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I love how white 20 somethings are kids but teens of color are adults to these folk.
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In some random searching I sort of rediscovered the time that Utah tried to outlaw HBO in 1981 because it dared to have nudity on it. Oh Utah.

by Richard Price

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I'm on track to finally get one and I'm wondering what this is going to be like. I've just been used to years of bad sleep and coped. Will I suddenly become successful?
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by Richard Price

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Refreshing my memory of Nipplegate for class today and damn was this stuff nuts. I remember debating for an hour whether we just saw a breast, it was a flash on much lower res TVs. But folks freaked out like they banged on stage. And yes, the sexism is always particularly disgusting.
Super Bowl - Nipplegate | HD (01/02/2004)
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by Anna O. Law — Reposted by Richard Price

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I want to continue reinterpreting US immigration policy history/law by including African American & Native American history. For that reason, Angel Island will be in my 3rd book about American gateway cities, including Ellis Island, Gadeson's Warf in SC (enslaved importation) + other locations. fin/
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by Richard Price

advincensorship.bsky.social
Just remembering that initially I had this tagged for a history of sexuality journal and I began with a story from Syracuse in 1991/2 I believe where a frat sold homophobic shirts.
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by Richard Price

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It's really weird to be at work trying to focus on teaching while knowing that guys are in my house tearing out water damaged walls and ceilings. Adult life sucks sometimes.

by Richard Price

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Thanks!
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Great new contribution from @advincensorship.bsky.social to the literature on backlash to LGBT rights advances, featuring 3 cases studies of 1990s campus conflicts over recognition of LGBT student orgs
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The straight college strikes back: 1990s backlash against inclusive campuses
In the literature on social change and rights, the backlash narrative plays an enormous role. Advocates of the backlash theory posit that judicial declaration of rights stimulate a backlash from po...
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by Richard Price

advincensorship.bsky.social
Desperately trying to get some prep done and let me tell you, prepping for a class on Lenny Bruce and George Carlin and censorship is a lot more fun than fucking EC Knight and Hammer v. Dagenhart. Commerce clause vs. censorship of fuck is not a fair fight.
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It's 2025

Patrick S. Lawrence discusses the resurgence in comic and book censorship.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic...

@projectmuse.bsky.social #politics #ComicStudies #comics #censorship #history #activism #solidarity #UniversityPress #2025 #freedom #ComicBooks #BannedBooks #CensorshipSucks
Cave drawing: Below a peace symbol, 4 human silhouettes face each other while carrying spears or long branches. One prepares to throw his spear.
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Here's a convenient link to register for the Zoom for my talk tomorrow. Come learn about comics censorship of today and yesteryear: sc-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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by Richard Price

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Caught up on my censorship class posts. This week was smutty film. adventuresincensorship.com/blog/2025/10...
Censorship Class: Sexploitation and Porno Chic — Adventures in Censorship
After last week’s look at smutty literature , it was just natural to cover the turn in film during the late 1960s towards more sexually explicit material and the mainstreaming of porn. I make no secr...
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by Richard Price

advincensorship.bsky.social
New publication alert! If you've ever wanted to read about some 1990s college homophobia, well I have a page turner for you!
Publication: The Straight College Strikes Back — Adventures in Censorship
My most recent article just hit print: “The Straight College Strikes Back: 1990s Backlash Against Inclusive Campuses.” It is part of a special issue on LGBTQ Politics in Politics, Groups, and Ident...
adventuresincensorship.com
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by Richard Price

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Here’s my piece in the Salt Lake Tribune. I will say I’m happy with the last line.

www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...
Voices: I’m a professor. Censorship is threatening academic freedom.
"Why is my employer … making such absurd demands of their faculties and staff? The only explanation I can offer is the driving force behind most censorship: fear, " writes professor Richard Price.
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by Richard Price

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How tame must your life be if you equate having a milkshake thrown at you to almost killing you.
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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 5d
Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.
@MrAndyNgo Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes. The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence. In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons. photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

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Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.
@MrAndyNgo Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes. The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence. In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons. photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes
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by Richard Price

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I'm a week behind thanks to things, but here is my look at last week's censorship class. Smutty film to come soon. adventuresincensorship.com/blog/2025/10...
Censorship Class: Smutty Literature — Adventures in Censorship
After examining the comic book panic , my censorship class turned to one of my favorite topics: smutty literature in the 1950s and ‘60s. Obscenity and censorship has always had an obsession with ...
adventuresincensorship.com
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by Richard Price

advincensorship.bsky.social
This reminder about Scheppele's concept of autocratic legalism is a good one. I have some classes that need revamping and I have to revisit her work in a big way.
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 7d
As the Supreme Court term begins, keep this framework in mind: Autocratic Legalism.

