The academic author who was the lone defender of Video Nasties and horror comics during the cultural dark ages of the 1980s.
Tag: Moral panic
Britain’s Forgotten Moral Panic Of 1992
The Daily Mail’s relentless campaign of misinformation and outright lies against 0898 premium rate phone lines.
From Psychedelics To Satan: The Endless Lies Of Beatrice Sparks And Her Fictional Teen Diaries
The fraudulent author of 1970s misery memoirs and the birth of the Satanic Panic.
America’s Religious Moral War Has Only Just Begun
The overturning of Roe v Wade is the first salvo in a bigger battle – one where the reactionaries are being aided by misguided liberals.
Dancing With The Devil – A Music Censorship Documentary From 1991
A Channel 4 exploration of Christian hysteria about the evils of rock music.
Custom Car’s Scantily-Clad Cover Girls
Blinged-up cars and near-naked girls – what 1970s teenage boy could resist?
The Political Fixation With Shifting The Blame Onto Porn
In the desperation to find something to blame apart from the obvious, sexual expression is always a go-to distraction.
Shiitakeheads: The ASA Causes More Offence Than Any Ad They Object To
Once again, Britain’s self-appointed advertising censors are allowing a handful of tutting moralists to dictate what everyone else can see.
Swirling About In A Human Cesspit Of His Own Making: Goodbye To God’s Cop
Manchester’s former Chief Constable and moral puritan James Anderton has died.
Politicians, Prohibitionists And Porn: A Bad Combination
Let’s not allow outrage at inappropriate workplace behaviour by an MP to further embolden the moralising opportunists.
War Propaganda: The Anti-Porn Misinformation Machine Hits A New Low
The anti-porn campaigner Julie Bindel is making outrageous, untrue claims about the monstrousness of adult entertainment – and not for the first time.
Censorship In Ireland: The Public Speak
A VoxPop study of public attitudes towards strict film censorship in 1964.