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          <body><![CDATA[Griselidis Real has a lot to say about the world's oldest profession. Not the most enlightening or nuanced discussion on the politics of sex work, but a good addition to the library.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:50:47 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
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