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BDSM
in Mainstreem Media:
The
Archive
by
ProDeviant ©
2003-2006
all
Rights Reserved. Do not reproduce without permission
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I
In
September of 2003 I came across an item that was going to be sold
thru mainstream retail outlets that had heavy BDSM overtones.
I thought my Kink community friends would get a kick out of knowing
about it. I did a little write up on the item, sent it out and didn't
put much more thought into it. I figured it was a fluke. A little while
later another item, again heavy on the BDSM connotations, was headed to
local, vanilla, retailers.
I sent another write up...then another, and another . soon I it evolved
into a column that was going out pretty regularly
I
always thought that I would quickly run out of items to report on and that
would be the end of "BDSM in the Mainstreem Media" . Much
to my surprise, the opposite occurred. At any time I'd have a
surplus of
topics waiting for me to find time in my busy schedule to write
about.
Eventually
there was simply too many examples of kink appearing in the mainstream to
keep up with. Looking back over 3 years of work, I saw just how
much the public's perception and acceptance of BDSM had changed in such
a short time. I came to the realization that what I was reporting on was
no longer special or unique. Kinky culture was out of the
closet It had just become another part of everyday life.
I
moved on to other projects.
I
still think there is a lot of value in documenting instances of BDSM in
the mainstream. Most Kinksters have no idea of how pervasive BDSM imagery
is throughout American culture and how much of their own kinks might have
been influenced by the work of those who came before. Kink culture also
has a much richer history than most are aware of.
To
this end, in addition to maintaining this archive, I've taken on a much
larger project; to trace the history of kink in commercial (non-pornographic)
media. It's a big project and it may be years till it sees the light of
day. To those who miss the odd juxtapositions created when commerce and
kink collide, keep an eye on my blog. I still post links that catch my eye
from time to time.
Thanks
for reading,
ProDeviant
www.prodeviant.com
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Updated
3-9-2008
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Monday,
September 4th, 2006
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| 8:40
pm - BDSM in Mainstreem Media: link dump #2-
mass media |
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Friday,
August 18th, 2006
| BDSM
in Mainstreem Media: link dump #1- celebrities |
Wow,
It’s been a long time since I posted a installment of
"BDSM in Mainstreem Media". I’ve been a very
Busy ‘Professional Deviant’ and it looks like that’s
not going to change any time soon.
But in the meantime the kinky links have just been piling
up. What’s a busy Deviant to do? Well a link dump of
course! Stare in amazement at products coming soon to
a store near you. Bask in the glow of big media bending over
backwards to appeal to the kink demographic. Scratch your
head at why celebrities love to give kinky quips to
reporters. Come up with your own pithy statements and bad
puns.
Enjoy!
ProDeviant
http://www.prodeviant.com/
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BDSM in Mainstreem Media: link dump….
Up first- celebrities:
“Rebecca 'Mystique' Romijn Reveals DominatriX SeX
Fantasies”
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/enter
tainment/tittletattle/article_21219778.s
html
Tori Spelling goes all domme on your TV (video clip from her
show, norTORIous)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnD3RzP3
C0c
cartoon petplay offends….
In "Where My Dogs At?" -“a look-alike of rap
star Snoop Dogg strolls into a pet shop with two bikini-clad
black women on leashes. They hunch over on all fours and
scratch themselves”…
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/T
V/08/09/leisure.mtv.reut/index.html
(I find it particularly amusing that this story broke over a
month AFTER the episode in question, Woofie Loves Snoop
(original airdate7/1/2006), was broadcast)
Lyrics from Justin Timberlake’s new song sexyback-
“You see these shackles
Baby, I’m your slave
I’ll let you whip me if I misbehave”
(Yes, I did do a double take when I heard this on the radio
from the former mouseketeer)
http://www.lyricsondemand.com/j/justint
imberlakelyrics/sexybacklyrics.html
(lyrics)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ihcu0CboDmI
(sexyback performed by poke’mon)
“Madonna is planning a shocking lesbian bondage show with
Jessica Simpson and Lindsay Lohan at this year’s MTV
Awards.”
http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news?i
d=19473
Christina Aguilera's Banned Skechers Ad
Ok, so this is old news but the ads feature the pop tart in
a variety of popular fetish roles.
http://gorillamask.net/cas.shtml
Madonna gets into ponyplay, bigtime!
http://www.style.com/w/feat_story/05030
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(pics from the “w” magazine photo spread)
Not enough for you… The material girl starts off her
current concerts with an elaborate ponyplay performance-
“Male dancers moved to the music like animals, with
leather harnesses around their necks. Madonna mounted them,
whipped them and seduced them.”
