censorship

OnlyFans won’t be the only ones

censorship, money, porn 22nd August 2021 Other Things, Rantings 1 Comments

It looks as though OnlyFans is going to go down the same plughole as Tumblr… and various other corners of the Interweb that previously gave sex workers and porn creators a chance to earn a living and express themselves on … Continued

Free Speech: Are You Sure About That?

censorship, controversy, free speech, no-platform 26th February 2021 Musings 0 Comments

Free speech and censorship are topics I have always taken a lot of interest in, even as the terms themselves take on a range of meanings. Some such meanings amount to deliberate, malicious redefinition, in case you hadn’t noticed. What … Continued

Free Speech, Censorship and Consequences

censorship, consequences, free speech, opinion 21st February 2020 Musings, Uncategorised 0 Comments

Yet more wailing and footstamping about the threat to free speech this week. Between the forced resignation of a swivel-eyed eugenicist, the latest round of convulsions in the Labour party, and that knob with his twitter account, anyone would think … Continued

Stupidity all around: N*zi Pugs F*** Off?

censorship, free speech, pug dog, stupidity 23rd March 2018 Rantings 0 Comments

There’s a fair bit of noise at the moment about the Guy Who Made His Pug A Nazi. At first glance, this seems like a weird and worrying story, to be sure. The video over which he has now been … Continued

#Ssos and why this community matters

#Ssos, censorship, erotica, media, Patreon, sexuality 28th October 2017 Rantings, Sex stuff 2 Comments

Ssos, sex-positive, erotica, adult industry

This week’s Big News for all of us whose work involves sex in any way is more of the same, depressing shit. First, Patreon, which was proving a good income generator for writers, artists, photographers, film-makers dealing with erotic/adult themes, … Continued

Hot Topics, Taboos and Self-Censorship

authors, censorship, taboo, writing 27th August 2017 Musings, Other Things 0 Comments

Is there anything you shouldn’t write about, when it comes to fiction? I made a quick trip to Chaptercon on Friday, to take part in one of the discussion panels, and the concept of taboos was something we touched on. … Continued

Is My Enemy’s Enemy My Friend?

#womensmarch, censorship, enemy, feminism, feuding, politics, protest 17th January 2017 Events, Musings, Other Things 0 Comments

hope, togetherness, common cause, solidarity, women

Yeah, politics again. Sorry. It’s just a little difficult to avoid the wider world, at the moment. Every day seems to bring an even more alarming news item, whether it’s one that hits straight home or one that has more … Continued

Book banning is never a good idea. Not ever.

alt-right, authority, censorship, dickheads, publishing, writers 4th January 2017 Rantings 0 Comments

Another dickhead’s got a lucrative book deal. Can we calm the fuck down? Yes, everyone who’s ever written for publication is used to the momentary flash of rage when someone stupid, obnoxious or famous for stuff other than writing, gets … Continued

First they’ll come for the female ejaculators…

bdsm, censorship, demonstration, freedom, obscenity, porn, privacy 17th October 2016 Other Things, Rantings, Uncategorised 0 Comments

Yeah, I know, everyone gives a hat-tip to Martin Niemoller at times like this, but his point remains valid whatever the subject matter. If you think that an alarming, poorly-formatted proposal for a new law is acceptable if it’s only … Continued

If censorship’s the answer, it’s a stupid question.

ATVOD, censorship, feminism, Pandora Blake, porn 7th June 2016 Other Things, Rantings 0 Comments

Censorship never is, never has been, about protecting the vulnerable. Censorship of sexual material, in particular, has always been far more about maintaining the existing power structure than making women’s lives safer, no matter how much ‘banning filth’ has been … Continued