by Furry Girl
05.13.11
Happy two year blogoversary to me! It feels like it's been much longer.
As I did last year, here's a list of my most popular/controversial/commented-upon blog posts from the last year. (I was going to make it top ten, but there was a tie, so it's eleven.)
* The feminist left versus Julian Assange: how a fanatical belief in every sex crime allegation hurts everyone [November 2010]
* My experience mocking TSA security theater at Seatac as a nearly-naked enfant terrible [November 2010]
* My call for a "working" class uprising against inaccessible discourse and the over-representation of dabblers [January 2011]
* I burn bridges, because baby - who needs a bridge when you can swim? [May 2010]
* The battle against paternalism: an ode to the oft-neglected option of tubal ligation [October 2010]
* Loving my enemy and ineffective activism: "ally" commentary surrounding the Stop Porn Culture conference [June 2010]
* How are we branding sex workers' rights in the US? (Let's focus more on *worker*, less on *sex*!) [April 2011]
* "The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal": a dystopian solution to insecurities [January 2011]
* Legalization versus decriminalization: why the healthcare analogy is misapplied [January 2011]
* Vigilantism and 'crushing bastards': in praise of anger, hatred, and taking joy in the smiting of one's enemies [November 2010]
* Sex worker representation: what is the role of public storytelling? [February 2011]
What's coming up as I enter my third year of blogging and having a more visible internet presence outside of just being naked?
I'm still procrastinating on completing a book proposal, though I have at least decided on the sample chapter to lead with: how feminism has done nothing but hurt the sex workers' rights movement. I also put off launching my sex workers' rights web site by a month (moved from May 1 to June 1), but that will be online shortly at SWAAY.org. (Fundraiser tee shirts and stickers were orders this week! Yay!)
With both the book project and the activist/outreach project, I face the exact same challenge. I could write well over a book worth of material with my thoughts on sexuality, sexual politics, and sex work. I also have tons of ideas for amazing things I'd like to see happening in the sex workers' rights scene in the US. It's not like I'm at a loss for ideas or directions in which I could go, or subjects I could write about, or projects I could start. My biggest challenge, as I try to maintain a healthy balance between work, political interests, and my private/friend/sex/social life, is how to limit my scope and keep things on my plate manageable. I don't want to run myself ragged trying to do it all, I'd like to inspire other people to pick ideas up and run with them. Hopefully, with your help, I'll be able to do just that in the coming year.
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- I operate SWAAY.org, an accessible sex workers' rights site that educates the general public about our lives and our issues.
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New to my blog? Some favorite posts
- "You have no right to dislike feminism after all it's done for you!"
- An argument for more sex workers to be out?
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- Feminism is the shitty relationship you had in your early 20s
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- How to do your homework on trafficking, "rescue", and the affected communities
- Loving my enemy and ineffective activism: "ally" commentary surrounding the Stop Porn Culture conference
- Musings on ethical porn and the red herrings of "feminist porn" and "violent porn"
- My call for a "working" class uprising against inaccessible discourse and the over-representation of dabblers
- Sex trafficking is the new crack: manufactured "epidemics" as political tools
- The common logical fallacies deployed by anti-sex worker activists
- Things I've gained from being a sex worker: an anti-paternalistic perspective
- Three out of four ain't bad: my thoughts on Audacia Ray's post on the dominant narratives of sex work
- Vigilantism and 'crushing bastards': in praise of anger, hatred, and taking joy in the smiting of one's enemies
- Want to play BINGO with the antis?
- Watch out for psuedoscience: my long-time nemeses of concern trolling and "teaching the controversy"
- What do I mean when I say "sex worker"? Why I'm against an overly-broad definition
- Why I call them "anti-sex worker" rather than "anti-porn" or "anti-prostitution," and why you should too
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- Dan Savage on SLOG
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Comment by lujlp — May 15, 2011 @ 8:50 am
Hi again, Furry -- just came across a British take on some current fem issues, as published in The Guardian --
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/may/14/slutwalk-female-dress-no-ones-business
Comment by jwa13 — May 16, 2011 @ 12:28 am
lujlp: Thanks for the correction.
jwa13: Thanks. It's been nice following the popularity of Slut Walk.
Comment by Furry Girl — May 19, 2011 @ 7:24 pm