Monday, July 2 2012
Ruining Their Reputations: Pre-Code Movies Have a Naughty Reputation That’s Not Always Deserved
Not every pre-Code film is a Scarface or Baby Face; some are only mediocre faces.
Monday, June 4 2012
The Heavy Metal Witch Hunt Lives On
Around the world, heavy metal has long been aligned with Satanism in the cultural imagination. For metalheads from Lebanon to Poland, the Satanic Panic is very real and far from over.
Friday, May 27 2011
They Won’t Stay Dead: The Changing Guises of Horror Film and Censorship
The controversy surrounding A Serbian Film is symptomatic of an ominous development in the horror genre's combative relationship with the censors.
Thursday, March 31 2011
‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’: An Uncensored Version of a Scandalous Classic
"Why is it, Dorian, that a man like the Duke of Berwick leaves the room of a club when you enter it?" Now we know.
Thursday, October 28 2010
Laurie Halse Anderson’s ‘Speak’, an Excerpt
If you haven't had time to read Speak, here's your chance. Read the first chapter now.
Wednesday, March 19 2008
Analyzing State of Massachusetts House Bill 1423
What would the so-called Massachusetts "Games-as-Porn" bill really mean?
Friday, November 30 2007
Manhunt 2
The issues surrounding Manhunt 2's release make it more interesting as an example of game editing and censorship than as a game.
Wednesday, July 25 2007
The Gangster Film Reader by Alain Silver and James Ursini [Eds]
In an age when gangsters have given way to gangstas, it's refreshing to find a book that takes the older breed seriously.
Thursday, July 12 2007
Nerdfighter Lit: Interview with John Green
"I would also argue, and no one agrees with me on this but I will argue it anyway, that not all "young adult" novels are about teenagers." PopMatters talks to John Green about literature, pop culture, and all those Katherines.
