My dad use to veto my thoughts and feelings with these words: “I make the money around here and when you start supporting this family you can have a say in how things are run. Until then, keep your mouth shut and do what you are told.”

As a teenager, I often dreamed about making money so I could have an opinion.

I got married in my early 30’s and my income rose dramatically from a level which barely kept the lights on to a very healthy six figure income. It wasn’t my job that changed. I had been an escort for a couple years before I got married. But once I said “I do,” I did do my best to be a financial knight in shining armor. Whatever my husband and stepchildren wanted or needed, I went out of my way to make the money to purchase it. It felt like a self-sacrificing role but of course it was more of a manipulative maneuver given my training around money and power.

Jan 20, 2006
There exists a myth, typically among prostitutionⁱ prohibitionists, that decriminalisation is a politics for privileged sex workers.

Feb 4, 2006

I recently had the misfortune to read the following on the popular local site sf-redbook.com. I repost the link with some distaste here.

As a left-libertarian, I’ve been pleased to see a trend towards increasing recognition of patriarchal oppression emerge within the libertarian world. At the same time, I’ve been distressed to see an appreciation for the insights of feminism translate into an easy absorbtion of the Dworkinite views which I consider the dark side of the feminist movement.

I left a note on the libertarian site No Treason in response to the following: