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TO THE EDITOR that our friends in Dublin should offer as a special. I call it “Twin Towers:” Fill two tall Collins glasses with ice. In each glass, pour 1/2 oz. vodka, 1/2. oz Triple Sec, 1/2 oz. gin, 1/2 oz. rum, 1/2 oz. sweet and sour mix. Fill with tonic. Wet two raw sugar cubes with Bacardi 151.Place each wet sugar cube on a half-slice of lemon. Place a sugar cube and lemon on each drink. Drizzle droplets of Grenadine into each drink. Light both sugar cubes and serve! Caleb Fegles Corvallis REGULATE SEX WORK I am writing in response to all the letters on your sex industry ads. I have been a femi- nist for 15 years and I am a self-defense teacher at SASS. Twelve years ago I picketed porn stores in Portland, and I felt very wor- ried about sex workers from my middle class, white position in the world. While I still think Andrea Dworkin is a genius and agree with many of her ideas, such as actors who are raped in porn being able to stop circulation of the product, I think the best way to achieve this is through legal- ization of prostitution. Sex workers do not need our condescen- sion. They need to be protected under the law, and need the rights that so many legal and ille- gal workers need and do not have. This would improve health and safety and chances of changing jobs if desired. Sex workers do not deserve criminal records, or being shamed, made invisible, and blamed for x, y and z. Yes, sex work used to be an honored voca- tion in many places and, for some it still is. Some have been able to, and have chosen to, claim a heritage of pride in their work. It is obviously an oppressed industry because a) it is illegal, and b) this is patriarchy. We hate women, and most sex workers are women, though by no means all. Childcare work is an oppressed industry that compares in some ways. It is devalued and has class stigma and sexist stigma because it’s women’s work. But it is legal and also has the safety of being ac- ceptable for women in this patriarchal cli- mate. If sex work were regulated and legal, there would be less profit for traffickers of sex slaves, and law enforcement and commu- nity could focus on busting these crimes and eradicating child prostitution and pornogra- phy. The rape and murder of sex workers would be a lot easier to stop, and sex workers would have more credibility, thus less vulner- ability to rape and murder. Mandy Sturgill Eugene FROM THE BOTTOM UP To all you folks who are calling for a Nader vote in November, because he repre- sents the progressive voice much better than Kerry I ask, where were you in May? Don’t get me wrong. I think Kitty, Bonny, Betty, Andrea and David are just great, but none of them are registered as Greens or another third party. They are all registered Democrats. Why is it that there is such a call for us to vote a third party on a national level, but not such a call on a local level? When are we going to have a serious local campaign run by someone who seeks out the Green Party or another third-party endorsement? It simply makes sense to me — build the party from the bottom up, not the top down. To have a true affect on the national outlook with a third party we need to start with our City Council, our mayor, our state house and up. Without a solid local and statewide base the chances of a national third-party candi- date (Green is my preference) as our presi- dent one day are none. M. Brooke Robertshaw Eugene JUST THE FACTS I am continually amazed at how puritani- cal this “progressive” little city is. Once again, the “porn”-in-the-back-of-the-paper issue has reared its stupid little head again. So let’s review the facts... Fact: EW is a free paper that supports local businesses by providing a well-read ad- vertising forum for what I can only assume is a reasonable price. Fact: There are many industries in this town that rely on advertising to speak to you, the customer, about their product. Fact: If you do not want to support said in- dustries, the best way to do so is to not pur- chase their products. Contrary to popular be- lief, griping about it does not make it go away. So, that said, can we focus on more im- portant issues than the “porn” that graces the last pages of this periodical? As I have said before, I will support the EW’s right to pro- cure funds from whomever they desire. If I find I do not like their product (or the people who fund it), I will not purchase/pick it up. I advise you to do the same. Justin Bengtson Eugene ART IS HERE The recent dialogue about art has been music to my ears. Truth lay bleeding and artists are in her arms. When she goes, there go our heroes. So, EW Staff EDITORIAL Editor Ted Taylor Executive/Arts Editor Lois Wadsworth Contributing Editor Anita Johnson Staff Writers Alan Pittman, Bobbie Willis Calendar Editor Ben Fogelson Contributing Writers Brett Campbell, Rachel Foster, Jerry Harris, Kate Rogers Gessert, James Johnston, Sharleen Nelson, Mary O’Brien, Sylvie Pederson, Vanessa Salvia, Sally Sheklow, Lance Sparks, Martha Ulman West Interns Emma Juhlin, Aleta Raphael-Brock, Kate Storm y ART DEPARTMENT Art Director/Production Manager Kevin Dougherty Graphic Artist/Webmaster James Bateman Graphic Artists Todd Cooper Contributing Photographers Kurt Jensen, Paul Neevel ADVERTISING National Sales Manager Mark Frisbee Display Marketing Consultant Jennifer D’Angelo, Rob Weiss Advertising Traffic Coordinator Geneva Miller Classified Manager Jeffrey Stout Classified Marketing Consultant Bob Britto BUSINESS Director of Sales and Marketing Bill Shreve Circulation Manager Deena Miller Controller Paula Hoemann Customer Care Specialist Molly Templeton Distributors Bob Becker, Peter Dilcher, Kevin Greene, Tim Risch, Jackson Stephens, Carrie Wedmore, Pedalers Express Printing Signature Graphics HOW TO REACH US BY E-MAIL: (letters): editor@eugeneweekly.com (advertising): ads@eugeneweekly.com (classifieds): classy@eugeneweekly.com (personals): romance@eugeneweekly.com (calendar): cal@eugeneweekly.com (music/clubs/special shows): music@eugeneweekly.com (art/openings/galleries): visualarts@eugeneweekly.com (performance/theater): performance@eugeneweekly.com (literary arts/readings): books@eugeneweekly.com (movies/film screenings): movies@eugeneweekly.com (circulation): distribution@eugeneweekly.com Eugene Weekly • 1251 Lincoln Street • Eugene, OR 97401 • 541.484.0519 • fax 541-484-4044 AUGUST 12, 2004 5
