The English Courtesan Gets A High Five!

It's a Friday... a Bank Holiday... the sun is shining in Yorkshire… those are red herrings... but… the English Courtesan is delighted to serve up a platter of blog treats for the readers' pleasure! Why has the English Courtesan broken with her tradition of Wednesday and Saturday blog posts? The reason is a good one…read on…

Oh yes, the delicious and delectable Secondhand Rose has awarded the English Courtesan a high five as part of that fabulous initiative known as High Five Fridays! Those of the English Courtesan’s readers who have yet to follow the lewd link to the luscious and lovely Secondhand Rose might like to know that she’s a writer turned phone companion and conversationalist. She’s pink and she’s petalled and you can see a picture of her in fabulous ruffled panties or even buy yourselves a pair of them on her blog. Not that the virtuous readers would be interested in anything as scandalous as purchasing Rose-scented panties of course, but the English Courtesan just thought she’d mention it… ;-)

Those of the English Courtesan’s readers who haven’t acquainted themselves with High Five Fridays might like to know that it’s a rather brilliant meme invented by the saucily-named Marketing Whore who does exactly what it says on her tin. A meme is a game that’s a bit like bloggers playing tag with each other and the purpose of the High Five Fridays meme is to give high-fives to five people, posts, blogs and/or websites you've admired during the week. You can read the full rules of High Five Fridays here but basically it’s a roll call of frisky Friday honours. The English Courtesan is on it this week and that which gives her the right to high five some favourite blogs of her own today!

As the self-selecting cliterati here will know, the English Courtesan’s awards tend to go to the clever, the honest and the good. Livvy likes blogs that tell it like it is and she likes writers who have their own style but most importantly who have emotional as well as intellectual intelligence. So who better to head up the list than Gillette AKA Ex-Courtesan In Transition? OK, OK, so the readers are yawning already and it has to be said that Gillette and her blog Ex-Courtesan In Transition win every single one of the English Courtesan’s awards for everything. That’s because she quite simply deserves them all and more. Gillette is the woman who taught the English Courtesan the true meaning of the word courtesan and the values it embodies.

Those of the English Courtesan’s readers who are courtesans or escorts themselves will know what rare things true generosity and kindness are in the sex industry. Gillette however is a shining beacon of goodness and honesty, to courtesans, escorts and clients alike. She is sadly now retired as a courtesan, but she continues to spread her pearls of wisdom through her blog and that blog should be the first point of call for any escort, courtesan or client considering seeing an escort. That’s why the English Courtesan is hereby awarding Gillette and her blog, Ex-Courtesan In Transition, a whopping great high five, for generosity of spirit and services rendered to the sex industry…ahem… ;-)

However the English Courtesan likes nubile new things too so instead of awarding high fives to all of her old favourites today, as is her wont with memes, she’s going after the new girls today. Straighten your school uniforms my dears, for Head Girl Livvy is about to look up your skirts to make sure you’re wearing your regulation gym knickers!

Chère Juliette is one such new girl whom the English Courtesan would like to submit to an intimate inspection. The fabulous black and white erotic photos on her site alone would earn Juliette a queenly wave (the old-fashioned English Courtesan version of a high five) but her writing is also intriguing in its own right. Where she got her fabulous stash of Victorian erotica is a secret, but Juliette’s blog combines whimsical humour with interesting annotations and thought-provoking debates on the role of a courtesan in the twentieth century. Those of the English Courtesan’s readers who are interested in the wider aspects of the modern day courtesan’s profession, not to mention a few saucy pictures of ladies sampling each other’s delights, might find Juliette’s blog well worth a visit. Did the English Courtesan mention that there’s also a nigh virginal comments box for the naughty readers to debauch? In any case, Juliette is a thoughtful writer who has clearly done her homework on courtesans so that wins her the English Courtesan’s Head Girl Prize For Nice Clean Knickers!

Joyce Hanson, AKA Bad Girl Blog, is another of the English Courtesan’s recently discovered reads to be relished. She probably has nice clean knickers too but the English Courtesan didn’t like to ask and Joyce is prone to posting videos so one or the other of them might get arrested. Joyce is a professional writer, who describes her blog as ‘a chronicle of my research, experiments and studies about wicked women in history and my struggle to be more like them’. Oooh yes, it seems that Joyce, much like the English Courtesan’s readers, has been chasing bad girls and her findings make fascinating reading. This time it’s a historical perspective on courtesans, mistresses and other powerful and naughty women, with lashings of topical extras from Spitzer to spam. The English Courtesan highly recommends that the readers pay Joyce’s pink bits a visit forthwith.

The Academic Hooker is next up on the English Courtesan’s ravishing reads list. As the readers know, the English Courtesan loves a bluestocking, and the Academic Hooker is just such a creature. Her lush and verdant green background is a model of blog design and turns the basic-Blogger-templated English Courtesan green with envy, but then so does her trenchant style and irreverent humour. She’s clever, she’s witty, she’s forthright, she’s fun and she’s a rip-roaring good read. However on a more serious note, the Academic Hooker also reads like a Bible of etiquette for clients seeing escorts. If you want to know whether your proposals are likely to be welcomed by an escort, just read the Academic Hooker’s archives. The Academic Hooker is probably too academic for high fives but the English Courtesan is bestowing one upon her anyway in the hope that she’ll share her reads list with the plebeian masses.

Last but not a bit least is the outrageously outspoken Slutty McWhore, AKA The Judgemental Whore! Slutty is one of the few people who dares to disagree with the English Courtesan from time to time and that earns her a jolly good spanking followed by a high five across her perfect peaches to smack it better. Slutty McWhore is a hilarious and refreshingly honest read but she’s also a deep thinker with a compassionate side. She’s true in every way and she writes from the heart. Did the English Courtesan mention that Slutty McWhore is not in fact a whore but rather an erotic masseuse? The English Courtesan doesn’t quite dare ask what that is but she suspects it’s to do with the sin of onanism, practised by proxy, as it were. Those of the readers who are curious should pop over and ask Slutty in her comments box and then stand well back. Go on, the English Courtesan dares you! What? Me? Laugh at you getting Sluttied? As if I would!

So there you have it my lovelies, and the English Courtesan hereby awards a high five and/or a queenly wave to the fabulous five. Before all you boys write in to accuse the English Courtesan of sexism, she does do boys too (ooh yes!) and she promises that her next meme will be dedicated to the gentlemen. Until then, did the English Courtesan mention that all participants in High Five Fridays have to grant her unlimited sexual favours in perpetuity? It’s not strictly in the rule book but it might be rather amusing…

Find out how to give your own High Five Fridays here!

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