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Catherine Townsend
A sex and dating columnist, Catherine Townsend published her first novel Sleeping Around: Secrets of a Sexual Adventuress in 2007, and followed up with Breaking The Rules: Confessions of a Bad Girl in 2008. She also appeared in How To Have Sex After Marriage on Five, and is now writing a third book. Born in Arkansas, Catherine was a gossip columnist for New York Magazine before moving to London in 2003, since when she has had a very interesting - and pretty public - private life...
A Daily Mail writer blames the recession for tearing apart her three-year relationship. At first, Charlotte's relationship with her boyfriend James was 'fun', because he cared about all of the things that she did, including 'clothes, magazines, and fashionable restaurants.' Over a first date of lobster and oysters, they fell in love.
The the credit crunch hit, and a night out at Scott's and holidays in Bali were replaced by nights sitting in front of the television.
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The the credit crunch hit, and a night out at Scott's and holidays in Bali were replaced by nights sitting in front of the television.
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There's an interesting piece in Salon about women turning to sex work to support themselves during the downturn...like 'Marie', a 30-year-old former corporate supervisor who is now turning tricks on Craigslist.
Since peeing on a stranger in her own bed for $100, 'she's been paid more times than she can count, or cares to count, for sex, blow jobs, hand jobs and sensual massage.'
Marie is not alone. Strip clubs, X-rated Web cam companies and escort managers have reported an increase in job applications in the last several months -- ironically, at the same time that business is going through hard times.
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