MeFi comment:
"Where exactly do you get the idea that these women constitute the majority of sex workers?
Numbers are numbers. The vast majority of women in prostitution were abused as children. The overwhelming majority of prostitutes want to leave the job..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by jokeefe, Marisa Stole the Precious Thing
Last month
MeFi comment:
"kid ichorous, the analogy holds whether it kills your erection or not. The widespread abuses of sex workers and the extreme indignities suffered both by women who are trafficked and by other women who find themselves in sex work have nothing to do..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by jokeefe, marble, dellsolace, nikitabot, liquorice, youarenothere
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I'm so sick of this wave of ivy-league callgirl stories. Whether or not this is true (highly doubt it) it should have no bearing on any discussion of prostitution. If a bunch of wealthy Manhattanites decided to work in an asbestos mine because they..." [
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favorited 14 times, recently by jokeefe, dellsolace, ao4047, war wrath of wraith, limeonaire, peggynature, turgid dahlia, a louis wain cat, kosher_jenny, [NOT HERMITOSIS-IST], hal9k, whimsicalnymph, transona5, moxiedoll
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Making Mr. Right + Stop Making Sense = Stop Making Sense Mr. Right
I can't believe this is getting me to laugh so hard, but it is." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by JHarris, Korou
Last month
MeFi comment:
"or in other words: if Kent State happened today a majority of Americans would support the national guard and a smaller minority would have been ok if the students had been waterboarded first. Absent any pressure from the people, of course the police..." [
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favorited 15 times, recently by zardoz, axon, lupus_yonderboy, giraffe, wendell, Hot Like Your 12V Wire, schyler523, bhance, nakedcodemonkey, Dreama, electrasteph, furtive, vertigo25, regicide is good for you, schwa
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I was going to complain about this post, but the St Paul police raided my house four days ago in a preemptive anti-snark sweep." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Caduceus
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Is this is a single link post to a NYT article that's over a year old? Yes. Yes it is. Well, if that's the case, I concur and provide the following evidence: crime doesn't pay...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by skyper
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I always enjoy these things, but they often leave out the more obscure memes. This timeline does a good job, but it's in a difficult-to-read format. I think this site has a better layout...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Korou, Roach
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The passivity of the article left a bad taste in my mouth. I enjoyed the movie when it came out and this has always been a fascinating subject to me. As such, I liked hearing a new recollection from a central figure. That said, he doesn't seem to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by gubo
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I got the news this morning as well. While I never took Building Virtual Worlds, I attended all of the yearly presentations and enjoyed them greatly. After watching the lecture on youtube, like millions of others, I went and read the book. Deeply..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ferdydurke
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"For what it's worth, when John McCain was born, it was called the New Amsterdamer." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by hal9k, kryptondog, HyperBlue, sheila t, everichon, confusionball, DU, joannemerriam, scody, naoko, ill3, Blazecock Pileon
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I learned that knowing is half the battle. The other half is killing and shit." [
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favorited 13 times, recently by papafrita, Sangermaine, George_Spiggott, advicepig, ShawnString, kate blank, chugg, lekvar, Mick, everichon, electroboy, Artw, Brandon Blatcher
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Instead of harping on the word unpublish, I mourn that a more over-the-top word wasn't chosen. They should have just gotten straight to the point:
We dewonderfuled her...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by madamjujujive, liza, gac
3 months ago
Ask comment:
"Coffee Obsession has two locations, Falmouth and in Woods Hole. It's probably the best independent coffeeshop on the cape if it's not too far. I'm a huge fan...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by moxiedoll
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'd call up John McCain and see how his childhood was going." [
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favorited 13 times, recently by Twicketface, emmastory, lunasol, retronic, Monochrome, noway, GaelFC, stenseng, vegetableagony, alpinist, ThomThomThomThom, drezdn, DU
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"What we want is a good debate on the I-P conflict IN AMERICA.
Unless Paula Abdul is judging it, no such kind of debate exists in America. It's not even clear we'd want the average American weighing in on this one. even if you screen for the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tachikaze
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"This story didn't do anything for me. It's probably because I'm insanely attractive and couldn't really empathize or understand Ugly. I mean unbelievably attractive. I stop traffic. Also, it was hard to read...." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by shinynewnick, arcticwoman, bargainhunter, hal9k, malphigian, tehloki, chrisamiller, fuzzypantalones, liza, drjimmy11
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I work at the firm that represented the plaintiffs in the case. Ostensibly we won and obviously this was a cause for celebration. And yet at the same time a somber tone prevailed, as it should have. These men have been at Gitmo for six years and..." [
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favorited 28 times, recently by jlbartosa, marble, Rhaomi, Lord_Pall, fatehunter, jjwiseman, nevercalm, ao4047, DreamerFi, radiocontrolled, Anything, spiderwire, ZachsMind, George_Spiggott, showbiz_liz, voltairemodern, hackly_fracture, sebastienbailard, homunculus, jokeefe, jtron, theiconoclast31, rdone, JHarris, weston, Durn Bronzefist, naju, i less than three nsima
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"jonmc, you're making even less sense than normal, and that's not just the booze talking. My booze, that is. The shit you deal with is not systematic in the way that gender motivated violence is. Thanks for making my point.
