Tilly Lawless
03 June 2026
Had plastic surgery? This is why you look how you look
The first people to use modern cosmetic surgery had very specific requirements. You can now see the consequences of that in everyone from celebrities to looksmaxxers
Read the full article14 May 2026
I’m a sex worker. Here’s what Margo’s Got Money Troubles gets right and wrong
The series about a single mother on OnlyFans asks: What do we consider acceptable ways to make money?
Read the full article07 May 2026
Why is having sex with an animal worse than eating one? Discuss…
Our society does horrendous things to animals, but this one taboo is regarded as sickening and wrong above all others – and people find it hard to say exactly why
Read the full article29 April 2026
What does the global economic downturn mean for sex work?
Global crises can have all sorts of effects – after Covid, so many Japanese girls arrived in Sydney, the brothels needed Japanese receptionists. Now we are heading for an economic slump and the signs aren’t good
Read the full article01 April 2026
So you want to have a child. Why?
Paid surrogacy is banned in Australia. But the consequences for women in other, poorer nations are terrible, and that raises questions about the nature of parenthood itself
Read the full article04 March 2026
How Epstein used sex as a weapon
He drew other men towards him and trapped them in a state of complicity. But the cynical use of young women as tools to achieve power is nothing new
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