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Oddly enough, Park Avenue was generally left alone by LE due to keeping a relatively low profile. They were only busted a couple of times in its almost 20 year history before they closed for good in 2008.
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Yes... Park Avenue. Lots of great memories there for sure, back in the day... Pat definitely knew how to run a business. Nice lady, too.
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P.S. Low hanging fruit as well.... It’s basically brownie points for LE, so they can toot their own horns E.g. cleaning up the town and ostensibly enforcing C-36, as it were...
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I believe that was all street action... I mean come on, if they’re doing it in broad daylight, hassling people on the street and propositioning customers of local businesses, those guys deserve to be arrested!
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Looking For Out of Shape Lady
drlove replied to proxyn000b's topic in Escort Discussion for Nova Scotia
Too funny! I was thinking the same thing... -
New Lyla: Features I Like
drlove replied to Hukupp's topic in General Discussion Area - all of Canada
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Good detective work, redmana2! Perhaps someone should report it to Mod.... We definitely don’t need that sort of thing here... just mho.
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Canâ??t stay on line for more than a couple clicks
drlove replied to a topic in General Discussion Area - all of Canada
I had a similar issue on the old board for the past few months... However, since the changeover last weekend, it’s been smooth sailing so far... -
Me too! haha...
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In my area, a vast majority of ladies seem to be offering incalls exclusively, with outcalls falling by the wayside. Also, a lot of ads say "text only". Are these options simply the personal preference of the lady, or is there another reason why outcalls and phone calls to book appointments have seemingly fallen out of favour? Just curious...
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Does she do outcalls?
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Log in Issues
drlove replied to dread pirate roberts's topic in General Discussion Area - all of Canada
As long as you see https: at the top of your browser, all will be fine. -
How legal are websites likeLeolist?
drlove replied to yak30000's topic in Legal discussion, cases & questions
True, but thankfully being challenged next January. (Apparently the London agency case will be heard in another court in a larger city). -
So I was emailing someone and hit a wrong button or two. Now, whenever I click on the email, all this header info comes up like â??return pathâ?? and a bunch of other gibberish, making it very difficult or near impossible to read. The problem only affects this particular email/recipient, not any others. I tried toggling between the â??details/hideâ?? button but to no avail. Does anyone know how I can get it to go back to normal again, and stay that way? Thanks!
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All good suggestions so far.... The Bicycle Thief is an excellent restaurant - very upscale, relaxed atmosphere, and on nice days you can have your meal on the patio overlooking the water. The waterfront is nice in general as long as you can get past the fact that they've got half of it torn up at the moment (new condo development). There's also Spring Garden Road for shopping, as well as Peggy's Cove and the iconic lighthouse. Hope you enjoy your visit!
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Log in Issues
drlove replied to dread pirate roberts's topic in General Discussion Area - all of Canada
I've tried that as well, but doesn't always work. This seems to be a more recent problem e.g. (over the past few months). I never had problems logging in before then... it started happening around the time the site was hacked. Any idea on when the issue will be fixed permanently? -
Log in Issues
drlove replied to dread pirate roberts's topic in General Discussion Area - all of Canada
Same here... I'm still having this problem intermittently, although some days are better than others. -
Happy Birthday... have a good one!
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Oh, ok... thank you! I didn't see that.
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In light of new laws being passed in the US concerning this industry and the seizure of Backpage, would a board such as ours be at risk as well? E.g.(We're under the .com domain, and the site does feature advertising...)
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No worries... they'll be back, one way or another. Perhaps another site will spring up to take its place... The really sad part about it is the closed minded society we live in these days. Things were more open back in the 70's and 80's.
