Reposted by Twintail
One of my favorite pictures is this one by Whitey Schafer from 1940. It was created to break all of the Hays Code in just one frame.
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![an advertisement for the artist's commissions. it reads "queer tarot" with an icon of two cards. it continues : " Done in an “artists choice” style, each commission will feature a full, flat-colored illustration based on EITHER a card of the client’s choice [or] a random draw by the artist from his own decks. The second option will come with a free “reading” for the client’s character[s]. These illustrations will emphasize queer attraction, celebration, introspection, story, and embodiment : NSFW & Erotica welcome. All couples, bodies, genders, sexualities welcome. $250" at the bottom, rainbow text reads "base price includes up to three characters : no additional charges for complex designs : must respect the magick:"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kxxykjtjqr4x6cifzgafyask/bafkreihv4r7u6ukfokfe3zie7ooi6bz6ltt3a3dc5fgeoexrqaougmw4gu)
![Tumblr post by thedurvin
Modern prude: "you never used to see major artists publishing their obvious fetish art"
Charles Dana Gibson, 1903: "the Young Man Imagines Himself the Latest Victim of Some Fair Entomologist"
[Drawing of four women looking down at a tiny bug sized man on a table. One of them is holding a magnifying glass and a pin above him.]
[The picture is captioned: ]
THE WEAKER SEX
THE YOUNG MAN IMAGINES HIMSELF THE LATEST VICTIM OF SOME FAIR ENTOMOLOGIST.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ixve3cytsevfz2tnp6yrri6z/bafkreifovkwtjvtyy6veipzy7huihitz6uej37d3ddl3seo6wixcwxndui)
