We decided to talk to the women behind some of the most popular erotica accounts on Instagram, to ask them about the statements they want to make, the sex art they're creating, and how they're able to showcase it in front of such a big audience without getting their profiles suspended. While erotica and sexual expression have gained liberties through movements for feminism and the sexual revolution, artists today still have to get crafty when it comes to showcasing their work. Now erotica could be read as criminal, art that should be hidden or destroyed. Prior to its passing, erotica was easily accessible, even informative (e.g., the Kama Sutra). So why has erotic art been censored (if not outright banned) and stigmatized by a society it predates? In the 1857, Britain passed the landmark Obscene Publications Act, which not only criminalized erotic art but labeled it pornographic. For many ancient civilizations, erotica was showcased freely, adorning ancient Greek homeware and showing up in the Moche sex pots which depicted various acts including anal sex. The oldest known carvings of female genitalia found in the Abri Castanet, a cave located in southern France, date back at least 37,000 years. Just look at how the genre has flourished on Instagram: Tons of artists with hundreds of thousands of followers have, for the last few years, been showing their huge audiences new ways to think about love, sex, and intimacy-often at the risk of getting their accounts deleted for being in violation of Instagram's anti-nipple community guidelines.Įrotic art has been around forever, which may feel like an exaggeration but isn't too far off. Beyond its power to titillate, good erotic art can make powerful, sex-positive social statements.
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