Anita Sarkeesian Short Trilogy
Artist: Andrew Bushard
Year: 2016
Date of Action: March 2 2016
Region: North America
Subject: Explicit Sexuality, Political/Economic/Social Opinion
Medium: Electronic Media, Internet, Literature
Confronting Bodies: Smashwords, Inc.
Description of Artwork: The Anita Sarkeesian Short Trilogy containing the works:
The Seduction of Anita Sarkeesian Mr. Free Speech Stud Bangs Miss Anita Sarkeesian Anita Sarkeesian Screws and Otherwise Enjoys Mr. Free Speech Stud
The Incident: Smashwords, Inc. approved and published the first two works of author Andrew Bushard's The Anita Sarkeesian Short Trilogy, The Seduction of Anita Sarkeesian, and Mr. Free Speech Stud Bangs Miss Anita Sarkeesian.
Andrew Bushard submitted the third work of this trilogy, Anita Sarkeesian Screws and Otherwise Enjoys Mr. Free Speech Stud.
Results of Incident: Smashwords, Inc. rejected the third work of the trilogy, Anita Sarkeesian Screws and Otherwise Enjoys Mr. Free Speech Stud, and removing the first two works from their catalog, stating, "As publishing erotica regarding living people can result in both you and Smashwords being sued by the person in question, we have unpublished your Anita Sarkeesian erotica and must inform you that we cannot accept similar works in the future."
Source:
• http://www.freepressmedia.org/AnitaSarkeesianShortTrilogy.html
