The lurid, sensationalized tragedy porn narratives that make up the body of “sex trafficking” mythology are nothing more than Gothic horror tales that opportunists pretend are real. – “Unreal Horrors”
Every…sex-work[er]…has had clients fall for her; it’s a natural outgrowth of a situation in which a lonely man spends a lot of time in the company of a beautiful, alluring woman who only shows him her best side. – “Out of Bounds”
You are going to die. Soon. And there is absolutely nothing you can do about it. – “Thanatopsis”
Sex and death are but two sides of the same coin: the former is the door through which we enter the world, and the latter the door through which we leave it. – “Eros and Thanatos”
That experience of being a stranger in one’s own community, of being treated like a living oracle, like a weird visitor back from the underworld with divine wisdom to share…that, I think, is the experience which defines the old.
– “Let There Be Dark”
