Fiona BianchiJul 6, 2025
Girl on the Net

When states/countries enact laws banning porn, people are always tempted to come up with creative, edge-case solutions.

“Couldn’t you just mix the porn in with other content so the definition of your site changes?”
“Could you label it as ‘art’?”

I get where you’re coming from but this is not the solution. Porn deserves to exist. Please stop telling adult creators to twist into new positions and jump through hoops: fight the laws. Unpack your shame and speak up: porn is not harmful.

Jul 6, 2025 at 10:17pmMammoth
Show threadJenova's WitnessJul 6, 2025
@girlonthenet also porn is art, and has repeatedly been rules by the courts as protected under the first amendment in the US
Show threadGarrett WollmanJul 6, 2025
@girlonthenet Also never forget that the scope of "porn" will be constantly broadened whenever Puritans are in power to target their political enemies.
Show threadMiakoda Jul 6, 2025
@girlonthenet The ban on piracy works so well, so I'm sure nobody will ever look at porn again.
Show threadMiakoda Jul 7, 2025
@girlonthenet Let's see... Tariffs ruining the economy and killing off farms, the end of nutritional programs helping end farms, Elon's "heart throwing" behavior ruing the most well-known EV brand, banning porn would end the porn industry, medicaid cuts closing hospitals, deporting workers fucking up farms and construction...
Man, it's almost like fascism is REALLY bad for business!
Show threadMiakoda Jul 7, 2025
@girlonthenet Since right wingers don't give half a shit who they kill, maybe what we need to start saying in response to this fascist shit is "But what about the shareholders?!"
Show threadErotic Mythology 🌹Jul 6, 2025
@girlonthenet Aside from porn deserving to exist, I don't know if I should laugh or cry about vanilla people believing this is easy. I got a cover image flagged because it was "pornographic for showing...a naked butt and nothing else, no other person, no toy, nada. I've had pictures of Renaissance sculptures, literal, undisputed art, flagged as pornographic. So no, while porn *is* art, it doesn't work that way.
Show threadknackJul 6, 2025

@girlonthenet

“Please stop telling adult creators to twist into new positions” is a delightful turn of phrase

Show threadSailor AnarresJul 7, 2025
@girlonthenet I mean both fight the laws and seek out ways to overcome unjust laws the government is currently enforcing its not either or.
Show threadLisPiJul 7, 2025
@girlonthenet @Aknorals Porn and obscenity laws are fundamentally about censorship and enabling authoritarian abuse & selective enforcement.

That on its own should be enough of an argument to reject them at every turn.

As for porn and its existence, all those involved in its creation consented it's fine. Not interested? Don't look.
Show threadSkrrp Jul 7, 2025

@girlonthenet not only is porn not harmful, but it's helpful.

The countries with the most repressive porn laws also happen to be the ones with the most sexual violence and sex crimes committed.

Show threadAmro has beenJul 7, 2025
@girlonthenet
Fuck for fuck'sake!
Show threadOwlor Jul 7, 2025

@girlonthenet I feel like a lot of people confuse social issues with problems.

Posting about a social issue is not an invitation to try and "solve" any particular problem, the problems caused by said social issue is probably either already solved or in the process of being solved. The social issue is the fact that the problem exist in the first place.

And like, this sort of confusion isn't exactly harmless, as you already alluded to, people do this instead of speaking out against or fighting the laws that are causing problems and making this a social issue. It's the old "offer individual solutions to systemic issues"-routine.

Show threadrootJul 7, 2025
@girlonthenet while the ethics of banning porn is a little trickier due to free speech (at least in the US), porn is absolutely harmful and people should not engage with it without careful consideration of the consequences, both to themselves and their current/future relationships