News Bits (Saturday)

Spitzer costume for Halloween.

A rapper's career is just like a stripper's. (One of the benefits of being a stripper is "lots of attention." Um, yeah, every stripper wants lots of stripper-attention when she's not working.)

Stripper who hires a lawyer to defend her doesn't deserve a judge to hear her case (among other things). Everyone has rights but sex workers.

Sad story from a former child prostitute somehow blames prostitution for her problems, not the mother who abandoned her. This article also mentions Operation Clean Sweep (or whatever it was) of a few months ago which netted a total of what --18? trafficked children and arrested tons of adult sex workers.

A look at the modern world economy, how it affects women and workers. Not a look at sex work.

Yet another blogger outraged over the middle-class UK callgirl Lara. How dare Lara speak in defense of herself or make her own life choices that don't agree with what everyone else thinks she should do? The nerve!

Springfield IL contemplates cracking down on customers of prostitutes.

I generally don't like reporting on these things as I find it depressing, but this case of the terrible murder of a UK sex worker wrenched me. Another name for the December 17 list.