I love words: beautiful soft words which roll off the tongue and bloom as they meet the air; jagged hard words which contort the face and are spat from pursed lips; short words with immediate impact; long words which seep quietly into the atmosphere and resonate at an illustrious frequency.
Read MoreOn losing Kirsty
On Thursday 4th September 2015, Kirsty Bailey - founding member of this blog, and dear friend to so many of those associated with it – died. Her passing was peaceful and followed a long and difficult battle with cancer – a battle she wrote eloquently and insightfully about.
Read MoreConstituting reality: studying policy, the political subject and more
When curious people discover I research prostitution policy they tend to jump to the very reasonable, though largely inaccurate, conclusion that my focus rests on the sellers of sex. Many are therefore perplexed, perhaps even disappointed, when they learn that my work concentrates not on people in prostitution, but on the activities of policy influential.
Read MoreSelling Sex: A Matter of the Heart
Prostitution is a deeply contentious issue; an issue which, during the ‘sex wars’ of the 1980s, proved highly divisive for the feminist lobby; an issue which continues to attract impassioned debate from political commentators across the globe.
Read MoreTheorising Violence: What Made Elliot Rodger Kill?
It is always shocking when an individual maliciously intends to, and succeeds in, ending the life of another: if nothing else it reminds us of our own frightening fragility. But there is something particularly disturbing about the kind of wanton spree killings witnessed in California on Friday 23rd May 2014.
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