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.a
spx?id=102843
http://www.jimdero.com/News%202006/Mado
nnaReview.htm
(pic of performers in equestrian kink and info on the sale
of an official Madonna riding crop!)
Star Wars Princess stripped naked in dungeon-
“in her upcoming pic "Goya's Ghosts,"…..
Natalie Portman will play the artist's muse, who is accused
of atheism and then stripped in a torture scene”
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/comm
ents/?entryid=343065
(this story generated a lot of press for a pretty obscure
movie, but, to the crushing disappointment of fanboys, there
won’t be the actual nudity mentioned in the first
article….. the torture sequence is still there however)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/comm
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Thursday,
June 22nd, 2006
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| thought
provoking cinema or explotation of the bdsm lifestyle?.... |
"The
Pet"
http://www.thepetmovie.com/
(movie trailer is NSFW btw)
From-
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/180874525
2/details
"The Pet follows a young woman who, in an emotional and
financial crisis, succumbs to the charm of an aristocratic
benefactor. Their relationship develops from her desire to
be loved and cared for and his desire to overcome the loss
of his beloved setter, a loyal and devoted pet. She agrees
for a considerable sum of money to become his human pet, to
sleep in a cage, never wear clothes, and to be led on a
leash for a period of six-months. His desire to showcase his
beautiful new pet and to have her market value appraised
prompts him to place her on the GSM or the Global Slave
Market. His arrogance and wealth together are no match for
the power and ruthlessness of 21st century slave
traders."
I'll withhold judgment until I can see the actual movie but
just watching the trailer and listening to the director and
actors talk about the movie put up a few red flags.
Is this movie actually about human petplay/BDSM, or is the
kink just a cover for another re-tread of the classic
"white slave trade" exploitation movie. Watching
the interview clips, none of the actors seem familiar with
the BDSM lifestyle. The director talks at length about the
negative aspects of "slavery" and has nothing
positive to say about the BDSM community in his speech. He
alludes to all sorts of hidden dangers in consensual slavery
and makes it sound like he's uncovered some huge evil
conspiracy. The director doesn’t even make a distinction
in his speech between, white slavery, the objectification of
women in hip-hop, serving in the military, and consensual
bdsm style slavery, leading one to think that, to him,
they're all the same.
You’d think that if the director actually spent 5 years
researching “consensual slavery,” as the movie’s
myspace page claims, he’d be able to tell the difference.
But the movie DOES feature lots of women naked and in
collars and cages being treated like animals, strung up by
their ankles and branded. That’s at least worth a rental
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Wednesday,
June 14th, 2006
| almost
slipped thru the cracks |
Psychopathia
Sexualis -the movie!
http://www.kino.com/psychopathia/in
dex.html
when I saw a small blurb in the paper on this movie adapting
the historic work "Psychopathia Sexualis" from the
1800's I had to wonder how it actually managed to completely
fly in under my radar. For a while you couldnt get away from
"the Notorious Betty Page" and Kinky Boots",
both small releases, in conversation among kinksters and
heres a movie with just as intresting a premise, perhaps
more, that seems to have eluded us all.
it has a
limited run at the Gene Siskel Film Center (
www.silkelfilmcenter.org ) thru thursday the 15th
| movie
recap- |
Impressions
from Psychopathia Sexualis (the movie)
It is worth seeing...
.... But ....
.....It’s also not a date movie!
The movie comes across as an interesting
mashup of "the history channel" and
a art film, with a few touches that would be
right at home in a horror movie . Its low
budget is very evident but it's still well put
together.
The good stuff, like s+m and vampirism, are
early on in the film and a lot of fun to
watch. The end focuses on things that, while
scandalous at the time, are commonly accepted
now. These elements, while handled well, don't
match the sensationalism of the previous
segments and as a result the film lacks a
grand finale.
If your go expecting to see fetish models in
Victorian drag your going to be disappointed.
Plastic "Hollywood" types were
eschewed in favor of actors that might more
accurately reflect the personages they
portray. A touch that I appreciated and think
adds to the film.
I recommend the film but it's not a popcorn
movie. Go in expecting to typical Hollywood
fare your going to be disappointed. This film
is more of an educational experience. |
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Monday,
June 5th, 2006
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| Pussycat
Dolls shelved... |
I
saw the following news story on tv last night-
"Hasbro Inc. shelved plans Wednesday to release a line
of dolls based on the Pussycat Dolls, an all-female music
group known for risqué lyrics and skimpy outfits.
