Comments on: New York Times’s cheesy ersatz reporting on migrant women, sex work and trafficking

By: That Was the Week That Was (#17) « The Honest Courtesan

That Was the Week That Was (#17) « The Honest Courtesan — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:19:11 +0000

[...] infantilising ideology that has come to dominate mainstream policy and faux journalism (like The New York Times’s) by attending many sessions and [...]

By: Anton Savek

Anton Savek — Sun, 06 May 2012 09:53:11 +0000

If you have accepted homosexuality, you have accepted sexwork. You only might not have understood it yet.

In the past we comdemned homosexuality and prostitution because they were sins, aginst chasity and discusting. But now we accept that people can have sex in different forms.

But when the past reasons to prohibit female casual sex had vanished we have to invent new arguments. The main new proposals are 1. We must prohibit casual sex because it is dangerous and can lead to violent crimes. 2. Casual sex with immigrants causes crime because foreigners are very often terrible criminals.

By: That Was the Week That Was (#16) « The Honest Courtesan

That Was the Week That Was (#16) « The Honest Courtesan — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:04:33 +0000

[...] scare story on “sex trafficking” in Spain via a quick shotgun blast, Dr. Laura Agustín preferred to vivisect it instead. I think you’ll find the result well worth your [...]

By: [BLOG] Some Friday links « A Bit More Detail

[BLOG] Some Friday links « A Bit More Detail — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:20:24 +0000

[...] Anthropologist Laura Agustín takes issue with a recent New York Times article on the sex trade in Spain. Unquestioned narratives are not [...]

By: El cutre y falaz reportaje del New York Times sobre mujeres emigrantes, trabajo sexual y trata en España | El estante de la Citi

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:43:09 +0000

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By: Antonio Lorusso

Antonio Lorusso — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:25:09 +0000

“the police force of any country is not the place to find out about complex social problems.”

Or solve complex social problems, but they (and politicians) profit from making them worse.