tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post5472783564037991743..comments2024-03-29T07:02:42.474-04:00Comments on Fetch me my axe: Sex work, crime and punishment: a ramble, with linksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-86095071421337227832007-06-24T14:59:00.000-04:002007-06-24T14:59:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-62919292319902422922007-06-22T08:04:00.000-04:002007-06-22T08:04:00.000-04:00"Instead, on IWD Justice for Women, Women's Aid, E..."Instead, on IWD Justice for Women, Women's Aid, Eaves Housing for Women, POLLY and Lilith will be picketing Spearmint Rhino, a lap-dancing club."<BR/><BR/>Yeah, living in the UK I know that the "Reclaim the Night" demos have been rejuvenated. I too am very pissed off that women picket Spearmint Rhino as what message is this sending to the women who work in Spearmint? Get a proper job, maybe? It Louisefeministahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08279991897445225597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-76239405814089440802007-06-21T15:09:00.000-04:002007-06-21T15:09:00.000-04:00One, self defense as mandatory physical education ...<I>One, self defense as mandatory physical education (instead of, say, the useful sport of dodgeball) as part of at least middle school curriculum, if not earlier grades. And for everyone, not just girls, but yeah, I'm personally especially thinking of girls.</I><BR/><BR/>that would've been GREAT.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-32211556526945943452007-06-21T14:16:00.000-04:002007-06-21T14:16:00.000-04:00belle and others re: self defense:I know there are...belle and others re: self defense:<BR/><BR/>I know there are some self defense resources for women, and I'm assuming you don't need an I'm-not-a-sex-worker ID card to get in, but I also feel like, considering the rejection a lot/most sex workers deal with in public spaces, especially people who work on the street, I'd like to be able to set up a couple of things some day. One, self defense as Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-34835220530254789432007-06-21T09:26:00.000-04:002007-06-21T09:26:00.000-04:00Excellent post, Belle Dame.I find myself using ant...Excellent post, Belle Dame.<BR/>I find myself using antifeminist when it would be much more accurate to say misogynist or woman-hater.Megan McGurkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09673489472490377198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-27500170680556119632007-06-21T03:43:00.000-04:002007-06-21T03:43:00.000-04:00Also look up Bataille's term, "heterogeneity" vers...Also look up Bataille's term, "heterogeneity" versus "homogeneity".Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15364161667997825733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-22963589961015367982007-06-21T03:39:00.000-04:002007-06-21T03:39:00.000-04:00I believe that Bataille thought very well of prost...I believe that Bataille thought very well of prostitutes--that they were some kind of abstainers from the "profane" world of normative, productive society, or something. This may well be an overromanticised view, but there you go.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15364161667997825733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-76252611608300890502007-06-20T23:17:00.000-04:002007-06-20T23:17:00.000-04:00This is coming from a different approach. Last nig...This is coming from a different approach. Last night I hosted a discussion with Dave Zirin, a leftist sportswriter, talking about his newest book. There were 45 attendees and every single person there not only had a question, they had an opinion about professional athletes.<BR/><BR/>It seemed very similar to discussions about prostitutes. Our culture convinces us that we can hold intelligent Ravenmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-42186712421034594512007-06-20T22:28:00.000-04:002007-06-20T22:28:00.000-04:00I'm beginning to sort of loathe the term "antifemi...I'm beginning to sort of loathe the term "antifeminist." Yeah, I know there are some assholes who actually call themselves that, who aren't worth the energy it takes to type the sentence out; but used internecine-ly, i dunno, it has a certain tang of <BR/><BR/>"counter-revolutionary imperialist pig-dog lackey"<BR/><BR/>...if you know what I'm saying.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-18120918263622297472007-06-20T22:03:00.000-04:002007-06-20T22:03:00.000-04:00Rootie's examples of groups for whom "[t]he dream ...Rootie's examples of groups for whom "[t]he dream of various authoritarian groups in society is the construction of homogeneity" is apropos are right on. Especially in light of the discussions about individualism being antifeminist elsewhere in bloglandia.Octogalorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052288318330285365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-28813352724270080592007-06-20T20:11:00.000-04:002007-06-20T20:11:00.000-04:00anon was me.anon was me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-91307547247994057532007-06-20T19:56:00.000-04:002007-06-20T19:56:00.000-04:00While we’re quoting ancient texts, I saw an old (1...While we’re quoting ancient texts, I saw an old (1930) Czech hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold tear-jerker last week, <I>Tonka of the Gallows</I>, that began with Matthew 21:31: “Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.” (I suspect it’s a highly conditional promise.)<BR/><BR/>We don’t really know what percentage of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-21945369697362285092007-06-20T11:44:00.000-04:002007-06-20T11:44:00.000-04:00Oops, actually, here's a better link.Oops, actually, <A HREF="http://theaphroditeproject.tv/" REL="nofollow">here's a better link</A>.Amber Rheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02109708537597646450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-63628640299868666992007-06-20T11:43:00.000-04:002007-06-20T11:43:00.000-04:00Y'all might be interested in these.Y'all might be interested in <A HREF="http://theaphroditeproject.tv/platforms_blog/2007/05/16/diy-platforms-at-maker-faire-and-sex-hacks-at-csc/" REL="nofollow">these</A>.Amber Rheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02109708537597646450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-68480228048861668672007-06-20T11:33:00.000-04:002007-06-20T11:33:00.000-04:00belle, i googled 'self defense for sex workers' an...belle, i googled 'self defense for sex workers' and came up with a slew of links to articles, ads, etc. about people/organizations holding such classes. in college, our women's center actually sponsored several classes for females and lgbtq folk. <BR/>here are a few of the links: <BR/>http://sex-work.org/link_dept/index.php?mwa=id:50 (list of books, not classes, but still helpful)<BR/>http://welliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14327866298406163507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-91175629436878245112007-06-20T08:06:00.000-04:002007-06-20T08:06:00.000-04:00"The dream of various authoritarian groups in soci..."The dream of various authoritarian groups in society is the construction of homogeneity."<BR/>ooo...yeah. That's it in a nutshell. Be they hardline Islamic fundamentalists or hardline Baptist fundamentalists or even hardline radical feminists.Rootietoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804816032287310463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-51255769652057655862007-06-19T21:53:00.000-04:002007-06-19T21:53:00.000-04:00It's about hating women; and also hating sex, para...It's about hating women; and also hating sex, paradoxically, or rather hating themselves for what they see makes them weak or dirty, and projecting it onto the women (and sometimes men) whose "fault" it is, I think.<BR/><BR/>Self defense classes for sex workers sounds like a great idea. Is no one doing anything like that?belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-15541071203851137342007-06-19T18:55:00.000-04:002007-06-19T18:55:00.000-04:00Although I don't agree with Andrea Dworkin for arg...Although I don't agree with Andrea Dworkin for arguing at hearings about closing strip clubs, I do agree with what she had to say about the way street prostitutes are treated. As long as it is okay to create/force into existence a class of women who live as street prostitutes, and as long as it okay to treat those women as horribly as they get treated - dead or alive - then we know exactly what Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com