July 2011
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How to be an ally to sex workers - SWOP Chicago →
How To Be an Ally To Sex Workers
1) Don’t Assume. Don’t assume you know why a person is in the sex industry. We’re not all trafficked or victims of abuse. Some people make a choice to enter this industry because they enjoy it, others may be struggling for money and have less of a choice.
2) Be Discreet and Respect Personal Boundaries. If you know a sex worker, it’s OK to engage in conversation...
June 2011
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“Fringe dangles off the edge of the red satin coverlet, the bed canopy, the...”
– Chuck Palahnuik, an excerpt from “Tell All”
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“People have to suffer before they can risk doing what they love.”
– Chuck Palahnuik (via totrustistolove)
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“If God gives you something to do, why in God’s name wouldn’t you do it?”
– Stephen King, on writing
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“You live like this, sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are...”
– Anais Nin (via lookinglassgames)
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“We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension,...”
– Anais Nin
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“Every now and then I’ll run into really good writers who have nothing to say....”
– Neil Gaiman, Advice for Aspiring Writers
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“I dream of lost vocabularies that might express some of what we no longer can.”
– Jack Gilbert (via crever)
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“Just for the record, the weather today is partly suspicious with chances of...”
– Chuck Palahnuik
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“Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through....”
– Anais Nin (via sheshallgofree)
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“If you love something let it go, just don’t be surprised if it comes back with...”
– Chuck Palahnuik (via knight-sun)
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“There are two ways to reach me: by way of kisses or by way of the imagination....”
– Anaïs Nin
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“I will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images...”
– Anais Nin (via susiesstone)
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“These sites provide the women with a way to stay in touch with each other…...”
– Earlier this week a professor from Fairleigh Dickinson University was arrested and charged with promoting prostitution for allegedly running a website where men made contact with escorts and then rated them online, “like wine or cigars.” (via cheatsheet)
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“Sex is the only thing i can give away for free but i cant sell”
– ~Jenny DeMilo
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“I am two women: one wants to have all the joy, passion and adventure that life...”
– Paulo Coelho (via justagirltemptingfate)
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“I grew into it. It grew into me. It and I blurred at the edges, became one...”
– Marya Hornbacher, Madness: A Bipolar Life (2007) (via twiceunexceptional)
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“I don’t want to die without any scars.”
– Chuck Palahnuik (via aprilosa)
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“What is the meaning of life? That was all—a simple question; one that tended to...”
– Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse
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“The scariest moment is always just before you start.”
– ‘On Writing’ by Stephen King (via wavesofjoy) 