This is an important article by my friend Mistress Matisse, cross-posted from Medium. It’s ironic that journalist Melissa Gira Grant decided to write an article on how media attention can cause chaos in someone’s life, because in the life of a West Virginia woman named Heather, Melissa Gira Grant has become an agent of exactly […]
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Melissa Gira Grant Puts Heroic Escort Heather Through The Buzzsaw On Buzzfeed
Posted in Biography, Current Events, Guest Columns, Perception, Philosophy, The Dark Side, tagged ethics, rape, serial killers, Something Done Right, violence vs. sex workers, West Virginia, yellow journalism on April 5, 2016| 4 Comments »
Diary #301
Posted in Diary, tagged activism, Presents, sisterhood, Something Done Right, violence vs. sex workers on April 7, 2016| 2 Comments »
Those of you who follow me on Twitter already know that last week was a painful one for those of us in the sex worker rights movement; journalist and former sex worker Melissa Gira Grant, who has long danced on the boundary between the “straight” world and the demimonde, apparently decided she wanted a total […]
Links #285
Posted in Current Events, Links, Miscellaneous, Tyranny, tagged adolescence, animals, asset seizure, California, censorship, cops, drugs, Europe, Florida, language, Michigan, Missouri, prisons, Thailand, Things We Choose To Do Together, video on December 20, 2015| 2 Comments »
[Some] are not quite sure whether this is a hoax or not. – Zachary Whyte I’m rather sad that there aren’t many good Christmas videos any more, but at least Amy Winfrey brightened my week with this new muffin film. The links above it were contributed by Tushy Galore (“axolotl”), Grace (“pigs” and “West”), Tim Worstall (“headline”), Tim Cushing (“problem” and “truth”), Radley Balko (“Shakespeare”), Rick […]
Links #294
Posted in Current Events, Links, Miscellaneous, Tyranny, tagged apes & monkeys, Brazil, cops, imaginative fiction, Maryland, Texas, video, Virginia on February 21, 2016| 3 Comments »
Unfortunately, our culture has changed. – John Cosgrove This week was full-blown headless-chicken busy, so I’m afraid I don’t have a lot for you. However, one thing I do have is this interesting documentary on one of my favorite television shows, courtesy of Tim Cushing. The links above it are from Radley Balko, Mike Riggs, Radley again […]
Links #292
Posted in Current Events, Links, Miscellaneous, Music, Tyranny, tagged Africa, Arizona, Australia, consensual crime, cops, imaginative fiction, Middle East, Never Call the Cops, New York, Thailand, video on February 7, 2016| 4 Comments »
Boom shakalaka goes right there. And all you fags can go to hell! – Reverend David Manning This week’s video is basically what one would get if a mad librarian got ahold of alphabetization software and turned it loose on…well, see for yourself; it was contributed by Jesse Walker, and the links above it were provided […]
In the News (#627)
Posted in Current Events, Miscellaneous, News, Tyranny, tagged Above the Law, agency denial, An Example to the West, bad customers, Bad Girls, bogus studies, Connecticut, cops, drugs, ethics, Frequently Told Lies, harm reduction, Harm Reduction updates, Hawaii, I’m Sure You Feel Safer Now, Illinois, Kansas, Korea, language, law, License To Rape, Mentoring, Ohio, Oklahoma, Only Rights Can Stop the Wrongs, porn, Portugal, prisons, rape, rescue industry, Saving Them from Themselves, sexting, Something Done Right, South Carolina, Swedish model, The Caribbean, The Pro-Rape Coalition, video, violence vs. sex workers, yellow journalism on April 6, 2016| 1 Comment »
Punishing women who voluntarily sell sex for a living is human rights violation threatening their survival and another violence by the state. – Judge Cho Yong-ho The Pro-Rape Coalition Another fact-free anti-porn polemic, quoting a bogus “study” created by prohibitionists: Watching natural-looking people engaging in sex that is consensual, pleasurable and realistic may not be harmful…but […]
Links #275
Posted in Current Events, Links, Miscellaneous, Tyranny, tagged Africa, California, cell phones, cops, Florida, imaginative fiction, Never Call the Cops, New York, Ohio, prisons, robots, South Carolina, Stop faking!, Things We Choose To Do Together, video on October 11, 2015| 2 Comments »
Some believe the limbs are more potent if the victims scream during amputation. This week, Paramount Pictures uploaded 150 movies to YouTube, including the one below (which was one of my favorites as a child). This was called to my attention by Violet Blue; the links above the video were provided by Police Misconduct (“faking”), Lucy Steigerwald (“911” and “horror”), Claudia […]
Links #273
Posted in Current Events, Links, Miscellaneous, Tyranny, tagged Alabama, cops, drugs, Michigan, Never Call the Cops, New York, prisons, Things We Choose To Do Together, video, Virginia, Washington (state) on September 27, 2015| 3 Comments »
We have to send a message to our kids. – politician Ann Rivers Now that Jae’s in a proper hospital in Seattle, I had a little more time to work on my blog and I’m going to try my best to get ahead a little if possible. The video below is not recent, but it […]
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