Image via SM Magazine, circa 1970s; illustration by Namio Harukawa

February 18th, 2025 – What Do We Do Now?

My fellow wretched Americans, where do we go from here? Social media is being monopolized, eroticism is being not only frowned upon but nearly criminalized, and we have ugly, fascistic, oligarchic losers decimating what little our country had left. I attempt to post the usual disgusting smut du jour that I’ve discovered through a recent art book exploration or found on an old hard drive, and I am immediately censored. My Instagram account is being attacked once again by the powers that be, the powers that look like overgrown high school nerds parading themselves as nouveau jocks. Is there any harm in me sharing something I find evocative and interesting? Or are we being forced to play nice online as our rights are being stripped away from us?

I suppose the only way to combat such bigoted, smallminded censorship is to find different ways to tiptoe around these censors, to be strategic, but what is even the motivation with that?

PINK NOISES