November, 2006
O the joys of being an empowered sex worker
As I understand it, the rationale behind legalizing all kinds of sex work is that the women (strippers, prostitutes, etc.) will then enjoy the rights and dignities of workers in other fields. They’ll be able to set boundaries, demand safe working conditions and reasonable job standards, earn respect for a job well done, all that [...]
Passive Blogging
Drive-by linkage: From abyss2hope, an entry in the Jesus Fucking Christ department: Idaho Grandmother And Uncle Plot Alleged Rape Victim’s Murder. Charliegrrl reports that a 19-year-old “glamour model” in Britain is auctioning off her virginity in a contest sponsored by some godawful lad mag. (Not work safe.) Echidne links to a Purple America map of [...]
Veterans Day/Armistice Day
The cease-fire that ended World War One was signed at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. The holiday that commemorates this event is still referred to as Armistice Day in the U.K. but is now known as Veterans Day here in ‘Murka, where with typical American can-do-ism we [...]
The non-spring chicken squawks, doesn’t croak
I’m back from the hospital! I’m not dead! I haven’t had a heart attack, I’m not having a heart attack now, and I’m apparently not on the verge of having a heart attack. My symptoms are still with me and as weird as ever, but all the ER stuff came out fine: EKG, chest X-ray, [...]
Is it just me?
Reading up on the Imaginary-Procedure Abortion Ban case before the Supreme Court, this headline caught my jaundiced eye: Abortion Foes Face Pair of Big Tests I keep thinking there’s a letter missing. ***** P.S. I apologize for this unaccustomed descent into juvenalia. I blame it on my choking-sensation malady which is clearly depriving my brain [...]
Macaca Concedes!
Woo hoo! Now it’s official.
I take a size 7 in tinfoil hat
I’ve been wanting to join in the blogular victory lap to celebrate our stunning election win, but I’m suffering from an undetermined illness that’s sort of harshing my vibe. Nothing serious: just chest pains and the sensation that I’m choking to death. But it’s awfully distracting. Perhaps that explains why in the midst of all [...]
Say hello to the new Speaker of the House
More tomorrow later today. Now I must totter off to bed.
Brief election-watching hiatus while I marvel that even liberal men don’t seem to realize that the women in porn are real human beings
I was following various election links when I found myself over at Digby’s reading this gem from last month: I’ll accede to the fact that romance novels may not be pornographic in the way that many people think of pornography. But they are indisputably very sexually explicit, which I guess many women find to be [...]
Only one more day till martial law!
Isn’t it exciting? There’s really no question the Democrats are going to win tomorrow; the only question is how much they’ll be allowed to keep. The RNC has already issued detailed talking points about how exit polls are unreliably skewed in favor of Democrats. Just preparing the ground for when all those Diebold machines start [...]
