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Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 3:53pm By Chris Hall
Representative Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) was only four years old when H.L. Mencken died in 1956, but since then, he seems to have taken Mencken's famous definition of puritanism as "the haunting fear that someone, somewhere might be happy" as...
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Last April, the University of Maryland inadvertently found itself at the center of a debate about free speech, academic freedom, and pornography when a student group on the College Park campus tried to screen the award-winning adult film Pirates 2:...
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NY Senator Savino on marriage equality vote: "I'm hopeful it's Tuesday."
Alex Pettyfer strikes a profile in Vman.
Beaver watersports on The Early Show.
Anti-gay Liverpool attack inspires fast-tracking of hate crimes laws in UK: "A new law...
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Today starts WRAP Week: White Ribbons Against Pornography.
Sponsored by groups including Concerned Women for America (CWA) and Morality in Media (MIM), the goal of the week is “to educate the public about the extent of the pornography problem...
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• Because murder is a terrible thing, the state of Alaska wants to outlaw films depicting murder.
• Because physical abusing and raping women is a terrible thing, the state of Alaska wants to outlaw TV programs showing this.
• Because...
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The British film establishment is in a lather, and it's all because a female film director has dared to claim she knows more about women's erotic experience—in particular, female ejaculation—than they do.
Last week, female porn director...
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"This has nothing to do with sex."
—City of Pawtucket town clerk's office
After my column a few weeks ago, I left many of you hanging regarding the political fallout over the...
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We admit, we don't know what a nice pair of boobs has to do with buying a used car—but maybe instead of banning the ad, the ASA could have required a brother ad featuring a nice man ass?...
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A Saudi man was sentenced to 1000 lashes and five years in jail for "publicizing vice" by talking about his vibrant dating life on a controversial Lebanese talk show, reports the Global Post.
Mazen Abdul-Jawad, a 32-year old father of four...
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YouTube, which is owned by Google, has pulled a fundraising video for breast cancer for a 'terms of service' violation. The video, shown below, features an MTV Canada host in a white bikini walking along the edge of a pool, attracting the...
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A 1983 Richard Prince photo was removed from the Tate Modern in London yesterday after police officials told the museum that the image may possibly violate British obscenity laws. The Guardian reports that the exhibition catalogue has also...
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Mostly when you read stories about internet-filtering software on sex-positive and free-speech web sites, they are about errors in the filters, the evils of censorship, and the lack of sensitivity on the part of corporations. This story...
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I met Amsterdam-based director Jennifer Lyon Bell in person this past February at a Sunday brunch at Monkey Town, a performance space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn where we were both screening our CineKink Film Festival award winners. Her Matinée...
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Through the years, I've had quite a few interesting encounters with those who have chosen to come out of the closet. Back in my college days, "outing yourself" simply meant openly proclaiming yourself as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. This was...
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I’m returning from New York, where I keynoted a big Planned Parenthood event.
It’s wonderful to speak to groups of people who support sexual rights. It always feels like visiting family. (The family that makes you feel welcome, not the family that...