Happy Endings…

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How didily do neighbor… So I was just tooling around today, up to no good, and I noticed something that got me to thinking.  Yes you are correct thinking is a very dangerous thing, critical thinking is even worse, I implore you don’t go down that road, before you know it the Government will be listening to you through Alexa or your Iphone.

So anyhoo I was at my local neighborhood Kroger grocery store and I noticed as I was leaving there was a massage parlor in the strip mall across the street. Those of us of a certain age remember those, what we termed Oriental massage parlors.  You know the ones, the ones that the term happy ending originated from.  EVERYONE loves a happy ending…  But I digress.  The reason it made me think of happy endings is that there is another new “Oriental” massage parlor down the block from my house, which seems odd to me since I haven’t seen these types of businesses for some years, now I have seen 2 pop up in 2 weeks.  Then it hit me.  FOSTA…  FOSTA was the bill that Congress passed to combat sex trafficking.  It shut down sites like Craigslist personals and backpage.  The intention being that if traffickers had nowhere to show their wares how could they exploit the humans that they have choosen to sex traffic.

That in turn made me wonder how sex workers are finding clients. I’m not talking about slaves, but the sex workers that do what they do by choice to make a living and survive in this world.  What are they doing to find clients, how do they advertise now?  How do they screen potential clients?  Did FOSTA make a difference in the amount of sex trafficking in the United States, or did it just push by choice sex workers out onto the streets and deeper into the dark web?  What tools do by choice sex workers have to screen their potential clients now?

These are all questions that jumped into my head as I saw the Future home of the happy ending. Would sex workers in Massage parlors be safer then on the street, or are message parlors the new hotbeds of the sex trafficking industry?  Not sure but something to ponder.  I think FOSTA  made by choice sex work a whole lot less safe.  I have never been with a sex worker but I would rather they be safe then in harms way.

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I am Eric Spangler. I am an artist currently living in Lexington Ky. My artistic focus is photography. My photography consists of images created out of the ordinary objects I pass by daily. I see things with an artistic vision in which everyday objects or other physical manifestations are re-interpreted as art, and reorganized within the photographic medium. My most recognizable and best work is abstract in character. Many of the pieces I create are studies of the coexistence, synchronicity, and interplay of shadows and light. I use light, line, form, texture, value, color and negative space placed in complex and interesting composition to try and balance the masculine (angular) and the feminine (rounded). I often use small details of found objects, and ordinary items to create contemporary abstract or pop art pieces. I work in both monochrome and color. My monochrome work tends to have warm tones to it and my color work is more contemporary and rich in color. I usually have 2-3 series' s of work going on at any one time. Currently I am working on a series studying reflections and how they change the visual reality of an image or abstract a normally uninteresting image to create something considerably more stimulating. I continually create what I term pop art images of whimsical or culturally popular iconic characters. I post new art daily on Instagram so please follow my Instagram feed (etsphoto13, #etsphoto) for new work. I currently offer work in editions of 2.

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