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Let History Stand (So We Can Learn From It)

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Gene Stewart

Regarding censorship and bowdlerizing older books etc. —  Correcting errors is necessary to present a better book and is not censorship or bowdlerizing. Copyediting is entirely ethical, and improves the work. It is not ethical to change published work. If … Continue reading →

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Freedom of Expression Blues

Posted on August 14, 2022 by Gene Stewart

Glad to hear Rushdie’s off ventilator and on the mend. His life is changed drastically once again due to hate. All our lives are changed once again. It’s appalling. As a writer I’m for free expression and peaceful discourse. Murder … Continue reading →

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Intolerance Must Not Be Tolerated

Posted on November 19, 2021 by Gene Stewart

Keep art free and we keep ourselves free. A book called My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent focuses on long-term incestuous abuse by a father on a daughter and on others. That it’s written by a man has led to … Continue reading →

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Boiling the Censorship Frog

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Gene Stewart

First they come for your “porn”. To protect the children, don’tcha know? Then they come for your erotica. Slippery slope when wet, right? Then they come for your horror. All those unhealthy images. Next they come for your young adult … Continue reading →

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Discussing Porn for Christmas

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Gene Stewart

See, “porn” is a bogus term. Nudes are not “porn”. Nor are odalisques, nor even depictions of people having sex. Strictly speaking, pornography is writing about prostitutes. Prudes added the gloss, “…in order to titillate peurile interests and arouse lusts…” … Continue reading →

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Make Fear & Hate Irrelevant

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Gene Stewart

Feeling panic beginning to set in? That harsh edge of peer pressure starting to make you jittery and sick in the stomach? Remember something: Corporate media makes shit up to replace facts, then drums those shit points into everyone’s head … Continue reading →

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A Set of Pointed Questions About TV’s Prudery

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Gene Stewart

Just passing through the room and thought I’d toss out something: I just heard this phrase on the most recent GHOST ADVENTURES: “She never believed in ghosts, hauntings, or any of that bullshit.” The final word was said casually and … Continue reading →

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Why “Beige, Not Blue” Is So Deeply Offensive

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Gene Stewart

Censors demonize certain words in order to restrict your freedom of speech, thought, and behavior. No word has any special quality that places it beyond the pall of “polite” societal discourse. Politesse is rooted in the notion of cleaning shit … Continue reading →

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