Hasbro, the nation's second biggest toy maker, said it
decided the dolls were "inappropriate" for the
company to market and that the pop group catered to a more
mature audience.
The move comes amid criticism from a national advocacy
group, Dads & Daughters, that had campaigned against the
doll line."
from-
http://articles.news.aol.com/news/artic
le.adp?id=20060524201809990020&ncid=NWS00010000000001
Judging by the pic these figures wouldn't have been any more
risqué than current doll lines out there. The group has
steadily been toning down it's image as it transitioned
itself from a Burlesque troupe to a pop group.
Now, while it may seem that ex-burlesque dancers may be a
bad choice for toys, keep in mind that dolls of Brittany
Spears dressed as a catholic schoolgirl and in a red PCV
bodysuit were released a few years ago with little
criticism.
Since the group abandoned burlesque and went mainstream, I
don't really care if they have a toy line or not.
Still-
It does irk me that sources like the Christian Science
Monitor are claiming this as a "major victory"
- http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0526/p01s
04-ussc.html
What these “child advocacy” groups fail to realize is
that toys today appeal to so many more age ranges than just
6 year olds. Many toy companies have capitalized on this and
devote entire toy lines to a more mature market of
collectors. Even Barbie has lingerie-clad line intended
solely for adults.
Hasbro’s website has it’s own “grown-ups” category
but, for now, theirs nothing on there actually intended for
mature collectors. Hasbro has become one of the largest toy
manufacturer’s in the world by consistently buying smaller
toy companies to add their brands to the Hasbro portfolio.
As the toy industry shrinks to just a few major players, the
big boys need to remember the diversity of ages and
interests of their customers. Pussycat Dolls Dolls might not
necessarily appeal to small children but there would have
been a market for them none the less. |
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Thursday,
May 25th, 2006
| BDSM
in Mainstreem Media- Movies & TV: Corset Watch. |
For
the last few weeks, when I’m on my way to the train,
I’ve walked by a poster for the new X-men movie. In
addition to leather clad Wolverine and Storm, this poster
featured Jean Gray in a red corset. http://www.xmenfilms.net/album/xmen
3/1/Posters/slides/x_jean.html
I’ve always appreciated the amount of leather the X-men
wear in the movies but for some reason seeing the corset in
the poster always makes me smile. Recently, I happened
across what appears to be the image of corseted Rouge. http://www.xmenfilms.net/album/xmen
3/1/Posters/slides/x_rogue.html
(Note: Rouge’s hourglass shape in this group pic http://www.xmenfilms.net/album/xmen
3/1/Behind_The_Scenes/slides/x3cast.html
Confirms it is indeed a corset, something that is not
starndard to all of the “X”-uniforms)
Soon it seems you can’t turn around without finding
another X-man with a tightly laced mid-section, take for
instance Callisto (chest tattoo) and Psylocke (purple
streaks in hair)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:X3ne
wpics2.jpg
Dania Ramirez, who plays Callisto, elaborated on her outfit-
“I am wearing rubber pants and a corset and a belt inside
of it, a belt outside of it, and they really wanted to
create the whole comic book look. I couldn't breathe.”
(from the ny post - http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/mov
ies/news/n9219.htm
)
Staying true to the previous installments, leather attire
appears mandatory in the movie. Flipping thru the photo
albums http://www.xmenfilms.net/album/xmen
3/1/index.html
you will see leather again and again. There’s even a few
male leather chest harnesses thrown in;
worn by Juggernaut http://www.xmenfilms.net/album/xmen
3/1/Film_Stills/slides/x3_45.html
and Angel
http://www.xmenfilms.net/album/xmen
3/1/Film_Stills/slides/AngelStruggle.htm
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there is one lone X-Man, however, who doesn’t get to wear
leather, Mystique. But to make up for it she spends the
entire movie practically naked http://www.xmenfilms.net/album/xmen
3/1/Film_Stills/slides/MystiqueSit.html
http://www.fxsmith.com/pg2.html
http://www.fxsmith.com/pg3.html
Well, just so she wouldn’t feel too exposed they gave her
a nice shiny pair of writs cuffs to keep her warm
http://www.xmenfilms.net/album/xmen
3/1/Film_Stills/slides/MystiqueJumps.htm
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http://www.xmenfilms.net/album/xmen
3/1/Film_Stills/slides/Mystique.html
http://www.movieweb.com/movies/film/0
4/2404/gal2394/52.php
But getting back to corsets,
Carmen Electra goes the burlesque route in scary movie 4
http://www.superphotospace.com/view.p
hp?img=65_4432aa0f9c4d9.jpg
wearing a corset, stockings, and frilly underpants
And could they make a movie about “the Notorious Betty
Page” without the pinup in a corset?
