It’s depressing, but not surprising. The Australian government’s plan to prevent aborigines in remote communities from accessing porn has sparked calls for more censorship.
Mr Anderson said that by banning pornography flowing into NT Aboriginal communities, the Howard Government had effectively conceded there was a link between watching the material and acting in dysfunctional ways.
“I think [...]
Dating site Mingle has come up with a very viral way of getting themselves out there - this automatic blog rater.
Unsurprisingly, Ms Naughty is an NC-17 blog according to their American-based rating system. They came to this conclusion because:
This rating was determined based on the presence of the following words:
* porn [...]
I can’t believe that’s the title of this post.
The Howard government has announced an “emergency” plan to deal with widespread child abuse among aboriginal communities, especially in the Northern Territory. Beyond banning alcohol and resuming control of communities and land, the government plans to ban X-rated porn.
More information here.
While I’m all for preventing child abuse [...]
You learn something new everyday. I’ve discovered that in the UK the unofficial rule for deciding whether a photo of a naked man was obscene was called the “Mull of Kintyre Test.”
In Britain it was against the law to publish photos of erect penises. Of course, “erect” can encompass a whole range of turgidity and [...]
This morning’s Sydney Morning Herald and The Age both have two major stories on porn.
The first’s headline is One in three porn viewers are women. Adele Horin sites Nielsen Netratings figures about how many Aussies are enjoying online smut (4.3 million in the last month), and says one third are female. Unfortunately, that’s not what [...]
My red skirt is hitched up to my waist though no higher. Below it the Commander is fucking. What he is fucking is the lower part of my body. I do not say making love, because this is not what he’s doing. Copulating too would be inaccurate, because it would imply two people and only [...]
I’ve posted about the Eros Association and AdultShop.com challenging the Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification before, here, here and here.
Now AdultShop is taking their Viva Erotica fight to the federal court, asking that adult films depicting non-violent consensual sex be given an R rating, meaning they can be legally sold everywhere.
The CEO has [...]
Not sure how I missed this one.
In Texas, police arrested a group of 8 Chippendales dancers for gyrating sexually. With their pants on. They’ve now been let off.
Last Friday eight Chippendale dancers and three show and club promoters were arrested making national headlines.
According to police, the arrested dancers “sexually stimulated and sexually gratified” female audience [...]
Thanks to Crikey.com for publishing this story that reveals Saddam Hussein’s gruesome hanging video would have got an R rating in Australia, whereas sexually explicit movies “without artistic merit” get an X rating and bans.
The Eros Association decries the whole situation as ridiculous, especially in light of their failed attempt to have Viva Erotica passed [...]
I’m sad to report that Adultshop.com has failed in it’s bid to get the Australian censors to change the laws regarding explicit material.
(Here’s my previous post about their legal challenge regarding community standards in Australia.)
According to the SMH, the Classification Review Board has ruled that Viva Erotica cannot be rated “R” rather than “X” because [...]
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