New book on America's history of DIY porn

[kestrell]

Kes: I think my favorite is the pornographic potholders, although I'm also fascinated by the comics and other self-published materials.

America's Hidden World of Handmade Pornography
https://theconversation.com/americas-hidden-world-of-handmade-pornography-150514
by Lisa Z. Sigel, Professor of History at DePaul University
https://condor.depaul.edu/lsigel/

Comments

[kestrell]

I like the idea that anyone who creates something, including when that creative work is pornographic, is an outside artist: it challenges the restricted, narrow way art gets defined in the first place.