Even in death a Republican-appointed judge wanted to be remembered for his stance against pornography.
Tag: pornography
“A Poison More Deadly”: Defining Obscenity in the West
Under the scrutiny of the British legal system, no work was safe from being deemed obscene.
Archives of Desire: Soft-Core Pornography and Activism in the 1960s
The Los Angeles Advocate captured the essence of an important segment of the LGBTQ culture.
Queering de Sade
The “divine marquis” influenced literature, philosophy, and artistic and social movements such as Surrealism, Situationism, and Provo.
Intimate Worlds: Exploring Sexuality Through the Wellcome Collection
The Wellcome Library is a rich source of material for the study of historical attitudes towards sex and the human body.
