I’m in Prague right now, struggling to learn a few basic terms like “please” and “thank you” and “I really need some coffee” and failing. I think one of the books I brought with me said that Czech is one of the most phonetic languages, which is great, but I’m hung up on the [...]

Since I’m pressed for time and since American Apparel’s sexy sexed-up ads are a revived topic of conversation here and elsewhere, I’m going to leave you with my favorite AA ad, which can be found on the back of S Magazine:

My general feeling is that all ads use sex to sell. AA just does it [...]

Whoredom, whoredom, everywhere. Sawyer’s interviewing Dupre, McLennan just released a book, Quan’s got a series coming out, Showtime’s sniffing around for a reality show. I also just read the line, “Sawyer’s ongoing and extensive investigation of prostitution” and realized that she was only just getting started with her first broad-stroked swing at American hookerdom. I’m [...]

A few people have asked for my thoughts on the CNBC doc last night on high-end prostitutes, and I can only give a partial response. I caught it for about fifteen minutes, then stepped out, hailed a cab to Brooklyn, and watched the rest at my destination.  From what I saw, it seemed decent.  It [...]

A great group of sex writers and bloggers recently posed for a pin-up calendar to raise money for Sex Worker Awareness, a non-profit which works to improve understanding of sex work and advocates for sex worker rights. Needless to say, I support the fuck out of it, but it also makes me happy to see [...]

It looks like Spitzer won’t be charged, and you can find Susannah’s write-up for Boing Boing here. If only gubernatorial hypocrisy were against the law.
And San Francisco? Securing 42% of the vote is great news. You’ll get there.

We went for a road trip over the weekend as a kind of pre-election release. It was interesting watching the regional politics shift in the signs posted on the front lawns. Just outside New York, we saw plenty of Obama but as we traveled northward, it was increasingly McCain country. Eventually, we ended up north [...]

So I made the move to debauchette.com.
I’m still tweaking the template and I’m not 100% happy with it, but for me, it’s an improvement. It gives me a lot more flexibility, and it lets me post bits and notes on what we (Kasia and I) are working on for FGT in an area called “asides” [...]