- The most stalkable people on the planet have been labeled as diseased and had their names and home addresses published online (“Porn Wikileaks“) and CNET reported the situation with a snarky reprimand about being sex workers. It didn’t go unnoticed, and they got called on it in this now-timeless post: Dear Sex Worker Hater (Miss Maggie Mayhem’s Blog)
- As you may have read otherwhere, a Toronto police officer told a college class the best way women could avoid rape was not to “dress slutty” – and SlutWalk Toronto was hatched. Meanwhile the Tornoto police have disavowed the statement, though I’m sure they didn’t expect over 2K people to demonstrate (video link) in “the walk” and a call to action for sister walks that are now springing up across the US and Canada. (slutwalktoronto.com, great photos here)
- I’ve been waiting for it since July 2010 (trailer), and it looks like the film on sex, science and female orgasm (or the commodification of it) is starting ti hit theaters! Look for your local showtimes in indie film houses: Orgasm Inc. – The Strange Science of Female Pleasure (orgasminc.org)
- Sexy stories about a woman’s slightly delirious sexual adventures – nasty fun: The Brazilian Au Pair Enjoying Nameless Men and Her First Multiple Orgasm (nymag.com, via Rachel Kramer Bussel)
- Another one to take with grains of salt, but interesting nonetheless (and they should fix their study source link): First-time Sex Helps Male Self-Image, Hurts Female (Discovery News, thanks Ariel!)
- The #1 reason I want to visit Quebec – and I already know which room I want: Quebec inn encourages clients to act out erotic fantasies (montrealgazette.com)
- This is a lot like a story I published in Best Women’s Erotica – but this peeping tom story is from a male point of view: The New York Apartment – David Rakoff on Erotic House-sitting (New York Magazine)
- Joe hits it out of the park with this post – and the list of sex crimes enacted by ‘men of god’ by state in the US over the course of a week is absolutely staggering: This Week In Holy Crimes (joemygod.blogspot.com)
- This strikes me as making child immigrants particularly at risk: Prison Sexual Assault Reforms Won’t Cover Immigrant Detention Centers (huffingtonpost.com)
Image via Starr Simplicity Design Studio.
Citation needed.
No need to go to Canada, just visit Utah or Idaho!
http://www.anniversaryinn.com/
Wife and I stayed in the “Biker Roadhouse” in Logan UT (northern UT near ID)
http://www.anniversaryinn.com/logan/room/28-biker-roadhouse
I’m sorry, but I think the whole SlutWalk thing completely misses the point. Yes, women should be able to dress any way they like, but the truth of the matter still stands: if you choose to dress like a slut, you are taking on a higher risk of being raped. That is just true. Why are people outraged at a policeman for telling it straight? He didn’t say “You deserve to be raped because you’re dressed like a slut.”
Likewise, rapists are not going to see that march and go “Oh! It’s their right to dress like that. Aww.. well I better not rape them then.”
And before you peg me as one of those conservative, uptight good girls, I fully admit that I sometimes dress like a slut. And when I do, I am aware that the risk is higher. But sometimes you take risks because the pay off makes life more interesting.