Pornography

Sean and Melanie are back, 20 years after first recording their university radio program, Taboo, committed to discussing controversial and difficult topics. In this new incarnation, they will revisit those topics and interview the same experts to see what topics remain off-limits and what we have learnt. Whether it is death, pornography or sexual assault, this fascinating series will explore how much our community, and the views of some of our passionate experts, has changed since 1999.

In episode three, we speak with adult industry lobbyist and co-founder of the Sex Party, Robbie Swan. When Robbie spoke to us in 1999, his Eros Foundation was arguing against censorship of explicit materials, and for a new classification of Non-Violent Erotica (NVE) for videos and the emerging DVD format.

The internet was in its infancy and streaming video impossible for most households. 

More than 20 years on, Robbie reflects on how his views about censorship and regulation have changed, in light of the prevalance of violent and other disturburbing material online. 

References

Reason Party (formally the sex party) - https://www.reason.org.au/ 

Eros Foundation - https://www.eros.org.au/

The results of Fiona Patten's candidacy in the Victorian state election - see the Guardian

Background to Australia's former plans for internet filtering - see ABC news article from 2010

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Written and produced by Sean and Melanie on the lands of the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples.

Copyright: Sean Costello and Melanie Skinner (not including the music and sampled audio).

Thanks to the audio sampled from somewhere in the late 1990s.

Also to pixabay for providing the 'Catch It' theme music by Coma-media and the 'Rockstar Trailer' by LiteSaturation.

We also appreciate the help of the team at Woden Library podcast studio, Libraries ACT and ACT Government for providing our recording studio.