[Lockyy]

Adult content is whatever is deemed to be objectionable and abhorrent to the dominant social group within a culture and that which needs to be censored and hidden from public view. Beyond a desire to "protect the children" from sex, violence, and drugs. It is a desire to hide and suppress dissent around major social issues. It is a desire to label representation of trans liberation and queer lives as adult, obscene. And it is a desire to label realistic representations of history such as Maus and others as unsuitable for children.

This effort is because once labeled adult it is broadly socially acceptable to do anything and everything necessary to hide a concept from public life.

A specific recent example is Itch.io's recent removal of all content labeled adult, stemming from coordinated pressure by Collective Shout. The block has led to the hiding of some content labeled as lgbt, despite not containing adult content or being labeled that way.

[salawat]

>And it is a desire to label realistic representations of history such as Maus

Dare I ask, wtf is Maus representation of history??

[Lockyy]

Maus is a depiction of Art Spiegelman's father's experience as a Holocaust survivor.

[nemomarx]

It was an autobiographical comic about the Holocaust? How's that not a representation of history?