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Brooke Magnanti

Brooke Magnanti is a scientist and author. She is the author of The Sex Myth: Why Everything We’re Told is Wrong. Follow her on Twitter @b_magnanti.

Your Guide to Fourth-Wave Feminist Underwear

July 21, 2014
When Orwell wrote about language that gives “the appearance of solidarity to pure wind,” he could as well have been talking about the product labels that attract a certain kind of modern consumer. Organic. Fair trade. Local. Ethical. Buy this, and you not only will ...
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Zombie Statistics on Sex Work

June 9, 2014
As a former escort, I can say with confidence that nearly everything you know, or think you know, about the money involved in sex work is wrong. And as a former statistician, I know the numbers definitely are. Last month the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) released ...