On Dec. 20 the Senate passed Senate Resolution 439: “A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC should eliminate the ‘adult entertainment’ section of the classified advertising website Backpage.com.” I am clearly weeks late responding to this. This happened in the flurry of holidays, travel, and the Sandy Hook… Continue reading The Worst New Year’s Resolution
Tag: Politics
The Week In Links: September 14
We are sad to say goodbye to dedicated sex worker rights activist Robyn Few, who passed away yesterday morning. Few was a co-founder of the Sex Workers Outreach Project-USA and one of the original organizers of the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. The Atlantic ran a brilliant review of After Porn Ends,… Continue reading The Week In Links: September 14
The Week in Links: August 31
Don’t forget that today is the deadline to vote for SXSW PanelPicker. Vote for Tits and Sass! And our friends. Not everyone in Illinois is happy about the new pole tax, which will benefit the state’s Sexual Assault Prevention Fund. Disapproval of the tax spanned across political party lines and gender, according to a graph published… Continue reading The Week in Links: August 31
Scandal: “Dirty Little Secrets” [2012]
In spite of Kerry Washington’s awe-inspiring beauty, I really wasn’t interested in watching Scandal, a show about a crisis management firm in Washington DC who works to save reputations and careers when damning personal histories are about to come to light. My boyfriend bought it on AppleTV, though, and like the manipulative man he is,… Continue reading Scandal: “Dirty Little Secrets” [2012]
The Week in Links: March 16
The Ms. Magazine blog gave us a shout out in a post this week about sex work organizations. Thank, Ms! Rick Santorum’s new pet social issue: the “pandemic” of pornography. He has stated, if elected, that he’ll work toward a ban on hard-core pornography (in addition to abortion, same-sex marriage, and the “absolute” separation of church and state). He… Continue reading The Week in Links: March 16