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20th May 2013

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Hula History Lesson HERE America discovers the Hula Dance and tries to BAN it. Sigh. True Story with Photos HERE on DTDB

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16th April 2013

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Yes, people went to JAIL for publishing this book. Banned Books Week?

Take Note: Full story on Vintage Sleaze the Blog HERE

Tagged: Banned Books censorship art censorship freedom of expression Intellectual Freedom 1950s Law Saber Books

15th April 2013

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Yes, you CAN follow Vintage Sleaze (along with 90,000 others) on Facebook but only if you are 18 and over. Thanks!

Tagged: Art adult humor books History Stag Films Vintage Sleaze Paperback Books Pulp Magazines Burlesque Censorship 1950s pulp fiction retro fashion retro design

10th April 2013

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Okay! Story of when Plush was arrested by NYC Cops! HERE on the Vintage Sleaze Blog

Tagged: Pin-ups Smut Vintage Sleaze the Blog Plush Censorship

4th April 2013

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Censorship in Action. Land of the Free Vice Cop, 1961 confiscates paperback book. Full Story HERE on the Vintage Sleaze Blog

Tagged: Censorship Books Smut 1960s Intellectual Freedom Banned Books Right to Read

23rd March 2013

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PHOTO ESSAY “True Art of the Bodystocking“ HERE on the daily blog

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Tagged: Art Body Image Body Art Female Form Photography Vintage Bodystocking Catsuit Nudity Censorship Victorian Burlesque

23rd March 2013

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Listen to Dinah Washington sing BIG LONG SLIDIN’ THING HERE

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Tagged: censorship R&B Blues Jazz Dirty Jokes

20th September 2012

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VINTAGE SLEAZE the BLOG goes over 2.5 MILLION HITS (!)

Tagged: Art Books History Censorship Photography Pin ups Burlesque Humor True Crime Comics Illustrators Design Retro Vintage Bettie Page Stag Films

Source: vintagesleaze.blogspot.com

9th April 2012

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Proto Porn The Art Figure Study Scam of the 1950s by Jim Linderman 120 Pages Blurb.com COMING SOON!

The history of nude photography studies sold under the ruse of “figure studies” for artists. Small digest magazines of nudes never before collected into a book. Includes 100 rare examples from the author’s collection.

PROTO PORN is HERE

Tagged: Proto Porn Proto-porn Proto Porn the Book Vintage Photography HIstory Art Figure Studies Figure Studies Burmel Leonard Burtman Bettie Page Vintage Smut Censorship Vintage Sleaze Books Jim Linderman Art

Source: protoporn.blogspot.com

24th March 2012

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How Far can you go in Kansas? Bettie Page shows you!

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Tagged: Bettie Page Censorship Vintage

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10th March 2012

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Leonard Burtman Publications of the 1950s From the forthcoming book

TIMES SQUARE SMUT by Jim Linderman

Tagged: Fetish Art Times Square Smut 1950s Vintage Censorship Rare Books Banned Books Leonard Burtman Ben Himmel Edward Mishkin Eugene Bilbrew Eric Stanton Femdom Spanking Fetish Literature Soft-Core Porn Vintage Sleaze Paperbacks New York City Organized Crime

Source: timessquaresmut.blogspot.com

29th February 2012

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Tales dug from the retro grave of vintage smut, Vintage Sleaze the Blog posts a story every day. Mobsters, Pin-up Girls, Speed-Freak Writers, Dirty Shutterbugs, Sleazy Strip Joints, Scratchy Stag Films and most important, Misguided attempts to censor the material by inept politicians, cops, judges and moms! The True Story of Smut in America. Every darn word true. OVER TEN THOUSAND FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS!

Tagged: VINTAGE SLEAZE THE BLOG True History of Smut in America Vintage Humor Cultural History Censorship Book Publishing Art Blog Art Blogs Non Fiction History Sex Smut Pornography Obscenity Trials 1950s Soft-Core Fetish Art Vintage Sleaze Paperbacks Pinups