A beer label featuring a stylised naked figure is too much for North Carolina.
Tag: censorship
Cheers! The Wonderful World Of Beer Advertising
A collection of beautiful, outrageous and frankly baffling print adverts for beer from around the world.
Naked Fury: The Moral Panic Over Naked Attraction’s Cheeky Advertising
How a cheeky but harmless advertising campaign wound up the easily offended.
This Is Intolerable! 200 Motels Too Far
Frank Zappa’s notoriously self-indulgent film and the long-banned stage show version of it.
The Mass Panic That Came To Tea
How the throwaway comments of a single campaigner led to hysterical press reports around the world.
Roger Ebert And The Strange Cult Of The Film Critic
Mainstream film critics are the last people who we should be listening to about anything.
Kriminal – Italy’s Second-Best Costumed Anti-Hero
Sadistic and murderous, Kriminal was nevertheless a hugely popular comic book character in the 1960s.
PornHub Vs The Louvre: The Fight For Ownership Of Classical Erotica
International museums get their Knickers in a twist over erotic art being called out for what it is.
The Ministry For Oppression
The Department of Culture, Media and Sport joins with the BBFC and mainstream TV broadcasters in a mission to stop you from watching whatever you want.
Motherfu…ing Stupidity: The BBFC And ‘Implied Language’
The British censor’s curious decision to treat ‘implied’ swearing no differently than if the actual word had been used.
The Relentless Lies And Contrived Hysteria Over The Existential Threat Of Porn
We would never take people seriously if they suggested that the whole of any industry or culture was represented solely by its worst elements. So why do we accept such blanket criticisms of adult entertainment?
Homocult – The Anarcho-Queer Provocateurs Of The 1990s
The anti-capitalist, class war art collective who infuriated the straight and gay establishment alike.