I wrote a lengthy post about this, but LJ has apparently eaten it.

A while back, I asked in a post (it is and shall remain locked, sorry to the LJ-less and the wanderers) about lolicon and shotacon, and what the laws are in the US regarding possessing either. I'd run across an interesting yaoi manga that I thought would turn out to have a shota ( Read more... )

Ernest Greene has posted his next installment of his in-depth critique of the documentary "The Price of Pleasure," supposedly a fair examination of the issue of pornography. I linked his first essay here.

From this installment:

When we cut back to the girl with the messy face, she’s still smiling, but now we know she’s just pretending, right? Even ( Read more... )

Ren sums up my feelings well:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The US vs Karen Fletcher…

However, unlike Walters there, I do think we should be afraid, thanks.

Now, guess what? I have no desire to read anything Karen Fletcher ever wrote, and yep, the idea of her fiction squicks me out big time…but you know, it was words. Writings. Fiction. No real people, ( Read more... )

Link to the Supreme Court decision in United States v. Williams.

Since Heart so kindly threw down the gauntlet:
There’s not much at all about it on the internet or in the blogosphere. I’m betting plenty of people on the pro-porn side oppose this ruling but can’t quite bring themselves to be understood to be defending child pornographers or child ( Read more... )