links for 2008-04-21
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“That sex workers’ profession remains illegal reflects and perpetuates at once society’s condemnation of such work. It keeps alive the hateful attitude of the scum that abuse prostitutes by providing legal justification.”
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“When you make the decision to speak up about your experience, what is the best way for those to whom you are speaking to respond? I know that we should listen, but what, if anything, should we do? What can we do to support you?”
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“Let me just say that the COMMUNITY I now feel a part of, through Sex 2.0, is one that I wish wholeheartedly that I had known while I was escorting — though, of course, I am overjoyed to know them *now.*”
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Heh.
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Yay! Very thorough Sex 2.0 wrap-up post from Ellie.
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“I have decided to structure the carnival around freedom and autonomy as examined through the issues of silence, media, submission, and sex.”
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“Transgender people are another matter entirely, and it is still socially acceptable to ridicule, insult, deride and speak epithets about anyone who doesn’t fit strict ‘male’ and ‘female’ gender stereotypes.”
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I’m pretty amused by all this back-and-forth.
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“And then there’s the other false assumption that people use against this so-called ‘raunch feminism’. … It’s that sex, sexuality, or anything that has to do with it is inherently unintelligent, superficial, and vacuous.”
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“Sex 2.0 opened my eyes to a number of positive things, but one negative that I was painfully aware of throughout Rachel Kramer Bussel’s ‘Erotic Writing 101′ session was that I have a hard time sharing my ideas when placed into a group setting.”
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“Hamas has said it is ready to accept a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders but ‘will not recognise Israel’.” Via FurryGirl, who wonders why this story isn’t on the front page of CNN.
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“Here’s my question: what sort of choices don’t have the potential to cause suffering?”
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“If a client finds me interesting, great, but if that same client feels sorry for me and wants to ‘rescue’ me from my life of crime, then he can go fuck himself. Maybe there are escorts out there looking for their knight-in-shining-armor, but I’m not one of them.”
Apr 21 2008 07:50 pm | Category: del.icio.us links
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