^that sonuds rad dude, stocked for you.
i had a regular day. one of the regulars came by and we talked about blues and R&B for a while. then NPR came on with this segment on prostitution and all the customers were hella uncomfortable for a while. it's funny watching people squirm when they try and wrap their heads around things that never occurred to them. a couple got hella offended and walked out, which kinda bummed me out. the stories being shared were heart breaking and one of the women sharing hers was just so compassionate and honest and smart, it was really great to hear her speak. They had to censor a lot of stuff- not bleep it out but just not talk about a couple things, merely imply them. She was trying to explain how young women considering prostitution/sex working can keep themselves safe but couldn't actually explain everything because most of the things these people end up doing are illegal. Crazy how many hoops these people jump through just to get by on a pretty ancient and pointlessly stigmatized industry of work. The segment on the trans community in the industry was unfortunately short.
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I spit bullets in my feet
Every time I speak
So I write instead
And still people want me dead
~msc
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