The Honest Courtesan

It’s not dangerous to be scared.  –  Blair Carlyle

I don’t generally give actors a video sendoff, but in this case I couldn’t resist.  The links above it were provided by Jesse Walker (x2), Franklin Harris, and IncarcerNation (x3), in that order.

• This is a really scary story.
• A scheme as old as Abrahamic religion.
• R.I.P. Spencer Milligan and Shelley Duvall.
• Cop murders man for walking down the street.
• Cops murder teen boy for correctly fearing them.
• No, your reason for calling them isn’t an exception.

From the Archives

• Was this the person who sent me the proof of Ashley Madison’s con game?
• The state’s sympathy for “trafficking victims” includes only “perfect” ones.
• Prohibition turns bodies into “crime scenes” which cops can violate at will.
• These clowns claim to be qualified to interfere in doctor-patient relations.
• Politicians are avid devotees of cutting off their noses to spite their faces.
• A weird exception to the rule that the Japanese are sane about sex work.
• Will Oregon be the first US state to recognize sex workers’ human rights?
• If prohibitionists want to “rescue” whores, why shut us out of other jobs?
• It’s only been 4 years since the UK lost in court the last time it tried this.
• Passive voice & obfuscation are used to divert blame for sexual assaults.
• 41% of cops admit to beating their wives; some don’t stop with beating.
• My 1st profession is now as much a target for authoritarians as my 2nd.
• Will taking payment in gift cards protect a sex worker from prosecution?
• Japanese politicians infantilize all adults rather than just young women.
• Mexican cops are more concerned about sex workers than US cops are.
• A prison doesn’t become a “shelter” if those confined there are minors.
• Clueless wonders attempt to ape antics they see on copaganda shows.
• It’s not like 2011 is ancient history, or Florida far away from Georgia.
• Are we about to witness the beginning of the end of these evil laws?
• Cops will continue to do this until there are criminal penalties for it.
• Politicians recognize bank blacklisting when it affects their cronies.
• Politicians send violent thugs to disrupt your life because sadfeelz.
• This kind of surveillance has already been found unconstitutional.
• Looks like we’re going to have to rethink the safety of the mail.
• A perfect example of the principle of garbage in, garbage out.
• Indian sex workers battle a terrible new “anti-trafficking” bill.
• Naturally, because it’s cops’ job to cause harm, not reduce it.
• Cops, Sri Lanka, Doctor Who, Larry Storch, and much more.
• There’s a reason I’ve repeatedly called this cult “dangerous”.
• The feds will try to stop this just as they did in Philadelphia.
• The first installment of my Throwback Thursday feature.
• Cops, crypto-moralism, Balkanization, and much more.
• And how do you think such a “ban” would be enforced?
• The 5th Circuit just keeps on sucking politicians’ dicks.
• I was in this Hulu documentary about Ashley Madison.
• An important victory in the fight for sex worker rights.
• US sex laws are nothing but PR campaigns for cops.
• Unfortunately, this is all we could expect right now.
• Cops, lawheads, Doug Mataconis, and much more.
• Another sign that the moral panic is largely over.
• Your “leaders” want you to call this “correction”.
• Wrangling an 8-meter steel beam onto the roof.
• My twelfth and thirteenth anniversary columns.
• Last summer’s road trip went pretty smoothly.
• All prohibitionism is the same, part umpteen.
• A cop posing as a masseur is still a cop.
• Much more of this worldwide, please.
• Rapist/murderer cop of the week.
• An awning for the paddock ramp.
• Mr. Wizard Goes to the Country.
• Installing the atrium chimney.
• Far too little, far too late.
• Rapist cops of the week.
• A classic case of NHI.

I find paywalls distasteful, and so many people find this blog valuable as a resource I just can’t bring myself to install one.  Furthermore, I find ad delivery services (whose content I have no say over) even more distasteful.  But as I’m now semi-retired from sex work, I can’t self-sponsor this blog by myself any longer.  So if you value my writing enough that you would pay to see it if it were paywalled, please consider subscribing; there are four different levels to fit all budgets.  Or if that doesn’t work for you, please consider showing your generosity with a one-time donation; you can Paypal to maggiemcneill@earthlink.net or else email me at the same address to make other arrangements.  Thanks so much!