Not Safe for Workers of the USSR
June 24, 2014 8:01 AM Subscribe
Inside the Soviet Union's Secret Erotica Collection (The Moscow Times). "Across from the Kremlin, the country's main library held a pornographic treasure trove." Photogallery. "Legend has it that Soviet henchmen used to come to the archive".
Secret Soviet Erotica is the name of my next band
posted by The Whelk at 8:17 AM on June 24, 2014 [3 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 8:17 AM on June 24, 2014 [3 favorites]
In Russia, back comes in YOU.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 8:20 AM on June 24, 2014
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 8:20 AM on June 24, 2014
Well that didn't deliver.
posted by Stonestock Relentless at 8:21 AM on June 24, 2014 [3 favorites]
posted by Stonestock Relentless at 8:21 AM on June 24, 2014 [3 favorites]
From one of the captions: "Other materials shown to our reporter are too explicit to show on our website."
Sure.
posted by Curious Artificer at 8:24 AM on June 24, 2014 [1 favorite]
Sure.
posted by Curious Artificer at 8:24 AM on June 24, 2014 [1 favorite]
I, for one, get turned on by pictures of library shelves.
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 8:34 AM on June 24, 2014 [6 favorites]
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 8:34 AM on June 24, 2014 [6 favorites]
"Gore Vidal" and "Erotica" are not a combination I ever want to ponder again.
posted by Think_Long at 8:34 AM on June 24, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by Think_Long at 8:34 AM on June 24, 2014 [2 favorites]
Legend has it that Soviet henchmen used to come to the archive
They went for the articles, right?
posted by filthy light thief at 8:47 AM on June 24, 2014
They went for the articles, right?
posted by filthy light thief at 8:47 AM on June 24, 2014
They went for the articles, right?
I thought Russian didn't have articles. Is this what makes them titillating?
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 8:49 AM on June 24, 2014 [25 favorites]
I thought Russian didn't have articles. Is this what makes them titillating?
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 8:49 AM on June 24, 2014 [25 favorites]
I, for one, get turned on by pictures of library shelves
If you only knew...
posted by sammyo at 8:50 AM on June 24, 2014
If you only knew...
posted by sammyo at 8:50 AM on June 24, 2014
Amused to notice that J.G. Ballard's "Crash" is among the English-language books seized at the border. I can only imagine some Brezhnev-era apparatchik's reaction to that one; for once, they wouldn't be wrong in considering the book an artifact of decadent capitalism.
posted by ThatFuzzyBastard at 9:03 AM on June 24, 2014 [4 favorites]
posted by ThatFuzzyBastard at 9:03 AM on June 24, 2014 [4 favorites]
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics why are your libraries full of sperm?
posted by thelonius at 9:12 AM on June 24, 2014
posted by thelonius at 9:12 AM on June 24, 2014
I was hoping for something like Pornosec from 1984. This is actually more interesting in a way.
posted by Hactar at 9:33 AM on June 24, 2014
posted by Hactar at 9:33 AM on June 24, 2014
Who needs porn when you have communal housing?
posted by The 10th Regiment of Foot at 9:40 AM on June 24, 2014
posted by The 10th Regiment of Foot at 9:40 AM on June 24, 2014
Wankers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your wrists.
posted by Spatch at 9:45 AM on June 24, 2014
posted by Spatch at 9:45 AM on June 24, 2014
Secret Soviet Erotica is the name of my burlesque Boney M cover band.
posted by Tknophobia at 11:43 AM on June 24, 2014
posted by Tknophobia at 11:43 AM on June 24, 2014
Потолочный аппаратчик смотрит на тебя дрочить.
posted by Ogre Lawless at 12:39 PM on June 24, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by Ogre Lawless at 12:39 PM on June 24, 2014 [2 favorites]
I came here to say something clever, but everyone beat me to it.
posted by charismatic megafauna at 2:52 PM on June 24, 2014
posted by charismatic megafauna at 2:52 PM on June 24, 2014
Metafilter: I came here to say something clever, but everyone beat me to it.
posted by telstar at 3:45 PM on June 24, 2014 [3 favorites]
posted by telstar at 3:45 PM on June 24, 2014 [3 favorites]
Surely it should be "Legend has it that Soviet henchmen used to come IN the archive".
posted by graventy at 6:05 PM on June 24, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by graventy at 6:05 PM on June 24, 2014 [1 favorite]
Metafilter: I came here to say something clever, but everyone beat me to it.
*d'oh!*
posted by mazola at 10:23 PM on June 24, 2014
*d'oh!*
posted by mazola at 10:23 PM on June 24, 2014
Non-Soviet library porn is a thing
Of course as the joke goes: in Soviet Russia library porn secretly shoots you!
posted by The 10th Regiment of Foot at 10:00 AM on June 26, 2014
Of course as the joke goes: in Soviet Russia library porn secretly shoots you!
posted by The 10th Regiment of Foot at 10:00 AM on June 26, 2014
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