Here’s some interesting links from this week. I have some stuff to say about the manga/porn case (in sum: a fair chunk of some manga is porn, and that’s completely OK), but that will have to wait until I’ve got some more time.
From Boing boing:
Apple gets into the book banning business
Apple’s refused to allow an [...]
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Posted in censorship, sex, tagged BCLDF, comics, ISP filtering, manga, porn, stuff and things on December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mariko Tamaki’s case for erotica
Posted in sex, tagged erotica, porn, sex, writing on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The amazing Mariko Tamaki (who is a finalist for this year’s Governor General award for Children’s literature*) wrote a nice piece for Xtra ripping apart the misconception that erotica = bad writing.
She points out that some of Canada’s top queer female fiction writers, are also skilled at writing a fine dirty story:
The assertion that erotica [...]
Queerotica
Posted in Canada Border Services Agency, LGBT, queer, sex, tagged erotica, Little Sister's, porn, pride festival on July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This looks like it’s going to be hot, literarcy and smut-tastic. Hear local authors read queer erotica and the Little Sister’s staff reading smut that was stopped at the Boarder. Queerotica is part of the Pride in Art Festival.
WHEN:
7:30pm | Wednesday, July 30, 2008
WHERE:
The Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre (181 [...]
