The Honest Courtesan

He is now in hell for eternity as a traitor to his country.  –  Justin Mohn

Since I already shared “Brand New Key” three years ago, here’s Melanie’s second biggest hit in recognition of her passing.  The links above the video (discounting the first) were provided by Popehat; Scott Long and Dan Savage; IncarcerNation; Asawin Suebsaeng; IncarcerNation again; and Radley Balko, in that order.

• You needn’t rub it in.
• He’s just an excitable boy.
• R.I.P. Melanie & Chita Rivera.
• Not for any reason whatsoever.
• But is he more popular than Jesus now?
• Cop murders old man for refusing to be homeless in January.
• It’s amazing how many people die mysteriously when cops are near.

From the Archives

• Why do cats dislike having their picture taken while doing something cute?
• The dumb “awareness raising” stunt field is now swamped by hack artists.
• Prohibitionists demonstrate the depravity of their lurid fantasies about us.
• Defrauding & exploiting workers is only “trafficking” when sex is involved.
• Everyone harmed by “prostitution stings” needs to keep suing over them.
• Hysterical overreaction to the imaginary behavior of imaginary creatures.
• I’ve always wanted a place big enough to properly host overnight guests.
• Repellent even by the abysmally-low standards of local news copaganda.
• One of the rare occasions when I’m actually less pessimistic than others.
• Canada pretends to care about privacy, but has plenty of snooping tools.
• The government is beginning to grudgingly admit what everyone knows.
• 41% of cops admit to beating their wives; some don’t stop with beating.
• This will continue as long as screws have absolute power over prisoners.
• That the woman reported him tells me this wasn’t a coercion-free offer.
• Who else uses “prostitution” as a label for behavior the regime dislikes?
• This would at last truly be the beginning of the end for these evil laws.
• Hollywood follows rather than leads, so this is a sign of a cultural shift.
• The “sex trafficking” moral panic is imploding in a spectacular fashion.
• AZ still pushes this mummified fantasy with police violence vs women.
• California’s annual anti-whore pogrom did a lot less damage last year.
• US states compete to make adolescence most like a prison sentence.
• I think we have enough evidence to start calling this “McNeill’s Law”.
• Western articles about the Uighur genocide usually ignore the rapes.
• Cops, chicken, Christopher Plummer, Mary Wilson, and much more.
• Cops, Burt Bacharach, Lisa Loring, Cindy Williams, and much more.
• Academics keep “discovering” what we’ve been saying for decades.
• The bipartisan war on the internet continues without even a pause.
• Politicians claim the solution to torture in prisons is MOAR PRISON.
• Finally, a politician actually supports sex worker rights with deeds.
• This unconstitutional bill has already failed in over a dozen states.
• Destigmatization of psychedelics is happening amazingly quickly.
• There’s no police-statery Texas courts won’t hand-wave through.
• Irish versions of the “gypsy whores” myth always seem quaint.
• The people the government empowers to police your sexuality.
• Another politician with a minuscule particle of human decency.
• It usually starts with sex workers, but it never stops with us.
• Once again, vanillas reveal themselves as the true perverts.
• Cops, Skynet, Debussy, Douglas Trumbull, and much more.
• The third installment of my six-part review of Blake’s 7.
• All that’s left of the once-popular “gypsy whores” myth.
• Is a “small group leader” the same as a “youth pastor”?
• Copmala will never let go of her hatred of sex workers.
• People are still terrified of the magical power of words.
• On the psychology behind cops’ entrapment schemes.
• Prohibitionists care only about “messages”, not facts.
• Yet another opportunistic fraud has been unmasked.
• This would be terrible even if the cops weren’t lying.
• Cops still love their “crackdowns” against gay men.
• My highest subscription levels come with perks!
• Dozens of rapists rewarded with paid vacations.
• There is nothing as contagious as a bad idea.
• The worst US tyranny is always bipartisan.
• Recent highlights from my Twitter feed.
• Authoritarian is as authoritarian does.
• You just can’t keep a bad law down.
• There are no gaps in this roof.
• Rapist cops of the week.
• Lighting my atrium.
• Vanishing gumbo.

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