
- Dysphemisms and gawking abound in UK articles about sex work.
- Noah Berlatsky on Swanee Hunt’s HackTrafficking4Good scheme.
- US op-ed condemns Canada’s awful new anti-sex worker regime.
- Landlady railroaded for allowing whores to work on her property.
- The “misogyny” explanation for police brutality is pure bullshit.
- “How Laws Regulating Sex Work Ignore Workers Themselves”.
- The quaint non-“law enforcement” term for this is “blackmail”.
- Swanee Hunt tricks young people into aiding the police state.
- Politician tries to advance surveillance state via magic words.
- Loathsome porn performer tries to pretend she isn’t a whore.
- Would stopping masturbation help with my sexual problems?
- Cops, lawyers, bureaucracy, music, babies and lesbian nuns.
- One wonders how Ms Jannese thinks we even pay the rent.
- Cops, laws, math, masturbation, Star Wars & much more.
- This is the typical “Super Bowl sex trafficking” story now.
- This licensing law was sold as a way to “protect” women.
- How much longer can this absurd melodrama continue?
- Great news! There is no actual crime in Pennsylvania.
- Lunatic murders whore due to sadfeelz about his dick.
- “9 Things I Learned in My First Year as a Sex Worker“
- Yet another ridiculous “sex trafficking” fakumentary.
- Unfortunately, she learned what cops are really like.
- Penthouse is not shutting down its print magazine.
- Here’s what “regulated” sex work really looks like.
- Repeatedly refuting this bullshit gets exhausting.
- Washington state politicians silence sex workers.
- What is the truth about Asian massage parlors?
- Monica Jones’ conviction overturned on appeal.
- Vincent Rue is the Melissa Farley of abortion.
- “Sex trafficking” is caused by commercials!
- A boom in “lovers” spying on one another.
- Noah Berlatsky on underage sex workers.
- An anti-porn propaganda film from 1962.
- Sex prohibition never stops with whores.
- Man who robbed sex worker imprisoned.
- Packing for Seattle & a new bathing suit.
- A “stalemate” over mandatory condoms.
- One of the most vile rapist cops of all.
- January 2012 and 2013 in retrospect.
- Lots of interviews and a lovely party.
- Rapist “court officer” of the week.
- Fellow librarians: this is bullshit.
- Britain’s campaign against sex.
- The Whores’ Cant of Istanbul.
- Do-it-yourself surveillance.
- Introducing the vajankle.
- My tits turn sweet 16.
- Betty White nude.
I’ll definitely miss John Hurt … and one voice performance not included in the video: Hazel in Watership Down
Steakification, time crystals… Maggie, you do have all the most beautiful geeky preversions. 😉
I see an allegory of human beings in these newly discovered materials.
You first learn that matter behaves “normally”, and neatly assume a liquid, solid or gaseous states and that there is a clean, strict, boundary delimiting them. But later you discover that liquids coexist with a vapor phase under the boiling point. And then you see that they could also belong to none of these categories when they are “supercritical”. And then there are plasmas. And liquid crystals. And now time crystals. There is so much variety!