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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Fighting Words… Or Not
The First Amendment Center commented this week on an Ohio Appeals Court ruling that an adolescent girl was guilty of disorderly conduct. The girl was arrested for the words she spoke to police offers, following a fight among middle school … Continue reading
A Comment on Video Games and Violence
I suppose it was only a matter of time before someone claimed that “the video games made him do it,” referring to the young man who killed 26 people in a horrific burst of senseless violence in Newtown, CT. For … Continue reading
Even Santa Claus Gets Censored
You remember Santa Claus, the jolly white-haired gent? If you’ve read or heard Clement C. Moore’s classic holiday poem, A Visit From Saint Nicholas, you probably have a mental picture from the following lines: “His eyes — how they twinkled! … Continue reading
The Epic Conclusion: On the Twelfth Day of Censorship, NCAC Gave to Me…
…Years of fighting Censorship. Ok, maybe it doesn’t sound epic, but that’s because winning these battles of encroaching censorship is something that is so easy to take for granted. So, instead, imagine NCAC as a plucky hobbit-creature and Censorship as … Continue reading
On the Eleventh Day of Censorship, the Censors Gave to Me…120 Days of Sodom
…Egyptian Breasts Milking Nude Ladies Dancing Lords Banned for Witchcraft Bush Monkeys Swimming Nude Adults laying A golden chastity key Aristophanes‘ The Birds Catholic French outrage, a Clear Channel Dove and no art in Newark library We selected this censored film for Day 11 of the Twelve Days, … Continue reading
Posted in Acacia O'Connor: Author
Tagged 12 Days of Censorship, MOMA, Pier Paolo Pasolini
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On the Tenth Day of Censorship, the Censors Gave to Me…Egyptian Breasts Milking
…Nude Ladies Dancing Lords Banned for Witchcraft Bush Monkeys Swimming Nude Adults laying A golden chastity key Aristophanes‘ The Birds Catholic French outrage, a Clear Channel Dove and no art in Newark library Five nude paintings were pulled from a show … Continue reading
On the Ninth Day of Censorship, the Censors Gave to Me…Nude Ladies Dancing
…Lords Banned for Witchcraft Bush Monkey Swimming Nude Adults laying A golden chastity key Aristophanes‘ The Birds Catholic French outrage, a Clear Channel Dove and no art in Newark library Karen Finley was set to perform A Certain Level of … Continue reading
On the Eighth Day of Censorship, the Censors Gave to Me… Lords Banned for Witchcraft
…Bush Monkey Swimming Nude Adults laying A golden chastity key Aristophanes‘ The Birds Catholic French outrage, a Clear Channel Dove and no art in Newark library (until now! Censorship abated) At least eight “Lords” have been banned or challenged at … Continue reading
On the 7th Day of Censorship, the Censors Gave to Me…Bush Monkeys Swimming
Nude Adults laying A golden chastity key Aristophanes‘ The Birds Catholic French outrage, a Clear Channel Dove and no art in Newark library The manager of an art show being held at Chelsea Market didn’t much appreciate Chris Savido’s portrait … Continue reading
Posted in Acacia O'Connor: Author
Tagged 12 Days of Censorship, Bush painting, Political Art
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On the 6th Day of Censorship the Censors Gave to Me… Nude Adults Laying
…A golden chastity key Aristophanes‘ The Birds Catholic French outrage, a Clear Channel Dove and no art in Newark library A school administration in South Dakota pulled an entire set of encyclopedias off library shelves after discovering some steamy … Continue reading
Posted in Acacia O'Connor: Author
Tagged 12 Days of Censorship, Kids' Right To Read, sex ed
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