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On Intersectionality and Censorship
Dec. 18th, 2018 10:55 pm[context. I'd also prefer to leave discussion on the ethics of specific BDSM topics for a different post; finding LEAF to be pants is so low-hanging a fruit as to easily distract.]
Little Sisters is a particularly interesting test case, for a reason that a lot of histories tend to gloss over. [caveat: Schulman plays a little fast and loose with the histories, so you do have to dig: "Butler" was the name of a 1991-1992 case.]
The interesting thing is that the courts played by all the ideals.
((Customs itself not so much, often to ridiculous extents.))
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In 1994, a coalition of feminists and right-wing politicians in Canada passed a tariff code called Butler that was designed to restrict pornographic production. Instead, it was applied in such a way that it allowed officials at Canada customs to systematically detain and destroy gay and lesbian materials at the border. A gay bookstore in Vancouver, Little Sisters, had so much of its product seized that it could no longer operate. As a result, Little Sisters decided to sue the Canadian government.
Little Sisters is a particularly interesting test case, for a reason that a lot of histories tend to gloss over. [caveat: Schulman plays a little fast and loose with the histories, so you do have to dig: "Butler" was the name of a 1991-1992 case.]
The interesting thing is that the courts played by all the ideals.
((Customs itself not so much, often to ridiculous extents.))
( Read more... )
