Frederick Melo reports on The Usual Suspects blog at TwinCities.com that a local charity, The Advocates for Human Rights, has rejected a $25,000 donation from Craigslist because Craigslist is considered a venue for human trafficking. This is an interesting position for The Advocates for Human Rights to take. While it certainly isn’t deniable that people [...]
Some state attorney generals bucking for a promotion have been attacking a website, Craigslist, that allows people to advertise items and services they sell for free. Apparently, that’s okay unless the thing the seller wants to sell is their own body. Craigslist has caved to some of the AGs demands, including shutting down their notorious [...]
A group in Vancouver, BC is soliciting government funding to start a co-op for sex workers. The idea is to start a brothel where sex workers would receive training in non-sex related work when they’re not busy turning tricks: Federal government refuses to fund sex worker co-op | Straight.com Susan Davis, cofounder of the West [...]
As of November 7th, Craigslist has begun charging advertisers to advertise in the Erotic Services section of their classifieds website. This particular section has a rep for attracting ads for services that fall outside the bounds of most state laws. In the past, that hasn’t stopped Craigslist from letting the community self-police the ads, but [...]
Is the RNC extravaganza driving an increase in the local escort market? The Pioneer Press took a look at the subject a couple days ago by looking at how many ads specifically mention the convention. That didn’t turn up much. However, I think the location used by escorts may be enough of a signal. Here’s [...]
According to WSAZ News in Charleston, WV, a Kentucky woman took offense when she suddenly spotted something phallic heading toward her 3 year old daughter’s mouth. Wow, that sounds really dirty. Apparently, Wal-Mart was selling straws in fun shapes including a shape that could be mistaken for a somewhat undersized erect penis. A woman named [...]
I ate dinner with a group of friends in Vancouver the other night in the front window of a tapas restaurant. While grazing on various dishes, a homeless guy kept walking up to the window with various things he’d stolen from neighboring businesses. This included potted plants, small jewelery, and this book: After a couple [...]
Are not found here. Apparently, there are a lot of celebrity sex photo obsessed people on the Internet today googling for pictures on Juno screenwriter and Oscar winner naked. Who would do something like that? Does it really come as a surprise that someone with a blog called Pussy Ranch, who’s worked as a stripper, [...]
Julio Ojeda-Zapata ran a profile piece in in the Pioneer Press about a locally produced (Stillwater) sex advice podcast called “Sex is Fun” that included the following from one of the podcast participants: ‘Sex is Fun’ podcast’s candid information proves popular Jade, though a “Sex is Fun” fan and sometime participant, fears a backlash in [...]
Ariel Waldman has an interesting story on networks banning a commercial that infers that condoms can be used for safe sex, but not just safe sex: safe sex . . . for the fun of it! Apparently, that doesn’t jive with FOX & CBS’s values: Pigs prohibited from promoting pregnancy prevention Allegedly, the reason why [...]