http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/rev
iew/2006/04/13/bettie/story.jpg
I’ve yet to see the movie but it seems at least some
vintage 1950’s kinks are making it to the screen http://www.paloaltoonline.com/photos/th
enotoriousbettiepage.jpg
On the small screen, men show that corsets aren’t just for
the ladies …
May 18th’s episode of CSI, titled “Way To Go”,
centered around a man into self-corseting (15” waist) and
extreme sexual denial-
http://www.tv.com/csi/way-to-go/epi
sode/700467/recap.html
And on May 19th, men wore corsets for a photo shoot on the
Tyra Banks show as part of the “Male Model Search.” (
Pics are available in the photo gallery.)
http://tyrashow.warnerbros.com/show_rec
aps/show_recap_fri36.html
Original material © ProDeviant 2006
http://prodeviant.com/ |
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Monday,
May 22nd, 2006
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| Bdsm
in Mainstreem Media: toys- public service announcement |
For
anybody that missed them the first time, Mcfarlane toys are
re-releasing 3 of their most sought after fetish/bdsm femme
figures as a boxed set-
http://spawn.com/news/news2.aspx?id=128
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Little Red Riding hood in her barely there rubber ensemble
Countess Elizabeth Bathory naked in a tub of blood (FYI
it’s also the U.S.’s first 6” action figure to feature
nipples, both on the figure and in the detailing on the tub)
And, the Figure that started me off writing BDSM in
Mainstreem Media so long ago-
Corseted, hooded, bound, branded, and on a leash being
pulled along by a pair of ponyplaying munchkins- Dorothy
from the “Twisted” Wizard Of OZ.
I’ve reported on each of them individually before(April
2005, July 2004, Sept. 2003). More info can be found in the
archive on the media page of http://prodeviant.com/
But just because their being offered again doesn’t mean
that they will be necessarily easy to get. Their being
offered exclusively to specialty stores thru Diamond
distributing. Wait for them to hit the shelves and you may
suffer extreme sticker shock, if you can find them at all.
The good news though, is that if you talk to your friendly
neighborhood comic shop they should be able to pre-order the
set for you at a fixed price- but you need to act now!
Original material © ProDeviant 2006
http://prodeviant.com/ |
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Friday,
May 19th, 2006
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| BDSM in mainstreem media: News report
"There
are an estimated 25,000 Goreans worldwide..."
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....Man,
they must have a great dental plan!
So, yesterday I have a random conversation with a friend about John Norman's "Gor" books, Today they make
the news-
http://www.guardian.co.uk/britain/artic
le/0,,1778620,00.html
and
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4996
410.stm
I'm sure the headline "Officers discover sex-slave
cult" sold a lot of papers. Reading the articles I have
to question why this made the news at all. as per the
article- "a police spokesman said upon arriving at the
premises they did not find any evidence of "criminal
offences"." and "When police called at the
house they found those participating in domination practices
were doing so willingly, and dropped the case."
but hey! screw people's right to privacy, there's newspapers
to sell!
I think labeling these people as a "cult" may be a
bit out of line as well. for anybody unfamilar with "Goreans",
I could try to explain the phenomena but that's what
Wikipedia is for- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorean
I guess if there's actually 25,000 Goreans, as the articles
claim, they couldnt stay a secret forever. I mean, they hid
themselves so well- Google only has 54,400,000 hits for the
word "Gor"! the books were in print for over 20
years. There were even 2 (real crappy) Gor movies.
25,000 goreans, wow! and all thanks to the internet! an
entire quasi medival society that wouldn't exist if it weren't
for computers! maybe they can give the scientologists a run for their money.
grrr, now I want my own cult of sex-slaves. |
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Wednesday,
April 12th, 2006
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| BDSM
in Mainstreem Media- International: Maid in Japan |
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Saturday,
April 8th, 2006
| BDSM
in MM: quick cut- IMDb Movie of the Day- Secretary |
"in
which two people discover their mutual adoration via
discipline, spanking, worms in the mail and a host of other,
um, unorthodox methods."
- http://imdb.com/
just nice to see a kinky movie on the front page :) |
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Thursday,
April 6th, 2006
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| BDSM
in Mainstreem Media: Toys- Slave Girls on Isle 7 (part 1) |
Imagine
walking into your local department store and buying a
scantily clad slave girl (or 2, 3 4…) of your very own!
