Comments on: Sifting through WikiLeaks cables for results about sex work http://www.feminisnt.com/2011/wikileaks-newest-cables-some-search-terms-of-interest/ I'm an atheist who has been a full-time pornographer and sex worker for 10 years, but I'm now transitioning out of the jizz biz into a science career. In my silly younger days, I was a "sex-positive feminist," but I grew up and stopped trying to shoehorn myself into a useless ideology like a pair of ill-fitting high heels. I oppose the core feminist beliefs that women are inherently feeble victims, brainwashed by "the patriarchy," and that we can't succeed in life unless we're treated like babies and exempted from fair competition. I operate SWAAY.org, the only sex workers' rights project aimed solely at public outreach and education. My philosophy is informed primarily by Patrick Swayze in Roadhouse: "I want you to be nice until it's time to not be nice." Schadenfreude is my spirit animal. Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:43:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Furry Girl http://www.feminisnt.com/2011/wikileaks-newest-cables-some-search-terms-of-interest/#comment-24331 Furry Girl Sun, 11 Sep 2011 01:47:39 +0000 http://www.feminisnt.com/?p=3903#comment-24331 Thanks for the comments, folks!

Mike: I don't really understand your question. If you're asking if there are brothels and prostitutes who work for free just to cheer up the lonely, I don't think so. That wouldn't be sex work, that would just be having sex, or maybe "pity fucking."

Mauibrad: Thanks for the addition! I know my list isn't exhuastive.

]]> By: Bill Powell http://www.feminisnt.com/2011/wikileaks-newest-cables-some-search-terms-of-interest/#comment-23702 Bill Powell Sun, 04 Sep 2011 18:40:52 +0000 http://www.feminisnt.com/?p=3903#comment-23702 Dear Furry Girl, thanks again for your tireless efforts!!!!! Reading the above made me think of you as Fury Grrrrl! Sincerely, thirteendollabill

]]> By: September Miscellanea « The Honest Courtesan http://www.feminisnt.com/2011/wikileaks-newest-cables-some-search-terms-of-interest/#comment-23435 September Miscellanea « The Honest Courtesan Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:30:48 +0000 http://www.feminisnt.com/?p=3903#comment-23435 [...] 25th poring over this weeks’ new releases. She shares her results in her Feminisn’t column for August 26th, and though most of the results have to do with the annual State Department exercise in pomposity [...]

]]> By: Telia http://www.feminisnt.com/2011/wikileaks-newest-cables-some-search-terms-of-interest/#comment-23170 Telia Mon, 29 Aug 2011 23:21:01 +0000 http://www.feminisnt.com/?p=3903#comment-23170 Holy shit O_o

I guess I have something to read for the next few weeks.

]]> By: Searching Wikileaks Cables for Literary Topics, First of Many — Babel Krieg http://www.feminisnt.com/2011/wikileaks-newest-cables-some-search-terms-of-interest/#comment-23091 Searching Wikileaks Cables for Literary Topics, First of Many — Babel Krieg Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:52:54 +0000 http://www.feminisnt.com/?p=3903#comment-23091 [...] latest cable releases would be looked through. Inspired by Furry Girl (Twitter), who put together a post about the latest cables in her area of expertise (sex work), I decided to do something similar for literary topics. If [...]

]]> By: Mauibrad http://www.feminisnt.com/2011/wikileaks-newest-cables-some-search-terms-of-interest/#comment-22986 Mauibrad Sat, 27 Aug 2011 04:05:43 +0000 http://www.feminisnt.com/?p=3903#comment-22986 Correction back to the original: Manas Air Base is still operational.

]]> By: Mauibrad http://www.feminisnt.com/2011/wikileaks-newest-cables-some-search-terms-of-interest/#comment-22984 Mauibrad Sat, 27 Aug 2011 03:45:40 +0000 http://www.feminisnt.com/?p=3903#comment-22984 Correction: that is the now defunct Manas Air Base.

]]> By: Mauibrad http://www.feminisnt.com/2011/wikileaks-newest-cables-some-search-terms-of-interest/#comment-22983 Mauibrad Sat, 27 Aug 2011 03:44:38 +0000 http://www.feminisnt.com/?p=3903#comment-22983 Hey, Furry Girl, you missed a good one:

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"Kyrgyz Women Debate Merits Of Legalized Prostitution":

Quoting:
"¶2. (U) Prostitution in Kyrgyzstan is not illegal, but there are three statutes which indirectly regulate prostitution. The statutes forbid recruiting women into prostitution, corrupting minors, and opening a brothel. The statutes are largely ineffective because the laws are seldom enforced and the fines are small. Prostitution is widespread in Kyrgyzstan, with thinly-disguised brothels, called "saunas," on nearly every city block. The classified ads in Kyrgyzstan's largest newspaper contain advertisements for over forty saunas, with names like "Romance," "Incognito," and "Mirage." Besides saunas, there are dozens of classified ads for so-called "relaxation" or "relaxing massage," which is prostitution in local parlance."

This is the only cable that makes much mention of this is Kyrgyzstan. It was brought to my attention by U.S. ex-military who had been through the not defunct Manas Air Base and who mentioned that Russian 'masseuses' were regularly brought in for guys on the base. It actually is a quite interesting story behind the war in Afghanistan.

]]> By: Mike http://www.feminisnt.com/2011/wikileaks-newest-cables-some-search-terms-of-interest/#comment-22973 Mike Fri, 26 Aug 2011 22:44:34 +0000 http://www.feminisnt.com/?p=3903#comment-22973 To the best of your knowledge, has three ever been a non-profit brothel, or "pimps for social good"? Like an organization that would buy women out of the trade and or replace them with sexx therapists or something like that?

]]> By: Belle de Jour http://www.feminisnt.com/2011/wikileaks-newest-cables-some-search-terms-of-interest/#comment-22969 Belle de Jour Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:14:26 +0000 http://www.feminisnt.com/?p=3903#comment-22969 Oh, that Germany World Cup stuff is genius. Excellent find.

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