This page contains links to places outside this blog where I’ve been interviewed, discussed at length, or published guest blogs. I guess I’ll start with a link to my Amazon Wish List, which is sort of cheating because though it’s a place outside this blog where I’m mentioned, it’s sort of like me mentioning me, which is kind of narcissistic but there you are. Please don’t take this as a solicitation for presents, but if you happen to want to buy me one this is where you could go. And remember, as a former librarian I like used books, so you needn’t be shy about getting bargains.
May 19th, 2013: “Public Property” on Cliterati looks at the common but barbaric belief that women’s bodies are the property of society at large.
May 12th, 2013: ”Mother’s Day” on Cliterati is a reprint of my column of May 13th, 2012.
May 5th, 2013: ”Sold Out” on Cliterati is a strong criticism of mainstream gay rights activism for abandoning anyone who isn’t “normal” enough.
April 28th, 2013: ”Unmentionables” on Cliterati looks at several examples of the weird, primitive superstitions which persist about sex.
April 21st, 2013: ”It’s Complicated” on Cliterati uses an article by an “investigative journalist” as a lesson in moral complexity and ambiguity.
April 14th, 2013: ”Somewhere in the Middle” on Cliterati points out that despite the claims of prohibitionists, most behaviors related to sex work are really very normal.
April 7th, 2013: ”Chauvinism” on Cliterati explains that opposition to harlotry, hijab and homosexuality are all motivated by the same thing.
March 31st, 2013: ”Monsters” on Cliterati asks who the real monsters are when sexual minorities are persecuted, sometimes to death.
March 24th, 2013: ”Under the Bus” on Cliterati compares the decision to exclude sex workers from an international women’s rights statement to an infamous political deal from American history.
March 17th, 2013: ”China Dolls” on Cliterati explores the truth about European porn ban proposals.
March 10th, 2013: ”Awakening” on Cliterati discusses the re-emergence of the sex worker rights movement after decades of near-obscurity.
March 3rd, 2013: ”International Sex Worker Rights Day” cross-posted on Cliterati.
February 28th, 2013: ”Voiceless Cargo” by Matt Henderson in the Albany Times-Union is an article on the symposium in which I appeared, and leads off by discussing my talk. I apologize for the truly awful picture of me; the second one is much better, though I seem to be squinting in both. Don’t miss the comment which describes this blog as “disgusting” and suggests I should have worked two jobs for far less money.
February 24th, 2013: ”A Fate Worse Than Death” on Cliterati explains how hysteria over rape harms women and society.
February 17th, 2013: ”Vulnerability” on Cliterati explains that though there is a vulnerable party in the sex work transaction, it isn’t the sex worker.
February 10th, 2013: ”Straining at Gnats” on Cliterati is an explanation of why “trafficked children” are a bogus reason to oppose decriminalization.
February 1st, 2013: I’m quoted extensively in “Super Bowl Sex Trafficking: Is the Threat Real?” by Eliza Ronalds-Hannon and Mujtaba Ali on the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (of Eastern Europe and Central Asia).
January 31st, 2013: “Caring Professionals” on Cliterati explains how sex work is one of the caring professions like nursing or social work.
January 27th, 2013: ”Skin To Skin” on Cliterati is a strong criticism of the cruelty of denying commercial sex to men who can’t experience physical intimacy in any other way.
January 26th, 2013: Part Three of “The Harlot’s Addiction” demonstrates how investing the time to do work others consider too difficult or unpleasant is as much an investment in human capital as getting an education is.
January 24th, 2013: Part Two of “The Harlot’s Addiction” applies the theory of rational addiction to examining how some people (including sex workers) tolerate and even enjoy work that others find repellent, just as some
January 18th, 2013: ”The Harlot’s Addiction” by Mark Draugn on Windypundit is a three-part essay on the concept of “rational addiction”, the economic theory that under some circumstances, past use of something increases the enjoyment of it in the future. It was inspired by my rantings about addiction, which are quoted prominently.
