Tuesday Tasting: Craigslist, Scientists and Futurists
Each week, Ariel Waldman serves a tasting of the latest in sex and tech.
Craigslist Prostitutes Get Caught
Cyber cops are cracking down lately on Craigslist prostitutes. Hardly surprising, the community lent itself well for lining up late nights with latex. Blogger "College Call Girl" confesses that she wouldn't have gotten into prostitution otherwise: "Craigslist just made it so easy..". Unfortunately, Craigslist also made it so easy for any cop to easily bust these blog babes. Nassau County has made more than 70 arrests since it began focusing on Craigslist last year according to the New York Times. Craigslist has become the high-tech 42nd Street, where much of the solicitation takes place now, said Richard McGuire, Nassaus assistant chief of detectives. Technology has worked its way into every profession, including the oldest.
Jessica Alba Struts For Science
Even scientists get distracted at work with sex. If it's not browsing the latest Suicide Girls blogs and babes, it's analyzing what specifically makes Jessica Alba sexy. Apparently, the academics at Campbridge came to a scientific conclusion: Alba's attractive walk makes our tails wag. "It is the ratio between hips and waist that puts the sway into a womans walk - and the nearer that ratio is to 0.7, the better, the Telegraph reported. This ratio provides the body with the right torso strength to produce a more angular swing and bounce to the hips during the walking motion. This may in fact be the geekiest way to try to tell a girl she has a good body.
Futuristic Fetishes Obtain Ubergeek Status
Wired released their list of Futuristic Sexual Fetishes earlier this year but it was worth a repost for anyone wanting to be a true early adopter. The lustful list included fixations such as High-G, Alien, Hyperspace, Nanotechnology and Artificial Intelligence. From sexual algorithms to nanomachines, the article attempts to predict our techfetishes in a series of finite fantasies. We can only hope that our future will be more flavorful than programming AI porn.
Loud Mouthed Whore
Washington DC is a nervous city today. Last week, a DC madam was indicted on racketeering charges and is now threatening to sell her 13-year old phone records to raise funds for her legal defense. Deborah Palfrey has been running a prostitution ring from her California home and has amassed a client list of 10,000. Her lawyer claims the list includes some of Washingtons most influential figures.
"You can make an assumption based on these facts: the escorts only responded to private residences in good sections of DC, Virginia, or Maryland, or in four- or five-star hotels ... The clientele was about 20% foreign, and it was not an inexpensive service."
Clients paid between $250 and $300 for sweet, sweet sex. Prostitutes kept half the money and the other half went to Palfrey, who made $750,000 over six years. Her home was raided in October.
Her lawyer denies she is trying to blackmail her past clients.
"She has had 13 years to blackmail people if that was what she wanted to do," he said. "It is only now, when she finds herself indicted facing significant prison time, that she has to resort to this."
Palfrey told federal authorities she would "make life miserable" for former customers unless her case is dropped. Oh, please, please let the list come out. Please.