NSP #65 we spoke with Maggie McNeill about the politics of sex work, censorship, science fiction, and libertarianism.

Maggie was a librarian in suburban New Orleans, but after an acrimonious divorce she took up sex work; from 1997 to 2006 she worked first as a stripper, then as a call girl and madam. She eventually married her favorite client and retired to a ranch in Oklahoma, but returned to escorting part-time in 2010 and full-time in 2015 after another divorce (this time amicable) and a move to Seattle. She’s been a sex worker rights activist since 2004, and since 2010 has written “The Honest Courtesan”, a daily blog which discusses sex work, politics, anarchism, philosophy and other topics. She has also published articles in venues such as Reason and the Washington Post; given innumerable lectures, talks, radio & video interviews; and is frequently consulted by academics and journalists as an expert on sex work.

Links
https://bsky.app/profile/maggiemcneill.bsky.social
https://maggiemcneill.com/

00:06:19 Critique of Life Extension
00:09:55 Science Fiction
00:30:53 Ayn Rand
00:35:10 Depictions of Sex Workers in Film
00:49:17 What is Sex Work?
01:06:16 Freelancing
01:13:09 Some History
01:19:25 Trumpists and Satanic Panic
01:29:46 Decriminalization of Sex Work
01:40:48 Rapist Cops
01:51:09 Nordic Model
01:58:38 Youth Liberation and Sex Work
02:07:02 Running a Business
02:13:42 The Politics of Pleasure
02:30:07 The "Libertarian" Perspective
02:41:20 Souls and Crusades
03:00:13 Lightning Round
03:13:08 Outro

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