Via Lori Smith, I was alerted to this claim last week by police in Cornwall that a lap dance venue license application should be rejected because such clubs might cause sexual violence. As Lori point...
Further to yesterdays post, this is a list of thoughts prompted by a request from Linkmachinego on the topic of being an anonymous writer and blogger. Maybe not exactly a how-to (since the outcome is...
As some, many, or all of you may know, a certain anonymous blogger was "outed" by a celeb on Twitter yesterday. For those who know, just nod along; for those who dont, Im not going to rebroad...
A number of people have asked if I would respond to the piece Julie Bindel wrote about The Sex Myth in the Grauniad. Clearly as she took the opportunity to let rip, so too must I?Maybe, maybe not. Be...
After much huffing and puffing the time has finally come to blow all the myths about sex down. Read the whole controversial truth, and decide for yourself...E-books: Kobo Ereader version is available...
Dr Brooke Magnanti is a UK-based writer and science researcher who previously wrote under the pseudonym Belle de Jour. Interests: whisky, forensic biometrics, evidence-based policy.Upcoming6-7 April:...
The SWAAY billboard about sex work - which will be the first of its kind in the US, located in Los Angeles no less - is over halfway funded. Lets take it over the top, everyone! Click here to donate!...
Psst... Im blogging again! Look over here for the Sexonomics blog.First topic over there is my green paper on why the widely reported 2003 paper connecting lap dancing to rape in Camden, originally p...
Psst... Im blogging again! Look over here.First topic over there is my green paper on why the widely reported 2003 paper connecting lap dancing to rape in Camden, originally published by Eaves / Lili...
Please read my green paper on why the widely reported 2003 paper connecting lap dancing to rape in Camden, originally published by Eaves / Lilith, is wrong. New rates, new trend, and discussion.Cover...
Please read my green paper on why the widely reported 2003 paper connecting lap dancing to rape in Camden, originally published by Eaves / Lilith, is wrong. New rates, new trend, and discussion.It ha...
Belle de Jour is the pen name of Dr Brooke Magnanti, a UK-based writer and science researcher. Interests: whisky, taphonomy, PGP encryption.Please read my green paper on why the widely reported 2003 ...
Belle de Jour is the pen name of Brooke Magnanti, a UK-based writer and science researcher. Interests: whisky, taphonomy, PGP encryption.YouTube on Feminism vs. Sex WorkUpcoming and recent events:Spe...
Belles Guide to Women... another installment in the very occasional series.Now for some dating gobsmackers: screw the generalisations. Ive compiled a short list of horrors from female friends who are...
So, an few updates... am going on holiday soon, looking forward to 'getting away from it all'. Seems to be a lot more of It All to Get Away From than there was this time last year, certainly.Have wri...
I'll be running the Sheffield Half Marathon on April 25th to benefit SWWOP... Please donate at JustGiving!
ObNotRant: Things are good at home with T. Sex is great. Life's tolerably decent and my friends? Doing their thing. It's all tickety-boo, nothing new to report.Now for your daily rant.One nice thing ...
For a long time, I've been a geek about, well, loads of things (the paintings of Van Dyck, for example). I'm also a dork by temperament and a nerd by trade. I also am mystified at geek being appropri...
At school, the physics teacher had a quote on one of the pinboards in his room:We dance round in a ring and suppose but the secret sits in the middle and knows.It's a Robert Frost quote, a pretty wel...
Belle de Jour's Guide to Women: stereotypes, continued.This has been discussed at length in many places on the web - not to mention the Guide to Men - but it's worth repeating, because it's gone ende...
Before we return to the subject of the Men's Guide to Women, a little interlude...Recently I wrote a piece on oral sex during your period - the hows, the whys, and so on - for underground feminist hu...
Right, this next one is for the men who are about to be, or already in, a relationship.Stereotype 2: "Women are never satisfied with anything I do!"This is a hard one. No matter how cool the girl – s...
Now before we get on to the next myth that needs busting, I feel compelled to offer a real-world example of the last piece of advice.Because I feel you already: 'Yeah, but the women I meet...' 'It's ...
People keep asking if there's a Guide to Men, where is the Guide to Women? All I can say is, I'm working on it. And also terribly mystified that anyone wants my advice on the topic, because if genera...
Just for a minute, permit me to go all science.For 10 years, rural resident Georgina Downs has been campaigning to restrict and ban pesticide use near human living areas. There are a number of substa...
You know, the story of how T and I met is kind of funny, and most of you haven't heard it yet. So here goes part 1:The Boy and I split for good sometime late 2007, if the blog archive is correct (Goo...
Let me tell you about the best gift I ever received. And it's not a bit of sparkly jewellery, or a shiny car, or even a thoughtful trinket of affection.I'm talking about my scars.I had terrible acne ...
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