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Everyone’s talking about it
I thought my Netflix subscription had expired and I didn’t miss it. So much of the material is routine, by the numbers. It passes the time, but most of it is forgettable. I recall that one radio reviewer, speaking about the series Griselda, which is generally considered one of their better series, saying how, even…
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Common decency
When my parents were growing up, the N-word was still commonly used, mostly in children’s rhymes. There was no deliberate intention to offend, and even as children we would have been horrified to learn about the connotations that the word still carries in the USA and elsewhere. Similarly, their school readers and picture books contained…
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RIP USA?
I am trying to be understanding when I write this blog. I’ve been venting about Trump supporters being stupid, racist, misogynistic and (in the case of the super-rich) just plain greedy for more tax cuts. But someone on Quora, while not denying all these assertions, quoted Thoreau: The mass of men lead lives of quiet…
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The L Word
One of the recurring themes in my story was whether or not my cultivation of the Lolita look in my escort work encouraged paedophile tendencies in men. Yes, I am petite. Yes, I look much younger than I really am. And yes, some of my clients like me to dress up as an adolescent (the…
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The Business of Sex
How many things do people do on a daily basis that are the product of their upbringing? Some of these things might be harmless but some, such as bullying behaviour, can have serious consequences for others. Hello folks and welcome to my blog. The first thing I’m going to do in this blog is to…