The Honest Courtesan

You look like someone who has a warrant.  –  unidentified Worcester, MA cop

This week saw the passing of Raquel Welch, IMHO one of the sexiest women who ever lived.  Though she wasn’t noted as a singer, I think this video captures some of her considerable stage charisma.  The links above it were all provided by Cop Crisis except for the first and last, which were from Furrygirl, and the second, from Jesse Walker.

• Paging Larry Niven.
• R.I.P. Raquel Welch.
• I’m sure you feel safer now.
• “Never” really does mean never.
• “Failure” implies an unintentional outcome.
• Crime: trespassing. Penalty: summary execution.
• The Onion is still brilliant when it isn’t doing slideshows.

From the Archives

• Human opinions were never & are never monolithic across a society & era.
• Everyone who spread “sex trafficking” hysteria contributed to this atrocity.
• I don’t usually think ages are an important detail, but this is an exception.
• Why can’t reporters grasp that forced sex is still rape if the rapist is a cop?
• Cops, “land acknowledgments”, Betty Davis, Ivan Reitman, & much more.
• Eroding civil liberties only starts with “undesirables”; it never stops there.
• The government thinks you shouldn’t be allowed any privacy whatsoever.
• Victoria becomes the world’s 4th jurisdiction to achieve decriminalization.
• 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.
• Utah is another state which pays cops to sexually assault sex workers.
• A politician fails to realize a prohibitionist trope is past its sell-by date.
• They claim gypsy whores failed to materialize because of the hysteria.
• There are no surprises in this article on sex workers accepting bitcoin.
• Prohibitionists invent bogus stats to hide a failed entrapment scheme.
• Women work not to pay bills, but because we have “low self-esteem”.
• Maybe we’re about to see the beginning of the end of these evil laws.
• Nebraska’s claims to be a “sex trafficking hub” are the most pathetic.
• 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”.
• It’s rare for a UK article on sex work to be so free of dysphemisms.
• Any information you give to cops can and will be used against you.
• This unconstitutional bill has already failed in over a dozen states.
• The first duopoly candidate to actually support decriminalization.
• Another government scheme to normalize constant surveillance.
• Sometimes “trafficking” just means “bringing in brown people”.
• In the West, “trafficking” rhetoric is used to block immigration.
• The state wants vengeance for the loss of future tax revenue.
• In mass surveillance, fascism beats communism hands down.
• Even cases of actual coercion don’t look much like the myths.
• 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, Darwin, straight folks, Chick Corea, and much more.
• Governments just love locking people in cages indefinitely.
• Israeli prohibitionists are trying to criminalize all sex work.
• Coverage of these incidents is growing more sympathetic.
• The fourth installment of my six-part review of Blake’s 7.
• 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”.
• 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.
• Adding a ramp to the north side of my annex.
• My two previous columns for Valentine’s Day.
• 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.
• Introducing Ask Maggie, Volume II.
• Is this supposed to be comforting?
• Why we can’t have nice things.
• The cashmere sweater club.
• Rapist cop of the week.
• Population 136,885.
• R.I.P. Larry Flynt.
• Stop faking!

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