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Arts & Culture
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Feature
May 27, 2020
Cybersex and sex work in
Second Life
The virtual world is still a sanctuary for folks leaning into their sexual fantasies.
By S. Nicole Lane
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Lindens
News & Politics
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Feature
May 20, 2020
‘We’re not always treated like people’
Before the pandemic shuttered strip clubs, dancers were fighting exploitation and moving their work online.
By Natalya Carrico
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Feature
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Strippers
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sex work
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adult entertainers
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strip clubs
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labor
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coronavirus
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COVID-19
Columns & Opinion
,
Savage Love
Oct 30, 2019
Quick hits
Dan Savage advises a dude held back by his small dick, a teacher who wants to moonlight as a sex worker, and more.
By Dan Savage
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Savage Love
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Dan Savage
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City Life
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Sightseeing
Oct 10, 2019
Field notes from the war on sex
A century ago, the Committee of Fifteen hunted for “houses of ill-fame.”
By Jeff Nichols
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Sightseeing
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History
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police
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chicago
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Arts & Culture
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Art Feature
Oct 2, 2019
When sex work and art work collide
The kinksters, the queers, and the artists who live in both worlds.
By S. Nicole Lane
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sex work
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art work
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Julia Arredondo
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Arcade Gallery
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International Sex Workers Rights Day
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Sex Workers Outreach Project Chicago
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Agitator Gallery
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Georgia Amarillo
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CatalystCon
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FOSTA/SESTA
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Ramona Slick
News & Politics
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Comics Feature
Jul 31, 2019
What should allies do after Pride?
By Marina Labarthe del Solar and Carter Schneider
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Pride
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LGBTQ
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trans women
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queer artists
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survivors
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mental health
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News & Politics
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Politics
Dec 20, 2018
Preckwinkle fund-raising e-mail seeks to capitalize on Cyntoia Brown case
But the mayoral candidate doesn't mention ways to help the incarcerated Tennessee woman.
By Maya Dukmasova
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Toni Preckwinkle
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Chicago mayor
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Rahm Emanuel
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Mayor Rahm
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Love & Protect
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Claudia Garcia-Rojas
,
Susana Mendoza
Columns & Opinion
,
Savage Love
Oct 3, 2018
Enlisting mindfulness to help with lesbian bed death and other sexual problems
How to make join the physical with the emotional again. Plus: Appalled by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh? Give money to the DNCC!
By Dan Savage
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Lori Brotto, Better Sex Through Mindfulness: How Women Can Cultivate Desire
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Columns & Opinion
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Savage Love
Sep 8, 2016
‘If I find someone who will pay me to suckle my milk, is that prostitution?’
A hard-up single mom inquires. Plus: confidential to Mr. SPOUSE, gay cuckoldry
By Dan Savage
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Canadian prostitution laws
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Terri-Jean Bedford
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Angela Chaisson
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Paradigm Law Group
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breast milk
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Mike Crawford
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OnlyTheBreast.com
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Columns & Opinion
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Savage Love
Sep 1, 2016
What can clients do to fight laws that harm sex workers?
Speak up already! Plus: a gay cross-dresser who really shouldn’t adopt.
By Dan Savage
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Savage Love
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Nordic Model
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Emily Bazelon
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New York Times Magazine
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Should Prostitution Be a Crime?
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Maggie McNeill
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The Honest Courtesan
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Human Rights Watch
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World Health Organization
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Faramerz Dabhoiwala
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The Origins of Sex: A History of the First Sexual Revolution
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Societies of Virtue
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Covent Garden
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East End
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cross-dressing
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Columns & Opinion
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Savage Love
Aug 4, 2016
The perils of Pokémon Go
When gaming is an excuse for neglect. Plus: sneaky facials, sex-worker yick, and more
By Dan Savage
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Savage Love
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Columns & Opinion
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Savage Love
Aug 6, 2015
This Jekyll of a boyfriend turns into Hyde when the pot runs out
What should she do? Plus: an erstwhile 'fat little friend' wants some action; likewise a frustrated spouse
By Dan Savage
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Savage Love
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,
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Columns & Opinion
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Savage Love
Apr 9, 2015
Kinkster confidential
Advice for a retired rope bondage top, a husband with specialized tastes in lube, a bondage widower, and more
By Dan Savage
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Savage Love
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Dan Savage
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Savage Love
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Great Recession
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Columns & Opinion
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Savage Love
Feb 19, 2015
How to legally find someone to have sex with (in Michigan)
Dan advises the son of a 65-year-old father who hasn't had sex in 30 years. Plus: a 20-year-old who isn't getting much, more homework on kink
By Dan Savage
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Savage Love
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Dan Savage
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Savage Love
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Savannah Sly
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Michigan
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Scarleteen
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When Someone You Love Is Kinky
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Dossie Easton
,
Catherine A. Liszt
Columns & Opinion
,
Savage Love
Apr 10, 2014
Paying for sex as geezerdom looms
Plus: Leading on a fortysomething you don't want to fuck, and the etiquette of thrill seeking.
By Dan Savage
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Savage Love
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sex work
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marriage
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Savage Love
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Dan Savage
,
bisexuality
,
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,
fantasy
,
secret thrill
Columns & Opinion
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Savage Love
May 30, 2013
Beyond Richard Gere
It's OK to date your john. Plus: A slave clears the record and a girlfriend wants her own kinky clarity.
By Dan Savage
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Savage Love
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sex work
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Pretty Woman
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monogamous relationship
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john
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Siouxsie Q's
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The WhoreCast
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Richard Gere
,
dom/sub
,
fantasy
,
dirty-talk
Columns & Opinion
,
Savage Love
Nov 21, 2012
You can make your nut doing sex work
Just be honest with yourself about it. Plus: dating across the polyamorous divide.
By Dan Savage
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Savage Love
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babysitting
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kick in the balls
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sex work
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poly
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polyamorous
,
monogamy
Columns & Opinion
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Savage Love
Apr 1, 2010
Savage Love: April 1, 2010
How to tell your boyfriend you're a sex worker, how to fuck politely at someone else’s house, and more
By Dan Savage
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Savage Love
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escort
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sex worker
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sexually transmitted infections
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sex work
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santorum
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foreskin-positive
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uncut
,
foreskin fetish
,
office romance
Blogs
,
Bleader
Oct 29, 2009
The Secret Prostitution Code, and What It Says About Johns
The secret online codes johns use to talk about prostitution.
By Amanda Hess
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The Sexist
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sex
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prostitution
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johns
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mongers
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