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more about #blogging more comments → voteforme: People need to recognize the difference between personal choice and the public good. The likes of Magnanti (and Sasha Gray, if we care to discuss all... more » EmpressZombie: I am not really for if it doesn't harm and if the woman is not coerced, then it's ok line of thinking. It's still an unequal relationship between man ... more » AlexaD: @Algren Perhaps you just weren't able to manage your time in the job appropriately, given the nature of your comments. As someone who's been workin... more » Algren: "Now that she's out in the open, Magnanti could point out that her writing doesn't "glamorize" prostitution — it merely reveals that for some women,... more » quesadillaap: I feel like the problem is that places like Las Vegas, where men expect sex, they don't question if there is a difference between women like this, and... more » LazyHippo: I don't blame her for working as a call girl, or making her identity public. I do, however, blame her for Billie Piper. #belledejour more » keep-the-bling-away-from-the-babies: Why does everything that has to do with sex in any fashion have to be so sensationalized. People are sold and forced to things other than perform sex ... more » Peebers says what?: In response to some of the other comments here, I have to say, I am deeply uncomfortable with the term "selling her/his/my/your body". A body is not s... more » Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: I can't believe she's outed herself! Her book is witty and interesting and definitely not just a walk through the sex work park, and it really did mak... more » J.D.Regent: While I understand what people are saying about how the kinder, less coercive side of sex work is dominant in media, I really don't think that is nece... more » galtor: Legalizing prostitution might certainly make it a 'safer' environment, but does it effect the treatment of prostitutes by clients? Someone mentioned ... more » LilyBonesBurana: Aha--so it appears her coming forth herself was an "out thyself or be outed" dilemma. That makes sense. I was kind of stumped as to why she'd come fo... more » deeemer: Someone help me out here. Someone on Jezebel posted a video, a while back, about prostitutes in Sweden (Britian? I can't remember) recounting their ... more » PipPipCheerio: How can it be spreading misconceptions for one woman to describe her own unique experiences? She's not making sweeping generalizations while telling h... more » Grim Reaper of the Forest: It is interesting to see this post so close to the post about the 5-yr. old whose mother sold her for sex. I have mixed feelings about the effect of ... more » -
#belleoftheball
The "Glamor" Of Prostitution And The Outing Of Belle De Jour
The recent unmasking of prostitute/blogger Belle de Jour has the British press talking about everything from anonymous blogging to what her mom thinks. But what her story really shows is how much prostitutes differ from one another.
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#blogher
The Female Blogger Deficit: Are We Too Nice, Or Not Nice Enough?
Despite hopeful stats from a few years ago, men now outnumber women in the blogosphere by two to one. So why don't more women blog? One blogger thinks it's because we're too sweet — but we have some other ideas.
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#crappyhour
Birther, Detainee Issues Rear Their Ugly Heads Again
Another day, another dollar, another fake birth certificate from Kenya emerges from the birther morass and the Administration continues to wonder where to put our detainees. The Washington Independent's Spencer Ackerman comes by for a talk, and a goodbye. More » -
#behindtheblog
Michael K On Amy Winehouse
"She went to St. Lucia and became a drunk instead of a crackhead... I just have a thing for crackheads... When everyone is standing on the street and it's quiet, a crackhead will always talk to me." [The Awl] -
#blogblogblargh
The New York Times Sheds A Tear For Your Orphaned Blogs
Have you heard of these things called blogs? Well the New York Times certainly has, and they're exposing the wacky phenomenon of people starting blogs and then abandoning them. It's all 2001 up in here! More » -
#blogher
World's Oldest Blogger Dies At 97
Maria Amelia Lopez, a Spanish great-grandmother who called herself "the world's oldest blogger," died today in her home at the age of 97, leaving more than 1.5 million readers from around the world mourning her passing. More » -
#yeoldcommenters
Blogging Through History: Commenters In The 1690s
The always-excellent CBS Sunday Morning premiered this clip this morning, presenting a solid link between the newspapers of the late 1600's and the blogs of today. Commenters were even having their say 300 years ago! More » -
#bloggingfrombeyond
Roseanne Barr's Blog: Hacked?
Roseanne has shared some wacky opinions in the past, but her latest blog posts claim she's only "masquerading as an earthly being." And apparently the mystical creature living inside her likes to blog! [Roseanne World] -
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#blogblogblargh
Is It "Perilous" To Be A Female Blogger?
Sofia Resnick of the Austin Chronicle wants to know if the online world is, in fact, tougher on female bloggers. Susannah Breslin of XX Factor isn't so sure, and to be honest, neither am I. More »