Instead of “rule of law” (law constrains the power), we get “rule by law” (law as a weapon for power).

Authoritarians usually have to install allies. Trump started his second term with that step already complete.
The only effective opposition is through the language of morality and documented harm—not legal technicalities that can be swept away with a 6–3 vote.” The text is centered on a neutral background, with “morality” and “documented harm” slightly emphasized to underscore the moral and empirical contrast with “legal technicalities.”

by Richard Price

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I study a similar kind of argument in a very different context. When a group says "we don't support X" but "X" happens every single time they take action, then the connection is pretty obvious. Of course Turning Point supports harassment and threats, it's their primary tactic.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6d
This pretty much captures the contradictions of the politics of Kirk and Turning Point: Of course we oppose doxxing and violence, but we will absolutely use inflammatory language, false claims, and enemies list that fuels threats and intimidation.
Several days after publishing the petition calling for Dr. Bray’s dismissal from Rutgers, the Turning Point USA chapter added an update saying that it did not support harassment or the doxxing of him or anyone else. “I think that all death threats and doxxing are unjustified and not how political disputes should be resolved in civilized society,” Ava Kwan, a Turning Point USA chapter member, said in an email on Wednesday. But she defended the broader point of the petition, saying, “I think Dr. Antifa, who believes in violence as a political tool, should be fired, of course. Taxpayer money should not fund the salaries of terrorists.” For years, Turning Point USA has maintained a watch-list of hundreds of professors whom the group accuses of advancing leftist propaganda in the classroom. Dr. Bray is on the list.

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This pretty much captures the contradictions of the politics of Kirk and Turning Point: Of course we oppose doxxing and violence, but we will absolutely use inflammatory language, false claims, and enemies list that fuels threats and intimidation.
Several days after publishing the petition calling for Dr. Bray’s dismissal from Rutgers, the Turning Point USA chapter added an update saying that it did not support harassment or the doxxing of him or anyone else. “I think that all death threats and doxxing are unjustified and not how political disputes should be resolved in civilized society,” Ava Kwan, a Turning Point USA chapter member, said in an email on Wednesday. But she defended the broader point of the petition, saying, “I think Dr. Antifa, who believes in violence as a political tool, should be fired, of course. Taxpayer money should not fund the salaries of terrorists.” For years, Turning Point USA has maintained a watch-list of hundreds of professors whom the group accuses of advancing leftist propaganda in the classroom. Dr. Bray is on the list.
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by Richard Price

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Was having a good day until I got home and found it raining in my garage. Discovered a seal broke on a toilet supply line and so now have some repairs to schedule. Being an adult fucking sucks.

by Adam Bonica — Reposted by Richard Price, Brendan Nyhan, Janet Murray , and 2 more

adambonica.bsky.social
As the Supreme Court term begins, keep this framework in mind: Autocratic Legalism.

Instead of “rule of law” (law constrains the power), we get “rule by law” (law as a weapon for power).

Authoritarians usually have to install allies. Trump started his second term with that step already complete.
The only effective opposition is through the language of morality and documented harm—not legal technicalities that can be swept away with a 6–3 vote.” The text is centered on a neutral background, with “morality” and “documented harm” slightly emphasized to underscore the moral and empirical contrast with “legal technicalities.”
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by Richard Price

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When I talked with a USA Today satirist he just laughed because how do you satire this.
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Are you familiar with the shock that happens when you look back at an old picture of your child and realize the change that happened little-by-little, day-after-day?

Well, we just realized that we have tracked over 11,000 censorship attempts in FL on over 4,500 unique titles since fall 2021.
a woman in a green shirt is holding a cup of ice cream
Alt: Emma Stone in a green shirt is holding a cup of ice cream
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by Richard Price

advincensorship.bsky.social
Got some coverage of our silliness from higher ed press.
Weber State Censors, Then Cancels, Censorship Conference
University officials said that several planned presentations violated a Utah state law banning diversity, equity and inclusion at public universities.
www.insidehighered.com
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by Richard Price

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You know it is serious when *checks notes* the AG announces a massive undercover operation to the groups that he is supposedly infiltrating. Serious people around here.
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 8d
Obviously not the main point here, but it's interesting how this is framed as content rather than policy.

"BREAKING" is typically what journalists or influencers say when they have a big story -- not what government officials say when they launch "undercover" operations
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Obviously not the main point here, but it's interesting how this is framed as content rather than policy.

"BREAKING" is typically what journalists or influencers say when they have a big story -- not what government officials say when they launch "undercover" operations
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by Richard Price

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Asked to write an oped for one of bigger papers and I always struggle with opeds. I have like one closing line I love and everything else is gibberish.
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