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[url]https://ca.yahoo.com/style/stormy-daniels-lot-common-sex-worker-mom-dehumanization-adult-film-star-173300940.html[/url] Stormy Daniels and I have a lot in common: We both wear a Scarlet Letter, we both have children, and we both harbor the secrets of powerful men. Sadly, Iâ??ve never been offered six figures to stay silent about a rendezvous that may or may not have happened. And Iâ??m definitely not a Republican. However, the part of Danielsâ??s now-famous [I][URL="https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/biggest-bombshells-stormy-daniels-apos-005200181.html"]60 Minutes [/URL][/I][URL="https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/biggest-bombshells-stormy-daniels-apos-005200181.html"]interview[/URL] that was most chillingly familiar as a former sex worker was the anonymous threat she says she received while she was with her daughter in a parking garage. â??It would be a shame if something happened to your daughterâ??s mother,â? the man allegedly told Daniels. While there is a lot of talk these days about sex workers â?? including in relation to policies like the Senateâ??s just-passed [URL="https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/21/17147688/senate-sesta-fosta-vote-anti-sex-trafficking"]Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA)[/URL] that will gravely affect current workers, particularly sex workers on the margins â?? there is far less conversation about the ways in which current and former sex workersâ?? children are harmed by whorephobia, sexism, and stigma. In a popular Las Vegas strip club before I myself became a parent, I would watch as my fellow stripper colleagues performed for moneyed men. They flung their bodies across laps and over tables, hung from poles, and hustled cocktails, lap dances, and emotional labor in the darkness of nights and early mornings. More important, in the brief intermission between slinging drinks and selling dances, my colleagues would disappear into the dressing room to call home, checking in with babysitters or singing sweet lullabies to their babies at bedtime. [IMG]https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/s65Mi1q8_HZPOyKvIzfTNQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW15O3c9NjQwO3E9NzU7c209MQ--/http://media.zenfs.com/en/homerun/feed_manager_auto_publish_494/3aaf4a87ce38a0bfec48d61921568d66[/IMG] Although I never experienced the direct intimidation of a shadowy figure threatening my child with a motherless future, the threat exists in complex ways for all sex-working mothers. And now, with the passage of [URL="https://www.thecut.com/2018/03/sesta-anti-sex-trafficking-bill-fosta.html"]FOSTA[/URL] â?? which has a purported aim to curtail sex trafficking but will instead break down the internet safe spaces on which those in this risky business rely â?? sex-working mothers not only chance losing their children to the state, which deems sex work incompatible with child rearing, they also now face the imminent threat of lost income and housing. The prevalence of sex-working mothers losing custody is greater than most people likely realize. And while there is indeed an uncontested belief that in heterosexual custody cases, mothers are favored, it is not true for women who step outside of cultural norms and values surrounding sexual behavior. In fact, when I split with my childâ??s father, my lawyer informed me that my prior sex work could lead to my losing custody completely. To make matters worse, after my divorce, I was penniless. I told my lawyer (whom I paid with funds I had crowdsourced) that reentering the sex industry was my only option for financial support during that difficult time. And I will never forget her response. â??Do you ever want to see your kid again?â? I have since gone on to complete a PhD and write the first-ever childrenâ??s book to depict a sex-working mother, entitled [I][URL="https://www.feministpress.org/books-a-m/how-mamas-love-their-babies"]How Mamas Love Their Babies[/URL],[/I] illustrated by the phenomenal Elise Peterson and published by the illustrious Feminist Press. As a sociologist, I understand the profound impact of representation. And the outpouring of support the book has received from other sex-working parents is indicative of the need for our better representation. [IMG]https://s2.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/SDhpjDRZgjp6H5auRboq5w--/YXBwaWQ9eW15O3c9NjQwO3E9NzU7c209MQ--/http://media.zenfs.com/en/homerun/feed_manager_auto_publish_494/6a372751b8697adcec4a7c8ad6a9ae41[/IMG] Author Juniper Fitzgerald and her new childrenâ??s book, [I]How Mamas Love Their Babies,[/I] which includes references to moms who are housecleaners, office workers, farmers, pilots, and even strip-club dancers: â??Some mamas dance all night long in special shoes. Itâ??s hard work!