Very worried about Jamaica, that storm looks terrifying
I fed off a flowerperson, and I spent the next six hours watchin' my hand move.
Spike ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Oct 27, 2025 7:54:28 am PDT #9905 of 9907
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
JenP - Oct 27, 2025 10:56:46 am PDT #9906 of 9907
It really does. Safety ~ma to, well, everyone there.
DavidS - Oct 27, 2025 11:04:40 am PDT #9907 of 9907
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I trudged forth into the Monday morning and did my Pilates.
After a rainy weekend, it's another gloriously sunny October day in SF.
There's a long, detailed, exceptionally well done article in the NYTimes today about sex trafficking in Los Angeles, and it's so fucking heartbreaking.
These are very young girls, 13-15, more than half of whom were in the Foster care system. Pimps literally park outside halfway houses and grab them as they come out.
They get taken out of Florida, Texas, everywhere and they're brought to LA and there's a five block stretch on Figueroa where the cars just slowly cruise through like they're picking up an order at In N Out.
The girls are tortured, killed, forced to do half a dozen customers a night, and the pimps make $12,000 a night on their stables. And these girls are loyal and devoted to their pimps because they have nobody. They get taken off the streets but they just return.
The whole thing is horrific and I get queasy and outraged thinking about the lines of customers.
But I also think birth control and abortion would prevent a lot of unwanted children from being born. There are no Pro-Life evangelists out trying to help these girls.
Sorry, for the heavy thoughts on Monday. But I didn't really grasp how entrenched and broadly reaching it is the States.