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
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Nelson, Mary O’Brien, Sylvie Pederson, Vanessa Salvia, Sally Sheklow, Lance
Sparks, Martha Ulman West Interns Emma Juhlin, Aleta Raphael-Brock, Kate
Storm
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