Britain’s New Moral Panic Part One: The OnlyFans Ad Backlash
Britain currently seems in the grip of a new moral panic over porn – but then, when is Britain ever not in a moral panic over porn? Even so, this week seems especially hysterical.
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Is The Advertising Standards Authority Drunk?
Brewdog once again shows that there is no need to pay for advertising when the self-proclaimed authority can be conned into doing the job for you.
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Shiitakeheads: The ASA Causes More Offence Than Any Ad They Object To
Once again, Britain’s self-appointed advertising censors are allowing a handful of tutting moralists to dictate what everyone else can see.
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The Gallery Of Banned Advertising
A visual guide to forbidden advertising from the modern age.
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Sob Story: The ASA’s Puritanical Fear Of The Female Body
The self-declared advertising authority uses modern buzzwords to disguise the decidedly Victorian morality behind its decisions.
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Mega Seedy – Outrageous Sega Ads From The Pages Of Viz
The splendidly irreverent and tasteless video game system advertising of the 1990s.
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Now Kissing Is Considered To Be Sexually Explicit: The Continuing Madness Of The ASA
Britain’s ever-prudish advertising censors get worked up about the idea of couples showing fully-clothed affection for each other.
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Cheers! The Wonderful World Of Beer Advertising
A collection of beautiful, outrageous and frankly baffling print adverts for beer from around the world.
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Misguided Moralising: Playboy Fashion Ads Cleared Of Sexualisation Claims
Even Britain’s notorious advertising censors couldn’t agree that this poster, featuring a fully-clothed 28-year-old-woman, was sexualising under-age girls.
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The Tyranny Of The Perpetually Offended
A single complaint is all it needs to have lingerie advertising pulled – what on earth is that about?
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Agent Provocateur’s Erotic Euro Horror Film
The lingerie company takes inspiration from Jess Franco and Hammer Horror in a provocative promotional film.
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