Lazy Sunday Ali G Feminist Post
April 29, 2012 No CommentsAli G interviews Naomi Wolf about feminism!
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Can I Be Okay With Boyfriend Seeing Sex Workers?
March 14, 2012 1 CommentDear Madame X, I don’t know what to do. I just found out my boyfriend goes to prostitutes. We haven’t been dating very long and we aren’t exclusive. He didn’t want to tell me because part of the thrill is the taboo. I’m supposed to be a good feminist and support women’s rights to do ...
Unseen: Sex Trafficking In Canada
February 27, 2012 No CommentsMany people wouldn’t expect sex trafficking to be a Canadian issue. The majority of media coverage is about women being smuggled from Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America to work in brothels or massage parlours. However, it happens everywhere in the world; sex trafficking doesn’t discriminate based on gender, age or nationality, and it is ...
Don’t Forget, Roman Sex Workers Were Slaves
January 4, 2012 1 CommentPornographic images and sex acts depicted on tokens dating back to the Roman occupation of Britain have been found in the UK. It is thought that these are tokens that were used at brothels and are considered an important find in terms of the history of pornography and art in general. But it is also important ...
Lest We Forget The Fourth World On World AIDS Day
December 1, 2011 No CommentsToday is World AIDS Day, but what does today mean for those of us living in Canada? HIV seems to be a thing of the past…at least for those of us living comfortable, middle-class lives. In the 1980s, testing HIV-positive was a devastating diagnosis. Today, with the help of advanced medication, you probably won’t even ...
Male Stud(ent) Escorts
November 19, 2011 No CommentsUniversity funding is always a contentious point. Should the ultimate beneficiaries of education pay for it, or should education, as a public good in itself, be free and not based around its use for financial gain? This point is more difficult than ever at the moment, with many governments having recently upped tuition fees to ...
Brothels No Better Than On The Streets?
November 1, 2011 No CommentsAre brothel-owners any better than the pimps who sell their workers on the streets? Believing themselves to be light years better than mere pimps, owners of brothels, “massage” parlors, and escort agencies promote the idea of safety and security to sex workers. This simply can’t be true. Could it? One case surrounds a housewife in ...
Ageing Expat Men And Their Russian Women
October 18, 2011 No CommentsAs a two year Moscow resident, I can vouch for the lack of exaggeration in A.D. Miller’s Snowdrops. In this novel the city functions more as a vortex than a character. Elaborate strip clubs, intrinsic corruption, casual bigotry, ostentatious displays of wealth and brutal poverty assault the senses and dehumanize the book’s inhabitants. Although the ...
When Private Pictures End Up Public Porn
September 28, 2011 No CommentsBe careful what happens to those naked pictures or you could unwillingly end up being seen as a porn star or prostitute. A woman is suing a company because pictures of her ended up on their website that advertizes prostitution. The pictures were taken by her ex and somehow ended up on the site. She ...
Canada One Step Closer To Legalized Prostitution
September 18, 2011 No CommentsProstitution is now one step closer to becoming a recognized industry in Canada. In Edmonton, “massage” parlours and escort services are being licensed. The people who work for these agencies will have to take a three hour sexual exploitation information session. They will also have to prove they’re over 18. This means that actual massage parlours ...
