#prudery

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Mae West, 34, says goodbye to prison warden Harry Schleth after leaving Welfare Island, April 29, 1927. She had served eight days of a 10-day sentence (let out early for good behavior) for writing, directing, and performing in the play "Sex." Her pen name as playwright was Jane Mast.

In the drama, West played a prostitute who had to choose between two men: a young one to whom she concealed her profession, or an older one who accepted her for who she was. “People thought it vulgar, ridiculous, or funny, or a perfectly terrible play, laughed—and sent their friends to see the show,” wrote Thyra Samter Winslow in The New Yorker.

Photo: Associated Press via eBay

[blackswaneuroparedux]

Il y a une fausse modestie, qui est vanité ; une fausse gloire, qui est légèreté ; une fausse grandeur, qui est mesquinerie ; une fausse vertu, qui est hypocrisie, et une fausse sagesse, qui est pruderie.

Jean de La Bruyère

[cloudybbpigvers]

It gets even more absurd!

A few minutes ago I posted something about a post that got flagged because of its sexual content even though it was labelled with the “Community Label” for “Sexual Themes”. And this post with the screenshot was again flagged!!!!!

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This time I’m not including the picture in my screenshot, just the flagging itself.

This was the text of my post (again without the original picture to avoid further flagging):

PS: This time there was a button to appeal the ruling. Curious about their reply to my appeal!

Update: My appeal was promptly denied.

And my original post about this wrongful flagging is now hidden for everyone except me:

[yesterdaysprint]

The Day Book, Chicago, Illinois, August 2, 1913

[thisobscuredesireforbeauty]

“But whatever the inciting incident, it’s hard to feel surprised by Tumblr’s decision to set adult content adrift. As the internet has gone from being a Wild West to a sanitized corporate playground, pornography has become vastly less welcome in most mainstream corners.“ Very interesting text at The Verge about the growing prudery and censorship at Tumblr (and the rest of the internet).

[yesterdaysprint]

The Emporia Gazette, Kansas, March 16, 1891

[mixedzone]

American censorship

can be really funny if the ai means flowers are sexual content and shows how stupid ai can but american prudishness(prudery) is always stupid and backward.

[qupritsuvwix]

An Artemisia Gentileschi Nude Takes Her Top Off

Conservators are working to “virtually restore” a Gentileschi painting whose nude figure was covered with draping and veils in the interest