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The Real Danger for Sex Workers and Your Privacy – Understanding FOSTA + SESTA

Reading Time: 2 minutes GoogleDrive and Skype are now monitoring people’s data and conversations for signs of “obscenity”. This is what happens when you make laws that do not distinguish between sex work + sex trafficking. (Senator Ron Wyden understood that #FOSTA would push marginalized workers more underground by making their method of labor illegal, and voted against it. Thank you.)

The DOJ even stated that trafficking victims will not be impacted by its passing. Because when you direct resources and attention away from those who need it most, that population goes unserved.

Stop criminalizing the consensual activities of adults. Sex trafficking should be illegal, but I am not a person who does not give consent to my work. Who are you really hurting when you pass laws like these?

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Why Royal Weddings Matter Part 2 – The Scent of Love

Reading Time: 3 minutes In early Christian lore, the “mysterious” rose was so cherished (despite its sensual past) that it came to be dedicated to the Virgin Mary; red roses symbolized her suffering, white roses her joy. Did Diana intuitively know this?  According to the former head gardener at Kensington Palace, the princess always favored white flowers over red ones. Unfulfilled in her own search for love, yet Diana found joy in the love of her sons and encouraged them to be true to their heart’s desire. As though she was leaving them with an inner directive to move thoughtfully through the ‘suffering’, then live gratefully inside the ‘joy’.

The memory of love, indeed—with the lingering scent of roses. ~

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After the Worst Week of His Presidency, Trump Gets His Military Parade After All By Bombing Syria

Reading Time: 4 minutes War is a thing. Missiles are real. What happened on Friday happened, but it wasn’t shock and awe. It was a well-executed distraction. The media has to cover it, but we don’t have to buy it. What we have to do is get to the polls and vote in numbers like we’ve never seen before. November 2018 isn’t that far away. You might start making a plan to get to the polls to vote now in case you have to do it in the dark.

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If Trump Fires Rosenstein is it Doomsday? Maybe. Maybe not. Convoluted Cliff Notes on What Could Happen Next

Reading Time: 3 minutes The bottom line is that the Attorney General has the authority to shut down the Mueller investigation.  Sessions’ recusal angered the President because that is exactly what he wanted. The investigation shut down.  If Rosenstein is fired whether a replacement is made via the succession plan or the Vacancies Reform Act it is pretty obvious that the intention would be to limit or end the investigation, which makes every choice suspect.  Per usual for this presidency, we are wandering into unknown territory. 

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