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Daddies, “Dates,” and the Girlfriend Experience: Welcome to the New Prostitution Economy

A growing number of young people are selling their bodies online to pay student loans, make the rent, or afford designer labels. Is it just an unorthodox way to make ends meet or a new kind of exploitation? Nancy Jo Sales investigates.

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Hasnain says:

Super engrossing human interest story

"The most surprising thing about Miranda’s story is how unsurprising it is to many of her peers. “Almost all of my friends do some sort of sex work,” says Katie, 23, a visual artist in New York. “It’s super-common. It’s almost trendy to say you do it—or that you would.”

“It’s become like a thing people say when they can’t make their rent,” says Jenna, 22, a New York video-game designer. “ ‘Well, I could always just get a sugar daddy,’ ‘I guess I could just start camming,’ ” or doing sexual performances in front of a Webcam for money on sites like Chaturbate. “And it’s kind of a joke, but it’s also not because you actually could. It’s not like you need a pimp anymore. You just need a computer.”"

Posted on 2016-07-08T20:59:04+0000

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Celebrated humanitarian Abdul Sattar Edhi passes away in Karachi

Edhi created a charitable empire out of nothing, masterminding Pakistan’s largest welfare organisation.

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African wildlife officials appalled as EU opposes a total ban on ivory trade

European commissions’ opposition to a continued global ban will spell the beginning of a mass extinction of African elephants, warn officials from 29 African states

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Venezuela Refuses to Default. Few People Seem to Understand Why.

It’s been almost two years now since the renowned Harvard economist Ricardo Hausmann caused a stir in his native Venezuela by posing an uncomfortable question.

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NASA Images Show Toxic Air Challenge Choking Indian Subcontinent

The mega-city of New Delhi has tried everything from banning diesel guzzling SUVs to taking about half the city’s cars off the streets in a fight against air pollution. Officials may yet have to do much, much more, based on National Aeronautics and Space Administration satellite research.

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Go’s march to low-latency GC — Twitch Blog

We use Go at Twitch for many of our busiest systems. Its simplicity, safety, performance, and readability make it a good tool for the…

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""To be clear, this is not to suggest that in similar circumstances, a person who engaged in this activity would face no consequences. To the contrary, those individuals are often subject to security or administrative sanctions. But that is not what we are deciding now.""

Posted on 2016-07-06T07:55:38+0000

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Illinois Man Charged With Desecrating American Flag After Posting Photos On Facebook

A 22-year-old Illinois man has been charged with desecrating the American flag after he posted photos on Facebook along with messages decrying the state of violence and race in the U.S. This is the first time the Urbana Police Department has seen the flag desecration statute used in 27 years. Bryton...

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Adnan Syed, of ‘Serial’ Podcast, Gets a Retrial in Murder Case

The decision came after lawyers for the defendant, who is serving a life sentence, presented new evidence in the 1999 murder.

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