Obscenity

What the !#$@%*?: Will the Rise of Spanish Redefine Indecency?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 08.26.2011

Read More: Insults, Broadcasting, Latinos, Latino, Ranchera, Univision, Broadcast Indecency, English, Hispanic, Bilingual, Spanish, Bilingualism, Hispanics, Cussing, Obscenity, Broadcast Media, Indecency, Broadcast TV, English Language, Vulgarity, Multilingualism, Fcc, Multilingual, Spanish Language, Federal Communications Commission, Bleep, Los Angeles Times, Spanish Broadcasting, Liz Lemon, Sue Sylvester, Swearing, Media News
Daniel Cubias

It stands to reason that as America grows more multilingual, we'll hear more Spanish on the airwaves. And some of that Spanish will be of the naughty variety.

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WATCH: Horror Film Banned In UK

Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: UK, Law, Video, Nc-17, Horror Porn, British Board of Film Classification, Human Centipede, Horror, Film, Obscenity, Censorship, Human Centipede Ii, Movies, Tom Six, Arts News

"The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)," sequel to the 2010 high-concept horror film "The Human Centipede (First Sequence)," has been effectively ban...

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Sins of Commission: The 40th Anniversary of the Illustrated Presidential Report of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography

Robert Brenner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pornography, Pat Buchanan, Presidential Commission, John Mitchell, Sex, Charles Keating, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Greenleaf Classics, Obscenity, William Hamling, Earl Kemp, Warren Burger, Earl Warren, Hubert Humphrey, Bobby Kennedy, Books News
Robert Brenner

I used to housesit for this hippie couple when I was a teenager. While they were away, I searched their home for porn. This was the early 1970s; you c...

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Colorado Councilman May Want to Explore Why Art "Turned Him On?"

Leanne Goebel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Daryle Klassen, Loveland Museum Gallery, Bill Donohue, Catholic League, Shark's Ink, Jesus Christ, Enrique Chagoya, Pornography, The Misadventures of Romantic Cannibals, Obscenity, Art Exhibitions, Denver News
Leanne Goebel

Conservatives are turning an exhibition at the Loveland Museum Gallery in Denver into a political action issue for the upcoming election. Most of those railing against it have never even seen the artwork.

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ReThink Review: Howl -- Celebrating Banned Books Week

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Movie Reviews, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, James Franco, Jonathan Kim, Jeffrey Freidman, Jon Hamm, Jeff Daniels, Mary-Louise Parker, Rethink Reviews, Howl, Rob Epstein, Allen Ginsberg, Censorship, Obscenity, Howl on Trial: The Battle for Free Expression, Banned Books, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

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Government APPEALS Decision Striking Down FCC Swearing Policy

AP | JOELLE TESSLER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fcc Swearing, Fcc Obscenity Policy, Fcc, Courts, Obscenity, Swearing, Media News

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are appealing a recent court decision that struck down a 2004 government policy that says broadcasters can be fi...

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Animal Crush Videos: Disgusting and Illegal

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, House of Representatives, Animal Cruelty, Humane Society of the United States, Senate, First Amendment, Congress, Scotus, Fetish, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Constitution, Crush Videos, Obscenity, Legislation, Politics News
Wayne Pacelle

The House passed legislation to reinstate a federal prohibition on gruesome animal crush videos that have made a comeback since the courts overturned the 1999 law to ban their production and sale.

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Justice on Steroids--for Ruskie Spies, Not Wall St Bigs

Danny Schechter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obscenity, Quick Justice, Russian Spies, Financial Criminals, Scams on the Rise, Business News
Danny Schechter

Ten Russian "spies" were brought to court, copped a plea, and were on their way out of the country by midnight. The wheels of justice move quickly when governments want them to.

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Should Taxpayers Continue to Subsidize Goldman Sachs's Alleged Obscenity?

Janet Tavakoli | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Luc Saucier, Goldman Sachs, Max Keiser, Hedge Funds, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Financial Reform, Financial Crisis, Obscenity, Business News
Janet Tavakoli

Given the current climate on Wall Street, taxpayers may soon decide that just as we don't wish to fund obscenity posing as "art," we don't wish to subsidize "finance" that is simply obscenity.

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Interview with a Philosopher: A Class on Porn

Tom Morris | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Sexualization, Pornography, Education, Philosophy, Socrates, Sex, Taboos, War, Violence, Jenna Jameson, Jacob Held, Tom Morris, Porn, The Unexamined Life, Cultural Taboos, Torture, Hugh Hefner, Playboy, Feminism, Obscenity, Freedom of Speech, Healthy Living News
Tom Morris

Hugh Hefner long ago shocked people nationally and sought to make them think in new ways by personally philosophizing about sex, love, and pornography...

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Supreme Court to Hear Animal Sex Fetish Case

Newsweek | Krista Gesaman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ruling, Animal Cruelty, Supreme Court, Pets, U.S. v. Stevens, Child Pornography, Kittens, Free Speech, Crush Videos, Pornography, Mice, Animal-Torture, Animal Sex Fetish, Fetish, Dogfighting, Circuit Court, Obscenity, Kiddie Porn, Politics News

Kittens, brutality, fetish videos, and dogfighting--these aren't the elements of a twisted cable-television show; they're just some of the factors in ...

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Media Drops the F-Bomb Into Its Headlines

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blogs, Television, Newspapers, Video, Language, Entertainment, Ernie Anastos, Tv, Online Video, Snl, Saturday Night Live, F-Bomb, Media, Obscenity, Jenny Slate, Media News
Danny Groner

By the looks of it, the "F-Bomb" has been lurking for some time now, but it took the Slate incident on SNL to help propel it further. Call me old-fashioned, but what ever happened to the old, reliable, and charged F-Word?

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Porn Case Prosecution Signals Shift From Aggressive Bush

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Montana, Pornagraphy, Torture Portal, Justice Department, Obama Administration, Barry Goldman, New Jersey, Porn, Obscenity, Politics News

President Barack Obama's Justice Department has quietly agreed to move a pornography prosecution out of socially conservative Montana to more urbane N...

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Allen Ginsberg Is Coming To The Big Screen

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: The Poetic Life, Howl, Howl Poem, Obscenity Protests, Howl Movie, Allen Ginsberg, James Franco, Obscenity, Healthy Living News
John Lundberg

Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" is coming to theaters. And if that makes you want to hide your children, hold off for a moment. The movie isn't an incarnat...

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What Do Torture and Porn Have in Common? More Than You Might Think.

Susannah Breslin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Susannah Breslin, Pornography, Video Games, Obscenity, Porn, Sex, Abu Ghraib, Wired Magazine, Torture, Wired, Media News
Susannah Breslin

While many Americans have seen photos from Abu Ghraib, many have turned a blind-eye to their country's position on torture. Video games encourage us to engage deeply with complicated questions, torture among them.

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The Question Carlin Left Behind: What is Obscenity?

Danny Schechter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Carlin, Ugly George, Obscenity, Aclu, Fcc, Lenny Bruce, George Carlin Seven Words, Censorship, Standards and Practices, Entertainment News
Danny Schechter

Comic social commentators like George Carlin, Lenny Bruce and mavericks like New York's Ugly George have been uncturing the pervasive hypocrisy on the issue of obscenity laws.

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