Happy Chinese New Year! Finally, it’s the Year of the Whores. Rest in peace, Gloria Leonard. You sassy old dame, you. Hey, guys, remember our friend Alice Schwarzer? The German “feminist” who is vehemently anti-sex work. Yeah, well, turns out she was hiding a lot of her money in a Swiss bank account and she got… Continue reading The Week In Links—February 7th
Tag: Super Bowl
The Week In Links—January 31
Thank the gods that the Super Bowl is this Sunday. We can say goodbye to another year’s worth of trafficking/stripping/sex work stories related to the Big Game. But first, some gems from the last week: PolicyMic contributor (and daughter of Jamie, CEO of JP Morgan Chase) Laura Dimon basically rewrote every Super Bowl trafficking story… Continue reading The Week In Links—January 31
The Week In Links: February 8
“2 Broke Girls” appropriated stripper signifiers “Pour Some Sugar On Me,” poledancing, and thigh high PVC boots for a Super Bowl commercial, and then an Idaho congressman fired an aide who tweeted salaciously about it. In the words of the Awl, “Something about ‘Two Broke Girls’ Finally Funny.” This isn’t really about strippers, but it’s a… Continue reading The Week In Links: February 8
The Week In Links: February 1
The above (SFW) ad for PornHub was rejected for broadcast during the Super Bowl. Speaking of the Super Bowl, here’s a bunch of stories about trafficking hysteria and arrests in New Orleans plus a non-hysterical article about the city’s strip clubs. A nursing home in England is under investigation after the East Sussex County Council… Continue reading The Week In Links: February 1
“Making it Rain” explained to cultural ignoramuses
The New York Times explains “making it rain.” I guess they didn’t cover this when the NBA All-Star game was in Vegas? Great explanation of making it rain for, well, old white people, I guess.