Billie: People say to me “Well, essentially its all just selling your body for money.” Brooke: When you sit at a desk, you sell your mind, When you dig a hole in the ground, you’re selling the strength of your arms. We’re allowed to sell everything about ourselves. People have a problem with one aspect, and that’s sex. You’re even allowed to sell your womb, and have somebody else’s baby, to be a surrogate. That’s okay, people don’t condemn that to the level they condemn prostitution.
Billie Piper Interviewing Dr. Brooke Magnanti (aka. Author: Belle De Jour)
Him: I don’t date black women. It’s just a preference. Me: Based on what? Him: Nothing, it’s just how I feel. Me: Impossible, deliberate aversions come from somewhere. Him: Its just a preference, that’s all. Me: No, a preference is preferring broccoli to asparagus. You can say that because asparagus will always taste the same, even when prepared differently. Him: And? Me: And we’re not always the same at all. There are hundreds of millions of us and we’re each completely different from the next. If an employer said not hiring Black people was a preference would you agree? Him: No, but that’s based on stereotypes. Me: … And what is yours based on, facts?
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oh lord
When the time comes and he offers you an allowance and it’s too low, and you’d like to get more, it’s always awkward to say, uh that’s not enough can I have more? Or maybe you’re too nervous to ask for a higher number. I have this phrase saved on my phone in my notes and it…
Untitled on We Heart It.