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	<description>Frank commentary from a retired call girl</description>
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		<title>By: TheDudesAreEmerging</title>
		<link>http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/guided-tour/#comment-22783</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TheDudesAreEmerging]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On loan from the librarian of the UU of Ankh-Morpork.... 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unseen_University]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On loan from the librarian of the UU of Ankh-Morpork&#8230;. </p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unseen_University" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unseen_University</a></p>
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		<title>By: Sailor Barsoom</title>
		<link>http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/guided-tour/#comment-22717</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sailor Barsoom]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Even great apes can play D&amp;D&quot;

Yeah, especially that orangutan from Saturday.  That&#039;s why she&#039;s hooking: where else is an orangutan going to get the money to buy all those books?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Even great apes can play D&amp;D&#8221;</p>
<p>Yeah, especially that orangutan from Saturday.  That&#8217;s why she&#8217;s hooking: where else is an orangutan going to get the money to buy all those books?</p>
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		<title>By: Sailor Barsoom</title>
		<link>http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/guided-tour/#comment-22716</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sailor Barsoom]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did somebody say &quot;steampunk?&quot;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPH1OoTobtk&amp;fmt=18

They played at A-KON year before last.  I waved a blinky binky around because my throat was too sore for me to yell.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did somebody say &#8220;steampunk?&#8221;<br />
<span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='480' height='0' src='http://www.youtube.com/embed/YPH1OoTobtk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;fmt=18&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></p>
<p>They played at A-KON year before last.  I waved a blinky binky around because my throat was too sore for me to yell.</p>
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		<title>By: TheDudesAreEmerging</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TheDudesAreEmerging]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quite sexy, I have to admit :P]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Quite sexy, I have to admit <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Leonardo</title>
		<link>http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/guided-tour/#comment-22681</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leonardo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being Italian I can confirm the translation of &quot;Honest courtesan&quot; into &quot;Cortigiana onesta&quot; is correct. The meaning is the one Maggie describes in this post.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Being Italian I can confirm the translation of &#8220;Honest courtesan&#8221; into &#8220;Cortigiana onesta&#8221; is correct. The meaning is the one Maggie describes in this post.</p>
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		<title>By: V. W. Singer</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[V. W. Singer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sounds a bit like the plot to Fanny Hill :)

There was no need to &quot;traffic&quot; women during that time. People flocked to the city from the countryside seeking a better life than working the fields or milking cows. Most of the girls hoped to get a job as a household servant or later in the period, in a factory, but just like today, there were more applicants than there were jobs, so they opted for the next best (and very lucrative) thing.

The age of consent was 12, so it was not necessary to procure young girls illegally either.

There were tens of thousands of &quot;lower middle class&quot; women in Victorian London whose only work options were largely either being a seamstress or a prostitute. Seamstresses had terribly hight mortality rates from malnutrition and overwork, so many of them did a bit of street walking on the side or became mistresses to those who could afford to keep them.

As Maggie said, the forced prostitution of girls was highly unlikely. It should be remembered that newspapers and &quot;penny dreadfuls&quot; thrived on scandal, even more than today. It was the time when the newspapers were full of stories of characters like &quot;Springheel Jack&quot; who supposedly hopped around like a human kangaroo, slaughtering people in the street.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sounds a bit like the plot to Fanny Hill <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>There was no need to &#8220;traffic&#8221; women during that time. People flocked to the city from the countryside seeking a better life than working the fields or milking cows. Most of the girls hoped to get a job as a household servant or later in the period, in a factory, but just like today, there were more applicants than there were jobs, so they opted for the next best (and very lucrative) thing.</p>
<p>The age of consent was 12, so it was not necessary to procure young girls illegally either.</p>
<p>There were tens of thousands of &#8220;lower middle class&#8221; women in Victorian London whose only work options were largely either being a seamstress or a prostitute. Seamstresses had terribly hight mortality rates from malnutrition and overwork, so many of them did a bit of street walking on the side or became mistresses to those who could afford to keep them.</p>
<p>As Maggie said, the forced prostitution of girls was highly unlikely. It should be remembered that newspapers and &#8220;penny dreadfuls&#8221; thrived on scandal, even more than today. It was the time when the newspapers were full of stories of characters like &#8220;Springheel Jack&#8221; who supposedly hopped around like a human kangaroo, slaughtering people in the street.</p>
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		<title>By: Simon</title>
		<link>http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/guided-tour/#comment-22668</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sweet baked potatoes. Rearrange as necessary. Add butter and/or brown sugar.

In the parlance of one of my friend groups: &lt;3

It&#039;s one of those moments where I feel sad that I tend toward submissive behaviors. Ah, well.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sweet baked potatoes. Rearrange as necessary. Add butter and/or brown sugar.</p>
<p>In the parlance of one of my friend groups: &lt;3</p>
<p>It&#039;s one of those moments where I feel sad that I tend toward submissive behaviors. Ah, well.</p>
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		<title>By: Maggie McNeill</title>
		<link>http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/guided-tour/#comment-22667</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maggie McNeill]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Isn&#039;t that a great pic?  I found it while searching for pictures over 18 months ago, and I just couldn&#039;t find a use for it until today! :-)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Isn&#8217;t that a great pic?  I found it while searching for pictures over 18 months ago, and I just couldn&#8217;t find a use for it until today! <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: TheDudesAreEmerging</title>
		<link>http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/guided-tour/#comment-22666</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TheDudesAreEmerging]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THat &#039;courtesan and the creature&#039; picture has cracked me up, I think you need another picture of a beastie gnawing on a neo femmes guts or something.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>THat &#8216;courtesan and the creature&#8217; picture has cracked me up, I think you need another picture of a beastie gnawing on a neo femmes guts or something.</p>
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		<title>By: TheDudesAreEmerging</title>
		<link>http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/guided-tour/#comment-22664</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TheDudesAreEmerging]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Damn that pictures made me want to dig out my old AD&amp;D 2nd ed manuals and give them a go, but I kind of like 3.5 now... :P

And we won&#039;t talk about 4th ed......]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Damn that pictures made me want to dig out my old AD&amp;D 2nd ed manuals and give them a go, but I kind of like 3.5 now&#8230; <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>And we won&#8217;t talk about 4th ed&#8230;&#8230;</p>
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