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# On Smut
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/1367/
- Published: 2005-06-15T10:57:24.000Z
- Updated: 2005-06-15T10:57:24.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Culture, #wpChunk

Gil Reavill, a former employee of *Screw* magazine and current writer for *Penthouse* and *Maxim*, has written an excellent cover story for *The American Conservative* about the prevalence of smut. It's not available on-line yet, but when it is, we suggest everyone read it and send the link to everyone they know. It's one of the better pieces we've seen. Excerpt

> It offends me that so many people who dislike smut are getting it shoved in their faces. This strikes me as a tad undemocratic. No pornographication without representation. It's the cultural equivalent of secondhand smoke. I think adults should be able to use tobacco, just as I am all for adults being able to access sexually explicit material if they want it. But when we get hit with secondhand smoke–or secondhand smut–without being asked, I am offended for myself, for other people, and for the children among us.

By the way, if you're not reading *The American Conservative*, we politely suggest that you start. It's not partisan politics as usual, and it presents a sane view of the world. We're not sure how a magazine with such independent thought makes it in a political world dominated by liberals and neo-conservatives, but as long as it's here, we oughtta take advantage of it and support it. [TAC Link](http://www.amconmag.com/?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).