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I Sold Panties on Craigslist

The buyers weren't bad, but some of the nonbuyers were slimy

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 31, 2009 5:45 AM CDT

(Newser) – An "impoverished journalist" not quite desperate enough to sell her body on Craigslist decided to try the next best thing—selling used panties. "Unlike sex for money, selling used underwear didn't feel inherently sleazy or immoral," Meghan Pleticha writes for Nerve. She... Read full story »

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