links for 2008-10-06
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"Does anyone remember Littlejohn asking what loss to society the women in Ipswich were? References to 'their grubby little existences'? 'Death by strangulation is an occupational hazard'? Fuck, I can't forget that. And that's my reason for supporting sex workers rights."
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"'Men who think about it are quickly discouraged either by the process or the public reaction,' he said.
That reaction is the product of our roots as a patriarchal society and several hundred years of history, said Cleveland Evans, a member of the American Name Society and a psychology professor at Bellevue University.
People are more accepting when women change their names in marriage because it's an age-old custom — although, he said, in 14th and 15th century England, men were known to take their wives' names if a woman's family was more prominent."
Via Joseph.
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"I feel safe on the pole; it is home. And I know what I'm doing, so putting something together would be easy. I'd had a routine in mind for a while anyway, and the costume and shoes were languishing in my pole studio, so all that was needed was a bit of choreography and some rehearsals. But still I did nothing, fearing performing, putting off confronting the reality of it, too scared to cry off again and let Ivy down."
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"On one hand I am frustrated by a world which refuses to have sexuality be a part of legitimate conversation; I'd love to see sex included as an important, fundamental human issue for grown-ups period.
On the other hand, these places were only using sex as a loss-leader and they could no longer absorb the loss.
That was their bottom line talking.
And they had no sex positive mission to adhere to, remember?"
Oct 06 2008 08:30 am | Category: del.icio.us links
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