Here’s a new twist on the sadly familiar refrain of one person demanding that a cultural institution remove images she considers inappropriate: A mother from Vancouver, British Columbia says that a local museum is displaying “whale bone porn,” which has…
Obscenity Case Files: Pope v. Illinois
Miller v. California set the standard for identifying obscene material that is not protected by the First Amendment. However, some portions of the standards set by Miller are clearer than others. In this edition of the Obscenity Case Files, we’ll…
BPAL Supports CBLDF with CORALINE Inspired Fragrances
Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab has been a long-time supporter of CBLDF. This week saw the release of another series of fragrances to benefit our work protecting free speech. This series is inspired by Neil Gaiman’s award-winning bestseller Coraline! Here’s the…
Bob Fingerman’s Time and Place
Bob Fingerman’s contributions to the world of comics have been many and varied. Fingerman toiled in the disparate realms of kiddy satire, men’s magazines, sci-fi, and illustration, producing work regularly for Cracked, Al Goldstein’s infamous tabloid Screw, Penthouse Hot Talk,…
Salon Indicts Law Enforcement and Media Prejudice Against “Gamers”
After what he is calling an “egregious” and biased report from New York Daily News columnist Mike Lupica on the Sandy Hook shootings, Salon.com’s Andrew Leonard fired back with a scathing indictment of the ongoing effort to blame video games…
CPS Responds to PERSEPOLIS Defenders
A week ago, CBLDF joined the National Coalition Against Censorship’s Kids’ Right to Read Project, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, and more in sending a letter to Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennet, denouncing the removal of Marjane…