Debbie Nathan

Sex pol, borders, Mexico, Yiddish, my camera

Archive for June, 2008

Kids and Comstockery, Back (and Forward) in the Day

Ah yes, children and porn. Children consuming porn, I mean: a venerable American past time. Did you know you can check out its history for free, next time you visit our nation’s capital? I did and here’s what I learned.
Exactly a century ago, in 1908, a middle-aged storekeeper named Pasquale Eliseo, of 119th Street and [...]

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