“Are they bad girls or brilliant?”A Harlots review of a brilliant book by Aphrodite Phoenix.

I was delighted to be congratulated by Aphrodite Phoenix on a paper that I recently presented at the Brunel university sexual cultures conference. Aphrodite asked me if I would be interested in reading and possible reviewing her book “Are they bad girls or brilliant?” I was delighted to be asked and agreed at once. The [...]

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Sex work,pleasure or rebellion. Paper presented at Brunel University 21st April 2012.

This is my paper that I presented at the Sexual Cultures Conference held at Brunel University in April 21st 2012.It seemed to be well received. They are a collection of comments taken from a manuscript that I am working on for publication. Comments are welcome. My name is Douglas Fox. I am the editor of [...]

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RAIDS ON GODDESS TEMPLES ARE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION… Understanding sacred sexuality and sacred prostitution.

This video is accessible at bottom of page The recent raids on the Goddess temples in the USA are a sad reminder of how badly our society is damaged by centuries of orthodox monotheism that has denigrated human sexual expression and sexual joy as both sinful and dangerous. Orthodox monotheism has done this through dogmas [...]

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THE PROBLEM WITH THE SEXUAL CENSORSHIP DEBATE…from the understanding of a pagan sex worker.

This is part of an idea for a chapter I am working on for a book examining organic Feminism/an understanding of sex and human sexuality from a pagan sex worker view. There are ideas in here which I will be developing and it would be nice to have some feed back. Censorship is in the [...]

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FESTIVE GREETINGS

I would like to offer all of our readers and authors a very Merry and joyful festive season. A big thank you for all of your contributions through out the year. I am very pleased at the small contribution that Harlots and our readers and our fans make to the world wide struggle for justice. [...]

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THE POPE CLARIFIES COMMENTS ON CONDOM USE

It would appear that the catholic church has at last approved the use of condoms for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases and infections such as HIV. There has been some controversy and confusion over Pope Benedict’s comments in a new book of interviews given by the Pope. During one interview the Pope appeared to [...]

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