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Ickaprick & Ironpussy

Ickaprick & Ironpussy explores intersections of sexuality, public health, activism, the criminalization of drugs and sex work, HIV and STIs, stigma and disclosure.

Blog - Ickaprick & Ironpussy July 16
HIV shoots up
Nico Little | Strict laws on the criminalization of drug use and drug users are fuelling the spread of HIV and should be reviewed, say experts. This video explores various countries' drug laws.
Blog - Ickaprick & Ironpussy April 2
How the UK decided to criminalize its latest drug craze
Nico Little | The UK government rushed in its ban on mephedrone despite scientific advisers cautioning against it. Where do we go from here?
Blog - Ickaprick & Ironpussy January 18
It's the structure, stupid!
Nico Little | An epidemiologist friend challenged me to explain how homophobia leads to increased rates of HIV among gay men. This is my response.
Blog - Ickaprick & Ironpussy December 28
If gay guys use condoms more than straight people, why do they get infected with HIV at much higher rates?
Nico Little | An attempt to explain why HIV transmission rates remain high among gay men 30 years into the epidemic.
Blog - Ickaprick & Ironpussy December 23
Anarchist rally for masked activists cleverly disguises itself as snowball fight for fun-loving youth
Nico Little | In Washington DC, a plain clothed police detective broke up a snowball fight with a gun. An ABC affiliate news report recast the winter fun as an anti-war rally of masked activists. So what??
Blog - Ickaprick & Ironpussy December 23
Merry Christmas from Dolly Parton and a bunch of hookers
Nico Little | Last week, in recognition of the Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, I went out Christmas caroling in the streets of London's Soho district with a bunch of hookers and their friends.
Blog - Ickaprick & Ironpussy December 17
Hookers are killing polar bears and now you can't water your lawn
Nico Little | If you've been following the UN Climate Change Conference, you've no doubt heard that any rise in global temperatures, sea levels or deforestation is due to whores selling sex to UN delegates. What?!
Blog - Ickaprick & Ironpussy December 4
Lap dancing is just girls having fun and being sexy, isn't it?
Nico Little | A young woman volunteering for Amnesty International stopped me on the street recently and asked me, ""Do you think we have a moral obligation to free sex slaves?" This is my response.
Blog - Ickaprick & Ironpussy November 30
Hand holding for gays
Nico Little | If things have truly progressed, how come so many of my gay friends are still afraid to hold hands in public?
Blog - Ickaprick & Ironpussy November 14
Real work is sex work??
Nico Little | Increasingly we hear claims that sex work is real work, an argument that the sex industries involve genuine labour worthy of workers' rights. This post explores real work that is actually sex work...
Blog - Ickaprick & Ironpussy November 2
Estimating drug harms
Suggesting that drug policy should be based on scientific evidence costs UK senior advisor his job
Nico Little | The chairman of the UK government's Advisory Committee on the Misuse of Drugs has called for an evidence-based debate about whether the drug laws are effective. In response, the government fired him.
Blog - Ickaprick & Ironpussy October 30
Migrant Workers in the UK Sex Industry
How many migrant sex workers are actually trafficked?
Nico Little | New evidence released by the London Metropolitan University shows that, contrary to popular perceptions, only a minority of interviewees felt they had been trafficked into the UK sex industry.