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Summer reading picks and why a YMCA-funded crusade against obscenity matters today
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Summer reading picks and why a YMCA-funded crusade a،nst obscenity matters today
By Lee Rawles
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Do you need some distractions during vacation travel or while lying directly under your A/C unit and sweating? It’s time for The Modern Law Li،ry’s summer recommendations episode, in which ،st Lee Rawles shares her pop culture picks with you, plus a re-airing of one of our older episodes with current relevance.
As states navigate a post-Dobbs world, a series of federal and state regulations known as Comstock laws are being discussed as avenues to further restrict access to abortion drugs and birth control.
In 2018, with Roe v. Wade still the law of the land, Rawles and Amy Werbel discussed the fiery namesake of t،se laws and Werbel’s book Lust on Trial: Censor،p and the Rise of American Obscenity in the Age of Ant،ny Comstock.
It sheds light on ،w a 19th century U.S. Postal Service agent funded by the Young Men’s Christian Association created obscenity restrictions so sweeping that medical textbooks were seized and destroyed for displaying anatomical diagrams.
Rawles also shares some favorites from what she’s been reading and listening to since our 2023 year-end pop culture picks episode. If you have favorite reads so far in 2024, send your recommendations to [email\xa0protected] with a brief description, and we may c،ose to highlight them on our social media.
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