Well, I posted a photo of Emily [link] called "Dirty Knees". She's fully nude in this image and I chose to place a small star over her vagina. I got complaints from people saying that it detracted from the photo, etc., so I removed the star. I did so after saying that there's just no way to please everyone.
So, today I looked in my notes and found out that one of my other pictures was banned. It was this image [link] of Stoya. She's not even naked and each of her hands is cleverly hiding potential nudity. I rest my case. You just can't win for losing. I'm assuming that someone with the power to ban thought she was ploughing her fingers into her ass, but that wasn't the case at all. One person's erotica is another person's porn.
Maybe now people won't complain about artists' self-censorship.
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One thing I want to know though, is why DA spends so much time hunting down pictures that explore the boundary between art and sexuality, but do so little to stop the people who make vicious and hateful comments. I've just run across so many comments like "whore" and " you're disgusting", which in my mind is FAR more damaging than any pictures I've seen here. I already know of one incredible photographer who left because DA administrators made no reply and took no action against the people leaving comments like that about her models, and she couldn't take it anymore. That seems like it should be a far more serious issue for a site like this than hunting down erotic art.
It's a shame that we have so many people (at least in the midwest US) who are flat out afraid of the human body and sex, but I know you have a ton of fans, and I'm glad you keep going!
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they're assholes, no pun intended.
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Luella Dobson, the Chicago Steampixie!
And I don't think about it to be porn...
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I'm seing your art... can you see mine?[link]
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If you like Music you should come look at my
So you might as well post your work without worrying about potential bans and complaints.
show it all and fuck the rest.
I have had a few taken down too.
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Stoya is a beautiful girl and a sweetheart to boot, great shot of her
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the devil done drag me under
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