January 17th, 2013: “Speech and More Speech” on Cliterati is my take on the Julie Burchill controversy.
November 27th, 2012: Starting on this day, my posts also appear on the Paperblog site.
October 1st, 2012: ”Nicholas Kristof: Half the Sky, All the Credit” on Post-Whore America includes a “collective evaluation” of the sleazy prohibitionist, including an excerpt from “Farmville“.
September 17th, 2012: I appear (briefly) in a video entitled “Former Sex Workers and Advocates Talk About Condom Use“, which also appears in TW3 #39.
Week 31 of 2012: My guest posts on The Agitator are listed in “Ghost of the Agitator“.
Week 30 of 2012: My guest posts on The Agitator are listed in “Son of the Agitator“.
Week 29 of 2012: My guest posts on The Agitator are listed in “Bride of the Agitator“.
July 18th, 2012: ”Today’s Romantically Based Marriage is Like Yesterday’s Affair” on The Advice Goddess quotes from my column “Modern Marriage” on its two-year anniversary.
Week 28 of 2012: My guest posts on The Agitator are listed in “Return of the Agitator“.
July 14th, 2012: ”On the Imperative Nature of Legalizing Prostitution” in Letters to My Country quotes my “Friday the 13th“ Agitator cross-post in an excellent argument for decriminalization.
Week 27 of 2012: My guest posts on The Agitator are listed in “The Agitator“.
June 19th, 2012: ”Rough Trade (Part One)” was featured on the Dutch site Debatbond in order to introduce the debate topic, “Can a prostitute be raped?“
June 11th, 2012: ”Honest Courtesan” on My Dissolute Life is a review which describes this site as “fucking awesome” and me as “the real deal” (among other very nice things).
June 4th, 2012: ”From Satanic Panic to Sex-Traffic Panic” by Jesse Walker in Reason is an excerpt from “Traffic Jam” with a complimentary comment from Walker and other lovely compliments in the comment thread.
May 5th, 2012: ”Prostitution: View From a Retired Call Girl” by Jillian Page in the Montreal Gazette was about an email I sent her responding to a previous column of hers about sorting out the issue of consent in sex work.
May 1st, 2012: A comment I made to an article on Good Men Project was selected as their “Comment of the Day“.
May 1st, 2012: ”May Day: Dance Away!” on Amazing Women Rock quoted my “Beltane” column and also said some extremely nice things about me.
April 23rd, 2012: ”Secret Service Scandal Moves Advocates to Call for Legal US Prostitution” by Abby Ellin for ABC News quotes Carol Leigh, Norma Jean Almodovar, Sienna Baskin and me.
April 21st, 2012: ”Not With a Bang But a Simper” by James Wolcott in Vanity Fair quotes my column “Much Ado About Nothing” and also says some very nice things about me and my blog.
April 13th, 2012: Another excellent essay from Dr. Sarah, “The Trouble With the Swedish Model“
April 13th, 2012: ”Sex Workers Have Rights Too” on Amazing Women Rock is a cross-posting of “Never Too Many“.
March 15th, 2012: ”Rick Santorum vs. Marc Randazza: A Dichotomy of Zealotry“, a guest blog on Nobody’s Business.
March 12th, 2012: The London School of Attraction published the first part of an interview with me on the topic of sex advice for men, followed by the second part the next day.
March 5th, 2012: ”Sluts, Whores & More Ongoing Insanity” on Amazing Women Rock is a spirited defense of sex workers and a criticism of those who use words like “slut”, “whore” and “prostitute” as insults. It prominently features myself and this blog as examples of Amazing Susan’s point that “Being educated and independent AND in control of one’s sexuality are not mutually exclusive.”
March 3rd, 2012: ”Only Rights Can Stop the Wrongs” cross-posted on Bound, Not Gagged.
March 1st, 2012: ”A Broker in Pillage” cross-posted on Nobody’s Business.
