Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman’s Co-Creator Joe Shuster
Wild story told in a book out this spring. Joe Shuster, who created Superman, basically had the rights to the character stolen from him by the publisher (the legal battles continue today). To make money he apparently drew fetish art starring likenesses of Superman and Lois Lane. (NSFW)
Remembering Bettie Page, the ’50s Fetish Fantasy Pin-up - washingtonpost.com
This is a bizarre article. Stephen Hunter directly admonishes readers for being into the fetish stuff Bettie Page was famous for (“What is wrong with you people?”) while somehow remarking on how important she was to the sexual revolution. Isn’t it a little late to be criticizing the fantasies of American men from the 50s? Did Hunter want to write a longer piece on exploitation and feminism of Page’s time but wasn’t given the word count?
Boing Boing: SmartFilter, BoingBoing, and Adult Baby - Diaper Lovers.
The story of Boing Boing being censored in other countries takes a turn for the bizzare.