Megumi Igarashi, the Japanese artist arrested in July for crowd-funding a kayak shaped like her vagina, has been formally indicted on obscenity charges. Igarashi has been arrested twice this year over the kayak. She now faces up to two years in prison and a fine equivalent to $20,755.
While the Supreme Court didn't deliver their long-awaited ruling on the Affordable Care Act yet (those be-robed attention whores are probably waiting until Monday so that we all spend the next week talking about them. God. They're the worst), they did rule on an important case today — according to the Court, the…
If you were hoping to send the following frustrated text in Pakistan— "Jesus Christ— It's harder than ever to find good chicken breasts these days"— think again. Several words in that sentence have been placed on a list that Pakistan's communications agency says indicate spam, and soon, texts containing those words…
A brewery prevailed in court against Michigan, which had objected to language on its "Raging Bitch" beer. The label "depicts a crazed dog," and reads, "Remember, enjoying a RAGING BITCH, unleashed, untamed, unbridled — and in heat — is pure GONZO."
Perez Hilton may face obscenity charges, but not for his practice of drawing cum-drops with Microsoft Paint. Rather, he could get in trouble for posting a hardcore clip featuring Chelsea Handler sidekick Chuy Bravo. [True/Slant]
The Parents Television Council has filed an indecency complaint against complaint with the FCC about America's Next Top Model and the show's March 26 episode, in which contestant Anya modeled nude for Nigel Barker (as her reward for winning a challenge). The image to the left is a still taken from the episode and it's…
Don't get me wrong, Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis is a douche nozzle. He has a lot of idiot friends (Tara Reid, Paris Hilton), he's bristling with entitlement, and probably worst of all, he's under the assumption that his brand of objectification is merely the observation of women's sexual liberation. But people…
Indian actress Shilpa Shetty has been arrested at the Mumbai, India airport. Her crime? Obscenity. The act? Being the recipient of that overly demonstrative kiss on the cheek from Richard Gere. [Daily Mail]
