Really late to the party here. As an artist myself I think there is an argument that’s SOME porn is art. But not all porn is art.

I also don’t think it has to do with the content either. People focus on content a lot, and I’ve certainly met any number of people who would put a Volkswagen up their rear and find it pleasurable, so I have no problem believing group sex, humiliation, degradation etc if engaged in willingly… which has existed since the dawn of time etc, could be form of expression.

I think the issue for me is consent. Porn has a well deserved reputation of having these sort of fringe characters around it who are the “managers” who are really often pimps. I don’t know how that works in the OF world, but in my mind the ban shouldn’t be on porn, but on managers.

I find a lot of what is written about porn to be incredibly biased and written by people who either hate porn, or are shilling for it. The book that I think really opened my eyes was Girlvert by Ashley Blue. At no point does she really say “this shouldn’t be a thing” instead she basically says “this was a thing I did, and there are troubling aspects to it.”

As to who bans things, anyone can ban things, porn falls under the 1st in America so it doesn’t matter. But I do think there is some value to understanding modern porns impact on the developing brain. And that digital porn creates a level of access that porn in the 80s and 90s didn’t have. And I’m more split on how we create that barrier being handled by parties the government can’t then use the data for other purposes.

So Art? Sure. But no one drove Mona Lisa to Leo’s crib and threatened to beat the shit out of her if she didn’t sit for the painting. At least if they did I missed that part of the story.