Pink Nipples: Meet a Hooker Who Enjoys Her Job

According to sex-negative feminists no women choose sex work. (See the following post, “The $1,000/hr Victim.”). Therefore all sex workers and their customers should be criminals.

It was difficult for sex workers to attack this flapdoodle previously because it would require revealing their identities. Thanks to the Internet, sex workers can now take on the righteous prudes without fearing the vice police.

I have not seen anyone do this online as colorfully as the Modern Hooker (“MH”). MH makes an “ass ton of money” as a prostitute and began cartooning about her experiences in April of 2009. MH started prostituting on the streets of Hollywood when she was 19. She comes from a family of university professors and actually researched prostitution at the library as a newbie.

Her initial foray lasted less than a year and she went on to have a career and a family. When her kids were older she entered the business again as a “cougar” because she was “bored in [her] career, wanted to make more money, have easier hours and get laid without having to deal with relationships.” (dreidel_hustler)

You can learn more about her in this interview where she reveals how much it costs to have a sex worker take a dump on you ($400), what the latest rage is (prostate massage), and how to find a good escort (The Escort Ratings Report).

All of her cartoons can be found in a higher resolution at Carnal Nation. Her personal site is ModernHooker.com.

To preempt those like Diane Sawyer who say proud sex workers are extremely rare and that desperate street prostitutes are the norm, street-based prostitution only accounts for roughly 15% of prostitution in America. (Murphy)

Sources:

1. Alexandra Murphy & Sudhir Venkatesh, “Vice Careers,” Qualitative Sociology, June 2006.
2. dreidel_hustler, “Modern Hooker: The Heeb Interview,” Heeb, 12 May 2009. LINK

Billy Mays’ Corpse Gets Trampled by Cocaine Hype

Billy Mays is not alone. This scapegoating of cocaine goes on all the time. One review of 935 cocaine related deaths in New York City found that less than 12% were even possibly related to the pharmacological effects of cocaine. (Morgan, p. 140)

Billy Mays’ family was “extremely disappointed” with the autopsy report of the Hillsborough County medical examiner’s office (Florida). The family’s statement said that the report contained, “speculative conclusions that are frankly unnecessary and tend to obscure the conclusion that Billy suffered from chronic, untreated hypertension, which only demonstrates how important it is to regularly monitor one’s health.”

To see how cocaine was similarly blamed for Ike Turner’s death go to “Cocaine Did Not Kill Ike Turner,” and for a post on the actual deadliness of cocaine go to “Drug War Myth #726,001: Cocaine Is Deadlier Than Aspirin.”

Addendum (October 18, 2009) – An independent medical examiner’s review of the autopsy results made public on October 15, 2009 found they, “do not support the conclusion that cocaine was a contributory cause of Billy`s death.” (Mays)

Sources:

1. Robert Arthur, You Will Die: The Burden of Modern Taboos (2008).
2. Deborah Mays, “Independent Evaluation Finds that Billy Mays’ Death Was not Attributable to Cocaine Usage,” Reuters, 15 Oct. 2009. LINK
3. John Morgan & Lynn Zimmer, Crack in America (1997).
4. Mitch Stacy, “Billy Mays’ Family: Never Saw Signs of Cocaine Use,” San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Aug. 2009. LINK

Pot Prohibitionists Hate Children

Sources:

1. “Calif. Agrees to Cut Billions, Reaches Budget Deal,” MSNBC, 21 July 2009. LINK
2. “Marijuana Legalization: For First Time, Poll Finds Majority Support in California,” Drug War Chronicle, Issue #580, 10 April 2009. LINK
3. Dan Walters, “California Tax Board: Legal Pot Could Generate $1.4 Billion,” Sacramento Bee, 15 July 2009. LINK

Jeremy Mayfield: Another Drug War Victim

In its wrangling with Jeremy Mayfield, NASCAR confuses having a positive drug test with actual impairment.* Stimulants are used to assist in driving. (Coffee anyone?) If Mayfield does use methamphetamine, it is clear that he does so in a responsible manner.** Unfortunately, in the War on Drugs that is irrelevant.

* The Drug Czar recently made the same error when he raised alarms about the percentage of drivers testing positive for marijuana (LINK). He did not bother to note that marijuana’s psychoactive effects only last hours while trace amounts can stay in the system for a month.

** For testimony about Mayfield’s work ethic from his manager, a former police officer, go to this LINK.

Sources:

1. “Air Force Rushes to Defend Amphetamine Use,” 18 Jan. 2003, TheAge.com.au. LINK
2. Terry Blount, “Mayfield Running Out of Good Will,” ESPN.com, 15 July 2009. LINK