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Sex work is work: exploding the sex trafficking myth With the freedom to work, organise and fight, sex workers will end coercion in the trade. BY MARGARET CORVID PUBLISHED 7 JULY, 2014 - 16:45 New Statesman I am lucky to have taken up my work as a dominatrix amid a revolution in our thinking about sex work. Writers like Laura Agustín and Melissa Gira Grant have taken apart our sexualised, othered image, and sex workers and allies proclaim loudly that sex work is work. Banal on its surface, that statement is profound in its implications. We all work for a multitude of reasons, good and bad, mundane and heart-wrenching. It is society that frames those reasons differentl…

Another Bryan Hawn video music parody. He says this is his favorite he's done yet.

Raisin balls To have shrunken and shriveled testicles due to excessive ejaculation. Often experienced by chronic maturbators. Opposite of Scrot Bloat 'I'm so lonely, I've got raisin balls.' http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Raisin%20balls

World's earliest erotic graffiti found in unlikely setting on Aegean islandRacy inscriptions and phalluses carved into Astypalaia's rocky peninsula shed light on very private lives of ancient Greece Helena Smith in Athens The Guardian, Sunday 6 July 2014 09.57 EDT The erotic graffiti on Astypalaia also highlighted the extent of literacy at a time when the Acropolis in Athens had yet to be built. Photograph: Helena Smith Wild, windswept, rocky and remote, Astypalaia is not an obvious place for the unearthing of some of the world's earliest erotic graffiti. Certainly, Dr Andreas Vlachopoulos, a specialist in prehistoric archaeology, didn't think so when he began …

Brooklyn Museum spikes its fall season with "Killer Heels" Wedges, platforms and stilettos are all part of the mix in this exhibition sure to delight the shoe fetishist in you By Howard Halle Tue Jul 1 2014 timeout.com Previous Next Photograph: Brooklyn Museum; Brooklyn Museum Collection Unknown Chinese artist, Manchu women's shoe, c. 19th century People—women and men alike—can't seem to get enough of high heels, and the higher the heel, the more likely that it will attract attention. That ability to captivate is the driving principle behind the Brooklyn Museum's upcoming exhibition "Killer Heels: The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe," which will ta…

Remind me never to get sick when time-traveling in the past. Ten weird and terrifying medical instruments from the pastJune 26, 2014 | by Mark Lorch iflscience.com Photo credit: 18th century German cranial brace and bit to create holes in the skulls. Wellcome Library Share28.1K Tweet132 73 Reddit9 7 The UK’s largest medical charity, the Wellcome Trust, has made its vast database of images freely available to all. The collection holds photos of hundreds of years worth of medicine, instruments and scientific culture. For me, the progress of science best described by advances in medicine and the instruments used to practice it. Here is a list of a few of my f…

When was the last time you heard a great Mariah Carey single? Well here it is finally. The album version has a rapper in it. I only hope they were smart enough to release this no rap version to radio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFnaCvRilCs

I think these were supposed to be Washington Monuments. . .

Brokestraightboys.com, an adult site that features allegedly straight “young men who choose to do gay porn to supplement their income,” has announced the production of a new reality series. Broke Straight Boys is a reality-based docu-series that follows the exploits of the staff the gay-for-pay performers who work for them. “The show focuses on the people involved in this taboo and unconventional lifestyle, exploring the dynamic relationships between the owner of BluMedia, Mark Erickson, his business staff and the young men who choose to do gay porn to supplement their income by performing for the adult website, brokestraightboys.com,” explains a press release for the s…

Hmm. A Quick Way to Make Today’s Stars Seem OldBy Guy Cimbalo vulture.com Today’s stars aged 50 and over are more well-preserved than ever, whether through exercise, diet, surgery, or chemicals. And because of it, many of them seem ageless and forever young (at least when in makeup, Photoshopped, or flatteringly lit on the big screen). Want to learn a trick to suddenly make them feel more aged, though? Compare them with past notable actors who at the same age just seemed old. George Clooney (52) is a year older than Wilford Brimley was when Cocoon was released. Daniel Day Lewis (56) is the same age as Walter Matthau was when The Bad News Bears was released. Ju…

Way back in the day, the baths were a place where men could meet up discreetly to have anonymous sex. The creation of the internet has lead to a big decline in the bathhouse attendance over the years. Instant apps like Grindr, Scruff, Jack'd, etc has further lead to the decline of bathhouses. But now, we are hearing more and more the reports of people being beat, raped, and killed after meeting up with someone from one of the "instant apps". Guys are meeting up with people they know nothing of, in random, secluded places and quite frankly, anything can happen. At least in bathhouses, people are required to "register". You are around other people. So I would love to ge…

Photographs of two gay dads at the birth of their son seem to have gone viral.

Anyone know what happened to this site? All of a sudden I can't get it to open. Has it been closed?

For those interested in Colorado's and Washington's recent experiment: http://blog.seattlepi.com/marijuana/2014/06/22/recap-heres-30-recent-studies-on-the-effects-of-marijuana/#24367101=3

If ya gotta be done in in extra time, I guess it's some consolation that De Bruyne, a really cute blond Belgian fut-baller, done the deed. Just turned 23 last weekend. ----- Current score 2 to 1 Belgium. Still a chance. USA? USA? ---- As the announcer said, if the United States team goes out, it's going out on its shield. Just no quit in these guys. ---- OK, Belgium goes through. Pooh! ==== But Tim Howard, the American goalkeeper, set some kind of record with 16 saves, some of them spectacular. He single handed kept the US in the game. Sucker deserves a medal or something. ---- I can't believe I actually watched a damn soccer game and actually cared who wo…

So it turns out the great Utilitarian philosopher was an early believer in letting same-sex-attracted people do the dirty in whatever way they wished, without hindrance or sanction. Although he did not dare publish those writings in his lifetime, and they were subsequently, predictably, long suppressed by his editors. Book review: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jun/26/sexual-irregularities-morality-jeremy-bentham-review

http://www.pbs.org/program/vicious/ Vicious tells the story of partners Freddie (Ian McKellen) and Stuart (Derek Jacobi), who have lived together in a small central London flat for nearly 50 years. Constantly picking each other apart and holding on to petty slights for decades, Freddie and Stuart are always at each other’s throats, cracking snide remarks aimed at the other’s age, appearance and flaws. However, underneath their vicious, co-dependent fighting, they have a deep love for one another. Freddie and Stuart are often joined by feisty best friend Violet (Frances de la Tour, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) and Ash (Iwan Rheon, “Game of Thrones”), their young,…

Is he gay or not? coming this Fall to theaters. . .