On Wednesdays

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Wednesdays are the days when I invariably begin to think about the possibility of permanent expatriation. Wednesdays are also the days of Greenwoods With Christy, the social appetizer for Fun Hour With Letje. Today there were people doing capoeira in Dam Square and it made me so happy/envious. Also I bought some pretty things for pretty people in my life. I came home and rocked out to Basement Jaxx whilst cooking potatoes, apples, carrots, garlic (I have been doing lots of experiments in the frying pan as of late, and almost all of them have turned out well - this is a good sign, I think, that I might be becoming a more intuitive cook). I had lots to say when FHWL ended, but I am not focused right now, so I'll just mention that I'm going to Luxembourg for the weekend and I am pretty amped for that. Also in Fun Hour WIth Letje we did another exercise that I took to - we had to write down five directed questions that we want to explore in our projects. I am so excited for all of them - Christy is doing hers on alternative art spaces and Drew is doing his on his family's history in the Netherlands/the colonies, and Marc is doing his on water management here. So they are all very different, and all equally fascinating for a reflector such as myself. Anyway, for those of you who are curious about my project, which I have mostly been pretty vague about, here were my questions:
1) How are the spaces in which male prostitution occurs formal and informal, organized and disorganized, regulated and free?
2) How do grassroots organizations that work with male sex workers interact with government regulation?
3) Does the government perceive these organizations as troublesome, or as an added bonus?
4)How directly do grassroots organizations and government regulatory bodies access and shape spaces in which male prostitution occurs?
5) Are there frequent intersections of research and sex work advocacy in these organizations?

I am so so so so so so excited! And tomorrow I am buying a bike fo realz.