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Sex Power Money

This book isn’t what I was expecting. I know Sara Pascoe’s standup and thought this might be some fun, light reading.

To be fair, the writing does have fun bits but the subject matter? Not so much. Relationships, power dynamics, tesosterone, prostitution. Heavy stuff! She’s clearly done reseach and quotes interviews1 she’s conducted. This is no “memoir” as many comedians have done. But nor is it an academic treatise. There are still personal bits, as she discusses the struggles she had grappling with some of the more challenging concepts or how her opinions had changed over time. It’s a refreshing approach as most authors push the solution rather that the journey to it. Sometimes the route is more interesting than the destination.

Overall it’s thought-provoking stuff and worth a read for that reason alone. You may not agree with all of it but you might have the odd snigger reaching that conclusion.


  1. She has a podcast series with some of them. ↩︎

My delicious.com bookmarks for September 16th through September 29th

  • A Sense of Entitlement: Tweetie 2 – I think Apple needs to do more here — to allow for paid upgrades — but I also congratulate the author of Tweetie for having the nerve to charge for a significant update. He'll come across a lot of resistance but it's absolutely the right thing to do and it, potentially, paves the way for smaller developers to do the same thing.
  • Peep Show ‘won’t change’ for anyone – Looking forward to this. Slightly worried that it might overstay its welcome — how can you top eating a family pet in terms of gross out? — but then I thought that for the last couple of series too…
  • Fail Yet Succeed? – Nice discussion of the kind of things that all software projects go through. Really this is about half of my job!

My delicious.com bookmarks for June 25th through June 30th

My delicious.com bookmarks for June 12th through June 15th

  • Life after Humph – "The show is such a fixture, such a massive part of the radio landscape, I think British radio would be the poorer without it so they made a great decision." Couldn't have said it better myself. Welcome back I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
  • Iran election: state moves to end 'Facebook revolution' – At best this is very suspicious. And changes are we're not talking about a best case scenario here. Let's hope that those in power see sense.
  • I stole your images, put them back or I will call a lawyer? – When people steal my images I'm never sure whether I should be flattered or offended. If I ever get an email like this I'll know which way to think…

My delicious.com bookmarks for January 25th through January 27th