When women are..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by numinous
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"without wondering why.
When you have a hammer, the whole world looks like your head?" [
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favorited 10 times, recently by tehloki, Dillonlikescookies, turgid dahlia, jtron, lalochezia, gum, jokeefe, Guy Smiley, Drastic, DU
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Oh for fuck's sake. Advocating killing people who challenge you in the slightest. Threads like this are why I support animal rights and animal rights activists. The extreme overreaction and refusal to allow anyone to disrupt your established..." [
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favorited 13 times, recently by Jess the Mess, axon, Who_Am_I, RedEmma, bifter, supercrayon, Solon and Thanks, gorgor_balabala, zoomorphic, turgid dahlia, jtron, DecemberBoy, aeschenkarnos
4 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Cortex, I'm not sure how uncool that really is. It's a tough policy question, to be sure, but it seems fairly innocent in this instance and I don't think the community will come crashing down if we allow this. Then again, I'm part llama (on my..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Jess the Mess
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"6/6:30, you're forgetting that this might be the best thing that's ever happened to a brush. As someone who is in fact, 1/4 hairbrush on my father's side, this is a great day for my people...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by good in a vacuum, gen, Atom Eyes
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"For a contrary position, 1L just isn't that big of a deal. People inject all of this concern and significance into the experience which ultimately becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. It's not that hard, it's not that much work, it's nothing that a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by the christopher hundreds
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"This has nothing to do with the Bush Administration in any sense nor do other actions of the Bush Administration have anything to do with this issue.
Essentially, this is like finding out in the 7th inning that the foul lines were drawn..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by DevilsAdvocate, nasreddin
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Project F - your comment is no more complicated than "there exists a status quo" and it's woefully uncomplicated. Yes, powerful people generally want existing patents upheld and they would also benefit the most if they were all overturned...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by GuyZero, naju
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I don't lie about my age, I'm just uncertain. I mean, a lot was going on when I was born and I didn't bother to take notes. And I was just a kid, for goodness' sake...." [
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favorited 1 time
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Ok, so I'll hesitatingly weigh-in. I 'm a feminist-in-training at an elite institution, surrounded by the kinds of people who this article ostensibly is written about. She misses the boat on two fronts although there's an important critique to be..." [
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favorited 27 times
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"whoaali: I don't think this is anything in particular to prison abolitionists (many of whom I consider to be close and dear friends) or anarchists, or anyone on the left. One of the reasons I will always have a job is because society as a whole..." [
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favorited 1 time
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"So for all the people arguing in favor of the article, or against statist intervention in the case of gender-motivated violence, I would like some response to my challenge that this is nothing more than telling women that their rights are less..." [
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favorited 5 times
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm entirely unconvinced that there's an argument to be made that certain states are racist/sexist/anti-child because they're poor. The South is poor because they hate children, women, gays, blacks and so on. There is extraordinary wealth..." [
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favorited 1 time
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I built many of the buildings of this town. Eight of these homes were built by my hands, but do they call me Allen the constructor? No.
And I farmed five thousand acres of land with no aid from anybody, with cattle, sheep, and a great deal of..." [
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favorited 8 times
6 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Personally, I like it when women have only one breast and I HAVE AN AMAZING JUST-SO STORY ABOUT MONKEYS TO PROVE THAT I'M THE ONLY ONE RIGHT IN THIS THREAD...." [
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favorited 10 times
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Unsurprisingly, nobody has been able to get ahold of the highly sought-after Osama Bin Elmo for years now." [
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favorited 2 times
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I don't see why MacKinnon's book is on the list. It's a pretty smart title for a book that asks whether or not international law and the international community views women as humans when it comes to things like Human Rights. It's a brilliant..." [
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favorited 1 time
7 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I don't get it. I mean, it's not like lesbians constantly fret about the fact that they can't stop staring at other women in the workplace and then come up with intricate just-so stories about how it's really the other woman's fault.
Several..." [
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favorited 11 times
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"They left out Ragnarök, which is the best misspelling of bëars of them all." [
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favorited 3 times
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"FFS, the idea that Nader and his tiny cotegerie of supporters on the left is to blame for anything that's wrong with this country is insane. Blame the 50 million Bush voters. They're still out there, walking and breathing free. Until I see a..." [
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favorited 11 times
8 months ago
