Tag Archives: nudity

“The Dirty Cowboy” Cause Lives On

Posted on June 12, 2012 by

You remember The Dirty Cowboy, our favorite book ban in May? School board members may be standing their ground, but they haven’t heard the last of residents perturbed by the ban. The Patriot-News and The Lebanon Daily News both featured … Continue reading →

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The So-Not-Dirty Cowboy Author Speaks

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

We were able to chat yesterday with Amy Timberlake, the author of The Dirty Cowboy, (illustrated by Adam Rex). The book that has been at the center of a censorship debate outside of Hershey, P.A.. Two parents of a child … Continue reading →

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Farewell to Sendak, but not to Censorship

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

We were saddened to hear today about the passing of beloved children’s book author Maurice Sendak at the age of 83. His books, the most well-known being Where the Wild Things Are, captivated the imaginations of readers both young and … Continue reading →

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Art Censorship in 2011: Nudity, Sexuality, Religion, Politics, and… Meat?!

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

2012 has already brought a few cases of censored art to our attention: Microsoft Skydrive froze UK blogger Michael Ohajuru‘s storage account because Modigliani’s painting “Reclining Nude” violated Microsoft’s Code of Conduct which prohibits images that “depict nudity of any sort”; and İzmir … Continue reading →

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NCAC and FAP Send Letter To Marin Civic Center re: Nudes Censorship

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

As blogged earlier this week, admins at the Marin Civic Center censored a painting of a nude female from an annual art show because an employee claimed it constituted sexual harassment. This morning, NCAC and the First Amendment Project sent … Continue reading →

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Nudes In The News! Marin County Civic Center Censors Artist

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

The Marin County Civic Center has chosen to eliminate a nude painting by San Rafael artist Sylvia Cossich Goodman from a public exhibition. The full-frontal nude was accepted through what we can assume was a standard submission process, and was … Continue reading →

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The Logic of the Censor

Posted on April 6, 2011 by

Susan Burns, the woman who tried to tear a Paul Gauguin painting off a wall at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., stated her reasons thus: “I feel that Gauguin is evil. He has nudity and is bad … Continue reading →

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WEAR IT PROUD

Posted on March 28, 2011 by

Button brought back from the March 2011 Culture Wars symposium with the Corcoran and Transformer DC.

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Facebook Doesn’t “Like” Nude Art

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

(image from artinfo.com) It turns out that the enclosure of the World Wide Web into propriety social networks like Facebook has a downside, as the global art community is discovering. Facebook’s censors reviewers have repeatedly disabled accounts for posting images … Continue reading →

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Smithsonian Regents’ Response to Censorship Outrage: what does it promise?

Posted on February 3, 2011 by

In response to the national outrage over the removal of artist David Wojnarowicz’ video Fire In My Belly from the National Portrait Gallery following pressure from the Catholic League and Republican Congressional leaders, the Smithsonian Board of Regents formed an Advisory Panel*. Continue reading →

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