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2021 in review

That’s worth a lot of suffering

Introducing: Lady Libertine

Poverty is embarassing

Three reasons I hate lying so much

I'm bad at sex

How interesting. How lucky.

I can’t stop thinking about this study on great sex

Power is responsibility

Good people with bad information

I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t obsessed with sex

Everything comes down to bondage

Is "casual sex" unhealthy?

My first Domme class

There was crying but no yelling

24 specific proposals for how to fix California

Sex trafficking is a moral panic

Domme class discount!

Is therapy the solution for loneliness?

Wanting more

The Facebook whistleblower

My Domme name

Learning to Domme

Correcting the record on sex work

Remembering Kate

Acceptance matters

Casual sex, good or bad?

Category creation: Goodbye, fear. Hello, confidence.

This is the work

Changing my mind on porn, changing my gut

The psychedelics + sex in the woods party

Maintaining a little room for uncertainty

Man-ifesting

So this is my experience right now. Thanks for sharing it with me.

How Exodus Cry reinvented the white slavery moral panic for a modern age

That’s probably what happy people do.

Unfortunately health is a lot more random than any of us likes to admit

Entering the Whoring 20s and play parties and thinking a lot about attractiveness

Rent control: A do or don't?

Already enjoying the whoring 20s

American culture hates femininity

It’s good to verify our assumptions. Many turn out to be wrong upon investigation.

One of the weirdest weekends in recent memory

I have these weird pockets of what feels to me like class solidarity

Absolutely do not bring your whole self to work

I regret to inform you that the Evangelicals are at it again

Another year of thotting

The banal horrors

Get on your knees: Polyamory as the new church

All the anxiety with none of the “not being an asshole.”

It's the stigma, stupid

On faith, science, and furries

Why no one who thinks they’re a really nice person is a really nice person

Shitbagginess without shitbags

Matt Gaetz Embodies the Evangelical Movement’s Skewed Obsession with Sex Trafficking

Texas Republicans sold new filter law with false claims about pornography

New study finds porn does not make men sexist

Manhattan's prostitution move is a great first step, but a far cry from full decriminalization

Maybe it shouldn’t take riots for prosecutors to hold murderous cops accountable

A few things I’ve been reading

Abstinence camp

The sex trafficking moral panic isn’t about sex abuse

Why I don't support the campaign to recall San Francisco's DA

Porn researchers don't seem to understand what constitutes "violence"

After the orgy comes the catfight

My problem with the discourse around "obesity"

My problem with the discourse around "sexualization"

Can fully sane people fully fall in love?

The SAFE TECH Act Will Make the Internet Less Safe for Sex Workers

Lips.social Founder Val Elefante's beautiful response to casual whorephobia

Whorephobia and the Myth of Sex Addiction

Nevada Bill Aims to Stop Arrests of Sex Trafficking Victims

Sex Work Decrim 101: A panel discussion

Utah Porn Filter Measure Misguided, Unlikely to Stand

Adult sites aren’t taking models’ money, banks are 

My favorite part is the YouTube comments

It’s torture sometimes, to want things

Police Bigotry & Anti-Sex Laws—the Quiet Connection

The truth about NCOSE - 1962 Operation Yorkville

Book review: My Dark Vanessa

California should follow Oregon’s lead and decriminalize all illegal drugs

Beware of fake sex work decriminalization, aka the Nordic Model

Facebook demoting political groups shows the importance of Section 230

Progressive orgs are coming together to protect Section 230 and fight FOSTA

Republicans Love De-Platforming—Just Ask Sex Workers

The truth about Polaris

Just masturbate like a normal person

The Only Thing Worse Than A NIMBY Is A Preservationist.

What happened with the coup

Dear Rashida Jones, please stop

SSC vs RISK vs PRICK sex-positive consent terminology explained

Sex-positive feminism isn't constantly shoving sex in unwilling people’s faces