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November 26th, 2009

Belle de Jour Is the New Pretty Woman

Pick any political debate or news article about prostitution, and there’s a high probability there’ll be a quote along the lines of “It’s a far cry from Pretty Woman.” As if that’s going to come as a surprise. As if everyone doesn’t already bloody know that. …more

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November 2nd, 2009

Nine: The Last Book I Loved, A Complicated Kindness

I ran away to Barcelona because of a girl.

Also I’d been grumpy and mopey for the previous month or so, due to the whole uncertain future thing, so really the thing with the girl just kind of tipped me over the edge. I figured I could fritter my money away while moping in Edinburgh, or I could fritter it away travelling.

I started reading Miriam Toews’ A Complicated Kindness on my last day in Barcelona. …more

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Nine writes the zine If Destroyed Still True and the blog Everyone I Ever Kissed. Since joining the redundancy club earlier this year, she is using her newfound free time to hit the road every chance she gets.

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