February 20th, 2012: ”The Many Types of Prostitutes in Ancient Rome” on Feministe is a reprint of “Meretrices and Prostibulae“. Some of the comments are interesting, if predictable. What was sad was the way that the critics concentrated on my use of politically-incorrect words in other columns, completely ignoring their content.
January 29th, 2012: ”Sexist Sex” by freelance journalist Shane Leavy (on his blog The Harvest) explains how Dr. Laura Agustín, Furry Girl and myself helped him to reject the prohibitionist “victimization” paradigm.
January 13th, 2012: A wonderful Friday the Thirteenth essay from regular reader Dr. Sarah, “Their Bodies, Their Choice“. Also on this day, I cross-posted my column on Nobody’s Business and Bound, Not Gagged for greater exposure.
December 28th, 2011: “Does Basic Instinct = Basic Right? The Honest Courtesan’s View“, a guest column for Disability Horizons magazine.
November 11th, 2011: ”Making Sex Workers Visible in the Village Voice Media Ad Controversy” by Michelle Chen on In These Times quotes my July 1st “Village Voice Strikes Again” essay with a link, and though she called me a “neofeminist” (obviously she uses the word differently than I do, apparently to mean something like “third-wave feminist”) and includes me in a sentence about Village Voice’s critics (which seems rather odd), I have received a great deal of new traffic from the essay and its repostings on a number of other sites, including Huffington Post on November 19th. So I feel thanks are in order, and I’m sure Michelle will get the terminology straight next time.
October 11th, 2011: ”Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are!” on Hooker Radio.
October 5th, 2011: ”Morality vs. Criminality” on Hooker Radio.
July 17th, 2011: ”Interview With a Prostitute, Part I” on Seeking Nicci6.
July 11th,2011: ”Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics“, another guest blog on Nobody’s Business.
July 1st, 2011: ”Denying the Free Will of Prostitutes” by Mark on Nobody’s Business.
June 27th, 2011: ”It Is, But It Isn’t“, another guest blog on Nobody’s Business.
June 24th, 2011: Guest appearance (of sorts) in The Sofia Chronicles, Volume 1: “Escape from Capital City” (part 2) as Madam Mary, the brothel owner. Ed Gates, the author, asked my permission to base the character on me and I told him I’d be flattered. I also enjoyed the sci-fi adventure in its own right.
June 20th, 2011: ”Who is Maggie McNeill and What is She Doing Here?” by Yours Truly, a guest blog on Nobody’s Business.
June 16th, 2011: Guest appearance on Nymphtalk Live with Kelly Michaels.
June 15th, 2011: Guest appearance on Talk Geek To Me hosted by Deep Geek.
May 29th, 2011: ”Satoshi Kanazawa” entry published in Wikipedia quotes a portion of his “Are All Women Essentially Prostitutes?” which reads ”high-class prostitutes like Allie and Maggie have more in common with college professors, corporate executives, or poets than with the more affordable and visible members of their profession…” OK, it’s a small mention, but it’ll work until I get my own Wikipedia article.
May 20th, 2011: ”The Prostitute’s Take” by Rick Holmes features and praises my May 19th column.
March 30th, 2011: ”It Takes a Whore To Tell the Truth” by George in Tea Party News. Any article which compares me to Camille Paglia absolutely deserves a mention!
March 28th, 2011: ”The Illustrious Career of a Crap Psychologist” by Anna North in Jezebel. This is an opinion piece attacking Kanazawa in general and the above article in particular, in which I’m mentioned fairly prominently. Interestingly, North doesn’t have anything bad to say about me.
March 27th, 2011: ”Are All Women Essentially Prostitutes?” by Satoshi Kanazawa (in his blog The Scientific Fundamentalist on the Psychology Today website).
January 31st, 2011: Guest appearance on Nymphtalk Live with Kelly Michaels
January 27th, 2011: ”The Super Bowl Prostitute Myth: 100,000 Hookers Won’t Be Showing Up in Dallas” by Pete Kotz (also appeared in the print edition of the Dallas Observer newspaper).
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