If you’re not producing something with your labor that a superior can profit off of (while paying you the bare minimum), are you really even contributing to society?

Sex work would still exist in a utopia, as would rape and murder. But it would be an anomaly

I like ebooks for two things, a) when I want to hate-read something (ebooks are usually cheaper) and b) all my “comfort” books. I bought ebook versions of the books I like to reread a lot, so they’re with me on my phone.

Just started watching it, totally random. I thought the first few episodes were fine, then around the fourth I felt it got pretty good. Haven’t finished the season yet, but so far I’d give it a tentative recommendation (the gore puts me off slightly). It’s kind of like if you mixed Weeds and Dexter together, but with…

Same with the skimming. This semester I couldn’t afford to print my readings out, and I can feel the difference in how much i remember/understand.

Thank you for sharing this. I had heard of Wild Iris (or at least it sounds familiar), but I had no idea the history behind it.

I mean, I’m youngish (under 30) and I do those things, read paper books and buy them from bookstores. I don’t have anything against electronic books (I sometimes use them), but for me paper books are far, far superior. I don’t actually think I know anyone who truly prefers electronic over paper.

Brewing kombucha is basically the only DIY project I have ever stuck with for any length of time (over a year now). It’s so easy and absurdly cheap as compared to buying kombucha, and making your own flavors is very fun.

I’m from the country, I know hunters. Many of them do not use the whole animal, and they don’t really care much about conserving the species; they care about conserving game for their personal entertainment. And before you get started, no, I don’t eat cows or other kinds of meat. While I’m a much bigger fan of hunting…

They would probably make more as full on prostitutes, but they don’t do that because they think it’s immoral.

I guess I just don’t understand why this is different than any other service industry.

If this is a topic that interests you, you should check out the podcast “Good Christian Fun”.

Maybe we’re using the word hustle differently?

Ok, so how would that work? Would clubs screen at the door and refuse to let attached men in? How would they prove that they’re single or not?

Chit chatting and upselling guys into lap dances *is* the job, it’s not really a hustle. When I was a waitress and I talked customers into getting dessert, was I hustling?

while men are still being justified in their pursuit of sex at any cost to the sex worker and to their wife or girlfriend at home

So you’re just anti-sex work. Which you know is unpopular here, so you’ve decided to try to frame this as somehow “good woman at home vs. amoral strippers here to steal your man.”

If your partner doesn’t mind you visiting strip club then no, it’s not. But it depends on the couple in the relationship to define what they think cheating is.

Who said they’re victims? They are people working at a job, and they have the right to advocate for fair terms and treatment at their job, just like any other worker. How is showing up to work everyday being a hustler?

No, those weren’t rhetorical questions. In a literal sense, what do you expect a stripper to do, demand proof everyone is single at the door? How would that work?