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Posts tagged Prostitution

Why are Craiglist’s Craig Newmark and its CEO Jim Buckmaster Such Pimps?

[image of Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, is from here] [image of Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster is from here] Some describe Jim Buckmaster as anti-establishment and even (gasp) a "communist". More power to him if he is either. But promoting and profiting from sexist-racist-classist trafficking in girls and women is about as "communistic" and "anti-establishment" as are the entrepreneurial

Gail Dines on Playboy and How Pornography Hijacked Our Sexuality

This is the cover of Gail Dines' most recent book: What follows is from CounterPunch, *here*. But first, a photograph of the author. [photo of Gail Dines is from here] May 17, 2010 "Then the Shutter Falls, You See All In 3D ... " Not Your Father's PlayboyBy GAIL DINES Playboy’s June issue features a 3D centerfold - complete with the requisite geeky 3D spectacles. This latest

White Slavery in The U.S. South: Gender, Class, Race, Age, and Trafficking: The White Refers to the Slavers

[image is from here, and the information from the page where I found this follows the main post] As you read what follows, please ask yourself this: "What question and issue ISN'T asked?" And the follow up question is: "What does it mean that we don't ask this question?" My answers follow the news article. What follows is a cross post from AlterNet.org, *here*. Posted by jrbizzy at 10:53 am

Homosexual Men: for Rent or Rents? An Ironic Story about Larry Flatt, Jesus and Mary Magdalene, & Reker and the Rentboy

*All Rights to American Idol 2010 and Fox* Here, today, I dedicate this song to George Reker, co-founder of NARTH, an organisation designed to turn gay men "straight", who protested vehemently AGAINST gay men being parents, or 'rents of boys (or girls), in Florida. Reker was less outspoken about his "firm" belief that homosexual males are FOR rent as boys, for men. I hope this is clear. The

CONGRATULATIONS TO RUCHIRA GUPTA for Being the Recipient of the Nomi Award for Abolitionist Work!!! Here is a Heartfelt Congratulations from Ruchira’s friend, Ricky Martin

[image is from here. This is not a photo of her receiving the honor mentioned below. She has received several honors, and is deserving of every one.] Good News: SATURDAY, MAY 8, 2010 Ricky Martin congratulates Nomi Network Honoree Ruchira Gupta at Nomi's First Annual Award Ceremony on May 5th. To see his wonderful tribute and expression of gratitude for her Abolitionist work, please visit here:

Julian Real-Dancing With Stephen Colbert?!! Well, you don’t think ALL I do is BLOG, do you? A Boy’s Gotta Dance!

WICCAN IS MY HERO. First, he's GAY. Second, he's got a typically U.S.-Ashkenazic Jewish last name. Third, his name is Wiccan. Maybe he can spell-cast to make all the closeted Neo-Conservative Republican/Capitalist Christian White Right-wingers fly out of their closets. (Yeah, try and say THAT five times fast!!! It was tricky enough to type!) Wiccan Wiccan. Art by Jim Cheung. Publication

Goddamned Right-Wing “Het” Christian Homophobic White Male Supremacist Procuring Pricks… Fucking Hypocrites! SHAME ON George Alan Rekers for Condemning HOMOSEXUAL SEX!

U.S. Christian Homophobe and Anti-Gay Rights Activist, George Alan Rekers went on a subsidised vacation to Europe. Here's a couple of pics of the young white man he paid to have along with him "to assist with heavy lifting". The fuckin' hypocrite can't even LIE straight.  The Male Prostitute Hired By NARTH Member & Family Research Council Co-Founder Dr. George Rekers [The images above are of

Andre Picard Sort of Gets It that Gynocide and Genocide Are Atrocities, but not that they are what normal men and whites are invested in

[original caption] Photographs of missing or murdered women from British Columbia are displayed during a Sisters in Spirit vigil to honour the lives of missing and murdered aboriginal women in Vancouver on Oct. 4, 2009.DARRYL DYCK/THE CANADIAN PRESS  [this image is from here] I just came across this and wanted to cross post it. The original is from *here*. And what follows has my

Taking on One Big Pimp: Here’s How…

 [image is from here] This information came to me via a profeminist group. With thanks to a radically profeminist man named Martin. Note: if you are not a U.S.er, you can still sign the petition. There is an option to the right of where you would open a list of U.S. states, to click on "non-U.S." which will then open a box from which to choose your country. All that follows is from Martin. http:

Anti-Dworkinites and Antifeminism

 [image, the Anti Feminist Bingo Card, is from here] "Feminism is a much-hated political philosophy.  This is true all along the male-defined, recognizable political spectrum from far Right to far Left.  Feminism is hated because women are hated. Antifeminism is a direct expression of misogyny; it is the political defense of woman hating.  This is because feminism is the liberation movement