In 2005 this dream became a reality. Granted, the slaves in
question were 6 inches tall and made of plastic but
still….
2005 saw not one but 2 firsts in the toy industry. The first
was Art Asylum’s release of “Vina, the Orion Slave
Woman,” a character from the very first pilot episode of
Star Trek.- http://action-figure.com/modules.ph
p?op=modload&name=ImageBank&file=index&id=54793
Anybody who enjoys sci fi knows Vina- (http://www.themakeupgallery.info/fanta
sy/alien/st/misc/vina.htm
)
Long before Return of the Jedi’s “Oola”, she was our
original green skinned dancing slave girl. Over the years
the legend of the Orion Slave Women became so prevalent that
they finally brought them back for the most recent TV
incarnation of Star Trek-
http://www.memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Ori
on_slave_girl
This is not the first time the character has been rendered
in plastic. Playmates (the toy company that makes Teenage
Ninja Mutant Turtles) did Vina back in the 1996-
http://www.startrektoys.com/pictures/cl
05/2/vin.htm
Back then she was billed as “the Orion Animal Woman.”
The manufacturer knew that there was no way that parents
would accept their kids running around with a “slave
woman” in their grubby little hands.
But times change and as boys “action figures” evolved
into “collectables” for adults it was inevitable that
Vina would come back. However, when she did I don’t think
anybody expected the word “SLAVE” to be spelled out in
great big retro-futuristic letters on the packaging- http://action-figure.com/modules.ph
p?op=modload&name=ImageBank&file=index&id=55402
But there it was. Once a taboo word in the toy industry it
was now front and center for the world to see…and the
world didn’t seem to object (or even notice as far as I
can tell)
The figure itself is light years ahead of the previous
version. She’s Sexy and slinky with a sultry expression on
her face. She’s also super-articulated. She can strike a
pose like no green skinned dancing girl action figure before
her.
On an amusing note, the breasts of the figure are made of a
more rubbery plastic than the rest of the figures body...
That’s right, you can actually squeeze her tits if your so
inclined.
As progressive as this was, hot on Vina’s heels was a even
more slave-oriented item heading to store shelves.
(To be continued...)
Original content © ProDeviant 2006.
http://www.prodeviant.com/ |
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Tuesday,
March 21st, 2006
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| art
comments on life,...life comments on art (not necessary kinky but
news you should know) |
Sunday
I went to see V for Vendetta. A movie that asks you to
examine the politics that rule your life and the freedoms,
or lack thereof, you may take for granted.
Monday I read this update from the NCSF-
“Supreme Court Decision in the Communications Decency
Act” http://www.ncsfreedom.org/news/2006/032
006CDA_Decision.htm
I recommend reading the whole article but the gist of it
says ““the (supreme) court will not protect free speech
rights when it comes to sexually explicit materials”
As an erotic artist, statements like this are chilling. In
addition there is a lot of things currently being undertaken
by our government to limit or suppress our sexual freedom as
well as our right to sexual free speech. Some of them you
may have read about, more you probably have not.
There’s a lot of info to process and something I would
like to write about if time permits |
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Monday,
February 27th, 2006
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| 2:51
pm - shock and awe (not necessarly kinky but
news you should know) |
this
is a little story from the washington post that probally
wont make the nightly news outlets but should-
"Policing Porn Is Not Part of Job Description"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co
ntent/article/2006/02/16/AR2006021602066.h
tml
in short, two members of the department of homeland security
walk into a library and announce "The viewing of
Internet pornography was forbidden."
then they start harassing a guy over what he had on his
video screen.
A librarian, and then the police, had to intervene and
eventually the two "homeland security" men were
the only ones who had to leave. to quote-"Montgomery
County's Homeland Security Department is not responsible for
enforcing obscenity laws." They have since been
reassigned to another area of the department.
I dont have time to editorialize. besides plenty of bloggers
such as Lenoard Pitts- http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20
060222/1017769.asp
- are able to do so much more eloquently than I.
I will say that I am disgusted by the abuse of authority,
real or imagined, that took place in this incident. this is
a sad reminder that there is a real war going on. Not the
war in iraq, not the war on terror, but a quiet war against
our own freedom.
while the connection was not made in the article the federal
goverment is currently waging a unecessary "war on
obsenity." a war that is really nothing more than
federal permission to erode the rights of it's citizens.
please pass this news story on. it may seem minor but it
something people should know about
thanks to vvalkyri for bringing this to my attention |
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Friday,
February 24th, 2006
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| 1:49
am - BDSM in Mainstreem Media: Toys- 12 inches
of fetish |
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