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BREAKING NEWS: I was a sex worker. 12 Aug 2013 | 02:01 pm
Not exactly breaking news, right? This morning I awoke to find this claim from an ex of mine, Mr George O H "Owen" Morris, that I was not a sex worker. I have known he was going to go to the papers ...
Should Mia Freedman Apologise? 26 Apr 2013 | 02:25 pm
I went to Australia last month as a guest of the Opera House for the All About Women symposium. As part of the event, I agreed to do some media appearances on ABC, including the Drum and Q&A. All Ab...
Happy Trails... 2 Oct 2012 | 03:40 am
So, if you've been wonderingwhy I've not been writing much here lately, it's because for the last 6 months or so I've been science editor and contributing writer over at Cliterati. It has been great f...
When Help is Anything But 26 Sep 2012 | 06:37 pm
You may already be aware of the recent prostitution consultation in Ireland, which closed at the end of August. At the forefront of campaigning was 'prostitution and trafficking NGO' Ruhama, which pro...
Why Scotland should not make sex work illegal 18 Jun 2012 | 05:14 pm
UPDATE: MSPs have voted that Grant's bill will have to go to consultation and will not be fast-tracked. Which is good news. But the fight is not over, and expect more to come when the consultation hit...
Right to a family life 'not absolute'? 18 Jun 2012 | 05:13 pm
Theresa May, as per her now-weekly ritual, manages to make herself look ridiculous again. This time it's over Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, or as Ms May likes to refer to it, "...
London 2012: Will the Olympics bring more prostitutes? 8 Jun 2012 | 04:39 pm
It's a well-known rule in journalism that if the headline asks a question, the answer is invariably "no". So to see the question above on this blog will probably not surprise you. What might surprise...
Newquay Lap Dance Claims Wrong 29 May 2012 | 10:37 pm
Via Lori Smith, I was alerted to this claim last week by police in Cornwall that a lap dance venue license application should be rejected because such clubs 'might' cause sexual violence. As Lori poin...
How To Blog Anonymously (and how not to) 10 May 2012 | 08:00 pm
Further to yesterday's post, this is a list of thoughts prompted by a request from Linkmachinego on the topic of being an anonymous writer and blogger. Maybe not exactly a how-to (since the outcome is...
On anonymity and outing 9 May 2012 | 08:00 pm
As some, many, or all of you may know, a certain anonymous blogger was "outed" by a celeb on Twitter yesterday. For those who know, just nod along; for those who don't, I'm not going to rebroadcast na...
