Showing posts with label art vs. porn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art vs. porn. Show all posts

Thursday, October 7, 2010

We're still under construction!

We should have our first stories posted next week!

Aileen looks at the do-it-yourself trends in sexuality.

Legalization of prostitution is on the menu with Vanessa's article.

Wondering whatever happened to Ontario's sex-ed curriculum? Veronica's got the story.

And lines are blurred with Vicki's piece on art versus porn.

So stay tuned!

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Porn Vs. Art, Why do we care?

When I was in High school I had a remarkable photography teacher, Mr. Creighton. He conned me into copying a Robert Mapplethorpe self portrait series for my final project. I didn't know Mapplethorpe.



Robert Mapplethorpe, Self Portrait
When I saw the work he had done, I freaked out! I couldn't do it! Mr. Creighton told me to do some self portraits and write an essay about Mapplethorpe's work and the impact it had on society.
I was shocked. I had no idea there was such an outcry in the art world, such a problem with nudity or homosexual/homoerotic depictions.