‘It’s abuse and a life of hell’ | Guardian.uk As a world expert on prostitution, Roger Matthews has met women in the trade who have been stabbed, raped and beaten. He tells … why they must be given help to leave the sex industry for good.

As Matthews explains in his new book, Prostitution, Politics and Policy, he is entirely against liberal solutions to prostitution. The liberal approach is to think of the trade as simply another form of work, to be “non-judgmental” in dealing with it, and to set up areas, such as “tolerance zones”, where women can work without fear of arrest. Matthews completely disagrees with the notion of legalisation. Instead, he says, the punters should be deterred from buying sex, women in prostitution should be decriminalised, and a radical welfare strategy should be put in place to help them out of the trade.

I mean, aren’t we all, in a sense? Punters? Read the rest of this entry »

Jeneane reports: “The Coca-Cola Company will feature its Sprite brand on a new Facebook Page …”

I’m giving this to you one level of revoltingness at a time. Someone respects your stomach.

“… and will invite users to add an application to their account called ‘Sprite Sips.’”

… and for all you hipsters out there, le piece de resistance, wait for it:

“People will be able to create, configure and interact with an animated Sprite Sips character.”

omg! omg!

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