The Honest Courtesan

Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.  –  Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis) in Ghostbusters

In recognition of the passing of hard funk pioneer Betty Davis, here’s her “They Say I’m Different”, from the 1974 album of the same name.  The links above the video were provided by Cop Crisis (“serving”, “leaning”, and “demonstrating”); Cathy Reisenwitz (“exception”); Gustavo Turner (“Davis”); Franklin Harris (“Reitman”); and Jesse Walker (“shark”).

• Just protecting and serving.
• No, your reason is not an exception.
• R.I.P. Betty Davis and Ivan Reitman.
• Cop murders man for “aggressively leaning”.
• “Land acknowledgments” have jumped the shark.
• Just another cop demonstrating exactly what he is.

From the Archives

• Human opinions were never & are never monolithic across a society & era.
• It’s been awhile since we’ve heard from Annie Lobert of “Liars for Jesus”.
• “Sex trafficking” fantasies induce psychosis in those who promote them.
• TSA goons are allowed to molest citizens, but this was a bit too blatant.
• US institutions often need to be reminded that they do not own people.
• How an entity treats sex workers shows how they feel about all people.
• Politicians are too stupid to understand that all prohibition is the same.
• “We wish to categorically dissociate ourselves from Kamala’s travesty“.
• Utah is another state which pays cops to sexually assault sex workers.
• They claim gypsy whores failed to materialize because of the hysteria.
• Prohibitionists invent bogus stats to hide a failed entrapment scheme.
• Women work not to pay bills, but because we have “low self-esteem”.
• “Perhaps privacy loss will help Bezos realize the evils of surveillance“.
• Nebraska’s claims to be a “sex trafficking hub” are the most pathetic.
• Maybe we’re about to see the beginning of the end of these evil laws.
• Don’t teach kids about sex; fill their heads with anti-sex propaganda.
• Why are men with so much to lose so goddamned stupid about sex?
• If enough of these are thrown at the wall, one may eventually stick.
• Most “child predators” hold positions of authority over their victims.
• The absurdity becomes more obvious when we substitute “toaster”.
• This unconstitutional bill has already failed in over a dozen states.
• The first duopoly candidate to actually support decriminalization.
• Sometimes “trafficking” just means “bringing in brown people”.
• In the West, “trafficking” rhetoric is used to block immigration.
• In mass surveillance, fascism beats communism hands down.
• When “sex trafficking” hysteria started morphing into QAnon.
• Louisiana hides another molester cop from possible lynching.
• Should I tell an escort that her email shows her legal name?
• Cops, fascism, family values, the letter “I” and much more.
• Governments just love locking people in cages indefinitely.
• Cops, Darwin, straight folks, Chick Corea, and much more.
• Israeli prohibitionists are trying to criminalize all sex work.
• My blog and Twitter feed are definitely not “safe spaces”.
• Still doubt that politicians are deranged megalomaniacs?
• Predictable ugliness from “celebrity” prohibitionist trash.
• Your “leaders” know what’s best, so shut up and obey.
• Fascist corporations are happy to assist in a genocide.
• The public masturbatory fantasy of “pop-up brothels”.
• How can I decide whether to come out to an advisor?
• Seattle is remarkably quiet under a blanket of snow.
• Another claim that disasters cause “sex trafficking”.
• I’m glad I was out at Sunset for this snowstorm.
• Cops, candidates, The Rutles, and much more.
• In the US, this is now illegal thanks to FOSTA.
• My last travel before the pandemic hit us.
• Anti-sex feminism’s days are numbered.
• What did this guy think he was, a cop?
• I’m sure she really had to “force” him.
• Rerunning not one but two specials!
• Introducing Ask Maggie, Volume II.
• Is this supposed to be comforting?
• Introducing The War on Whores.
• Why we can’t have nice things.
• Rapist cop of the week.
• Population 136,885.
• R.I.P. Larry Flynt.
• Stop faking!