obscenity
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That this is a grotesque obscenity and cannot be allowed to continue?
From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026
The film, among the first to receive an X rating, was the subject of 23 prosecutions for obscenity, which didn’t get in the way of it becoming a breakout hit in 1968.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
Maybe it’s just a vibe, or as Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart once wrote about obscenity: “I know it when I see it.”
From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025
Anderson founded “The Little Review” in Chicago in 1913 and nurtured it into a publication that moved to New York and Paris — and played a part in the infamous “Ulysses” obscenity trial.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025
The unspeakable malevolence of the message is now buried deep inside the word, and out on the surface it presents itself as merely an obscenity.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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