links for 2008-03-20
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“With the Spitzer scandal I’ve read a lot of news stories portraying sex workers in a negatively. So when I came across the following Reuters story it felt like a breath of fresh air.”
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“It is really, really, really, really dirty. Like a Penthouse Forum letter, except in lively verse, and with no women. It’s sort of great, and also sort of cheesy and awful, and also occasionally hilarious.”
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“For a great deal of the media, there is distinct sub-human species, referred to as , ‘hookers’, ‘escorts’ or ‘call-girls’ that does not have the same rights or value as ‘men’ and ‘women’.”
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“The most fundamental difference is not between sex work and other kinds of work, it is between forced work and freely chosen work. This is the story the abolitionists can’t wrap their brains around.”
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“Famous people have the real press hounding them day and night, so they guard their personal lives as best they can. The Internet famous create their own buzz by putting information about themselves out there.” There will be a Sex 2.0 session about this!
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“The ‘feminist’ caller that was ‘offended’ and her statement about sex worker rights causing women to be viewed as holes…”
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Just bookmarking this again (I think I have it bookmarked somewhere else, but can’t find it) for reference purposes.
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Wondering if I should do this “Letter to my body” thing.
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“Because, honestly, why do you have to agree that meat and lard are the best thing EVAH in order to have an opinion that asparagus dredged in olive oil and grilled with salt and pepper is just about the perfect way to serve that vegetable?”
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“How we run our private lives has little bearing on how we perform our jobs. If only the media could start to understand that, then – well, we wouldn’t have to listen to so many inane stories about what politician was shtupping who.”
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“I’m utterly offended that both Amanda Marcotte and Twisty Faster would even use the term ‘child prostitution.’ Children are not prostitutes. Ever. Children whose bodies and services are purchased should not be called ‘child prostitutes.’”
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“For crying out loud, even if you don’t agree with sex work/prostitution, can’t you at least listen to what the people who are actually in it have to say? How is that going to hurt you?”
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“Living in a place like this one, where those that look like you are regularly acknowledged and praised, there is a real dearth of places where the idea of decentering whiteness even gets introduced.”
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“Well, sir, let me tell you. I was in the military for twelve years, and the government provided *my* health care. And it was first rate.”
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“[S]ex workers are people too, and it would be nice if the paper of record could treat them as such. Specifically: ‘Mr. Spitzer’s prostitute.’ We had no idea that he owned her. Thanks for clearing that up for us!”
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“Just read a post at kottke.org pointing out that the upcoming Google developer conference has 38 male presenters and one woman. Jason also points out this is no better that the conference track record in 2006/07 for rations of women to men.”
Mar 20 2008 07:20 pm | Category: del.icio.us links
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