â? â??Thank you so much for doing this book,â? one mama wrote me. â??I am a new mom and my sex work was recently held against me in my custody case â?¦ and my ex-husband threatened to publicly out me.â? There are, of course, more famous cases of sex workers losing their children because of their work. Swedish sex worker [URL="http://www.feministcurrent.com/tag/petite-jasmine/"]Petite Jasmine[/URL], for example, lost custody of her three children to the father, a man with a criminal record of domestic abuse. He was nonetheless deemed fitter for parenthood than Jasmine. Horribly, Jasmineâ??s ex-husband wound up murdering her. These examples are vast, as evidenced by the list of deceased sex workers that we (sex workers and allies) read every Dec. 17 on the [URL="http://www.december17.org/"]International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers[/URL]. And like anything, it is always the most marginalized sex workers â?? transgender, black and brown, indigenous, neurodivergent, drug-using, etc. â?? who experience the brunt of cultural stigma against sex-working parents, and whose lives are always on the line. Our culture fails to see the humanity in sex-working mothers because our culture is built on the pillars of patriarchy. While many feminists like [URL="https://www.facebook.com/GloriaSteinem/posts/10152648966132854"]Gloria Steinem view sex work[/URL] as an extension of patriarchy, these viewpoints only further stigmatize sex workers. And it is the [I]stigma[/I] of sex work â?? and the ways that stigma becomes codified â?? that perpetuates the harmful belief that sex and motherhood (and sex and womanhood) are incompatible. We shame sex-working mothers for the same reason that we create dress codes that target femme bodies. We shame sex-working mothers for the same reason that we shame little girls for expressing desire while encouraging the same behavior in boys. We shame sex-working mothers for the same reason that we call Stormy Daniels â??slutâ? without any indication of disdain for the exact same sexual behavior in the man with whom she had alleged relations. We shame sex-working mothers because when we, as a culture, prevent women and girls from owning their own bodies, society gets to set the price. [IMG]https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/VZW8KjBp96YVM10JO9kh4w--/YXBwaWQ9eW15O3c9NjQwO3E9NzU7c209MQ--/http://media.zenfs.com/en/homerun/feed_manager_auto_publish_494/187c595294a34630d47c24e0db1c9c84[/IMG] Stormy Daniels speaking with Anderson Cooper on [I]60 Minutes.[/I] (Photo: Getty Images/CBS) No parent should fear the loss of their children because of their choice to engage in sex or the performance of eroticism with other consenting adults. And while all choice in labor is constrained by something, it is time to eradicate the notion that sex workers do not have agency over our own lives and bodies. It is time to decriminalize sex work so that all of us â?? from respectable rich women to hos, whores, and sluts â?? will cease to be judged by cultural constructions of sexual currency. If you want to â??save the children,â? as many anti-sex-work organizations claim to do, you have to start by supporting sex-working parents and by eliminating the stigma that follows us for lifetimes and generations. It is time to stop shaming sex workers so that all parents â?? civilians and sex workers alike â?? have the opportunity for rich, fulfilling, and dynamic relationships with our children. Itâ??s a truth that I, and Stormy Daniels, actually, know all too well. And the idea that I â?? a girl from the Midwest who used to live in a warehouse â?? can at all relate to Daniels, a girl who messed around with the now-president of the United States and whose story is commanding a worldwide spotlight, proves a painful point: that the stigma surrounding sex-working parents is profound, and that sexism and stigma are undeniable realities of our culture.
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I always try to look on the bright side of things as much as possible. That said, at least they're willing to have a dialogue about sex work, and appear to be open to the possibility of repealing C-36 and thereby moving toward decriminalization. It's my sincere hope that should this go forward, the government will ask for and heed input from sex workers in crafting new legislation with a view toward increased safety and autonomy for all persons involved in this industry.
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Seems to be working better now...