[lbo-talk] prostitution

[jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net]

> LBOers:
> 
> I just finished skimming the archives of this list to
> find out more about the recent flurry of activity
> around the subject of prostitution which Doug alerted
> me to.  
> 
> Ugly stuff.
> 
> I'm one of the editors of $pread magazine who Doug
> profiled on his radio program a month or so ago.  If
> people on this list want to discuss these issues more,
> I'm here and willing to engage with **civil**
> conversation on the subject; I won't respond to abuse.
> 
> I think there's some serious nuance missing in the
> threads I viewed.  $pread isn't a "happy hooker"
> publication.  It aims to truthly illuminate the sex
> industry: glory and warts.  It aims to provide sex
> workers themselves with voice.  It is clear (probably
> acutely to those on the list right about now) that sex
> workers are often spoken for by rather opinionated
> loud-mouths whose opinions tend to be based on
> misinformation, their own moral system, cultural
> stereotypes, or attempts by any number of folks to
> imagine a reality that fits their pre-conceived
> political analysis.
> 
> Alors, si vous avez le desire, repondez...
> 
> eliyanna, $pread magazine

Setting aside Michael Dawsons responses, what exactly did you read 
that causes you to character it as "ugly stuff"?

John Thornton