COMPLETELY UNRELATEDLY BUT AUSPICIOUSLY, I am looking to commission some illustrations for a gift. Check my post history if you’re interested, or email:

Don't hide who you are.

Former escort here. This happened to me, obviously not perpetrated by the same individual, but another “photographer recruiter” type, in Atlanta. Almost all the girls I know in the industry have stories like this.

That’s precisely it - it’s not that there’s something inherently abusive in libertarian philosophy; it’s that a higher number of abusers may be prone to seek it out of some mistaken notion of what autonomy includes.

Hnnnnnnng yes.

I’m really glad that wasn’t your experience. The man I was involved with was similar to what you’ve described - very enthusiastic about consent. I always assumed the intersections of the things I observed was purely academic, and not something acted on.

Agreed! As I said below and in another thread, my experiences were PURELY my own singular ones and were limited to observations of this one particular group of niche individuals. I've never met Jacob; the man I dated was his friend and something of a mentor, I think, but it's certainly not meant to be damning…

It was a bizarre combination of the notion that polyamory was the only mature and enlightened form of being, combined with a widespread predilection for BDSM, and a casual disregard for the women in their shared field - except for the one or two they venerated. Now, this is PURELY my observation, and only my own…

For what it’s worth (not sure the relevance here and not to derail from her account), I used to date a friend/colleague of his that was prominent in the cypherpunks group. They all - across the board, it seemed, ALL - engaged in polyamory. It was practically codified in their credo. “Primary partner” makes it sound…

I used to date a friend/associate of his from the cypherpunk group, and, yes. Same. Although I'm slightly less surprised just based on some of the bizarre, pseudo-libertarian views he and his colleagues applied to sex.

It’s fucking WaterEye. He’s been leaving gore porn and filthy racism all over threads for the last few days. Dismiss.

This is lovely. Thank you.

Hey, you fuckers who want to complain when we use that Atwood quote because it “diminishes men’s experiences”. Come the fuck at me.

I've been waiting on this one for months.

Makes sense! Amazon is still listing it as the 7th. Thanks!

Heads up; I picked up Infomocracy at Barnes and Noble today.

Beautifully stated.

Or threaten them or make them feel uncomfortable for existing.

I'm so fucking sorry that happened to you.

Great, now you've devalued my experience or whatever.