I have a friend who swears by it, but I tried it and it just doesn’t work for me (particularly caused some trouble the couple days I had both it and my nuvaring in). I think it’s worth trying, but understanding that everyone is different and it’s okay if it doesn’t work for you.

You’re arguing against a point I didn’t make. I’m not saying legalizing prostitution is a bad idea, I’m saying that legalizing prostitution isn’t going to solve the problems with it, so claiming that is naive. I specifically referenced the problem of human trafficking in Amsterdam, where it is legal. I’m saying that…

It’s the same reason I can’t 100% buy into the “legalizing prostitution will fix everything” argument. Because the same things happens to women involved in the sex trade in countries where it’s legal (like human trafficking victims ending up in the red light district in Amsterdam).

There’s also a huge variety in the way porn is made and that really can’t be ignored. Sure there’s sex positive stuff made in states that care enough to regulate the stuff. But there’s also people doing this in random people’s houses in Tampa with girls who just turned 18 and have been convinced that they’re somehow…

And the thing to remember about Elizabeth Smart is that she also blamed the slut-shaming abstinence only message for making her experience worse too. I think she’s generally opposed to anti-women stuff. Remember a guy who kidnaps and rapes a girl is probably watching some horrific stuff too.

I admit, I find it really hard to be cool with the porn industry (especially the growing pro-am porn industry) because of a human trafficking case I did some work on as a legal intern where women from Latin American countries were forced into this stuff. Nasty, facial abuse and slur stuff. There’s a lot to the…

Jesus. I’ve been having a tough week and I’m crying watching what should be a cute video at the thought of that fuckhead killing her.

How are you a teacher in Miami Dade and not pick up some Spanish? I used to live in Miami and ended up supplementing my high school Spanish because you encounter it so much there. My Irish uncle taught elementary school for years in a similar area (with a lot of recent immigrants from Spanish speaking areas) and ended…

It’s pretty much modern debtors’ prison, these days.

Yeah, I’m not 100% convinced, I think it’s just probably him. He’s at least a very nasty piece of work and deserved the prison time he already served for attacking those other women. I very much wish the police hadn’t fucked up and they’d found her body on time (I read they only searched near the roads in Rock Creek…

Basically the police chief originally assigned to this case was so convinced he’d caught a congressman, he completely botched the investigation, and by the time they found her remains, any hope of DNA or other evidence was gone.

Recommending 75 days for not completing diversion for a first time shop lifting charge? I’m also curious how she failed to complete the program, given that some of this usually involves paying fees.

So tell me, what does that look like? Do we just pull out of the Middle East and ignore the consequences of the Iraq invasion and let ISIS continue killing innocent Syrians? Do we let Russia invade the rest of the Ukraine unchecked? If one of our allies is attacked, do we just ignore them? If a genocide is going on,…

The people chanting “No more war” at every military person are real assholes. First, it’s isolationist bullshit. Remember who said “Peace For Our Time”. Second, blanket yelling “No More War” at everyone with a military connection is anti-military bullshit. My dad did his 20 years, but also protested the Iraq war.…