Long, Bad Night

At home tonight watching the Black Lives Matter protests, heartsick over the pointless, tragic loss of more life. All day I’ve been carrying the sight of Diamond Reynolds’s composure watching her man bleed out beside her. Thinking of the times I’ve lost my shit with cops, and thinking how very likely it is if I had pulled that crap while black I’d be dead.

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Things You're Not Allowed to Do Sex Work Without (No Excuses!!)

Sex work is hard, and it takes a wide range of support to excel at it. If you’re dabbling to pick up a few bucks, perhaps all of this isn’t for you. But if you want to do better than survive — make good money and walk away with something worthwhile — treat yourself like a business. Successful people don’t do things half-assed hoping to strike it rich. They plan. They save. They invest.

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