Akai Riot

If the standard that has to be cleared for something to be considered pornographic is that someone somewhere gets off to it, then congrats: everything is porn.

After every major, I see people bitching about how there's "porn being openly displayed in artist alley" and how horrible that must be for all the children and women who might be attending. First, you're flat out wrong. Nobody displays porn. Nobody. You don't know what porn is.

Second, any time I (or any other artist) am asked to remove a piece of artwork from display because it's making someone uncomfortable, I do. But no one said anything. Because it's easier to whisper to each other about it and then bitch on Twitter when you get home for clout.

Third, the restrictions on what's allowed for display are already comprehensive. Have you ever read the rules for artist alley? Do you think TOs anywhere would allow something that normal people would consider explicitly pornographic to be on display? Are you nuts?