{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/c446fed8-3792-4a23-9aef-4756e7190286/63da374e02c87c0011d56d68?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Subterfuge: Exchange and Mart magazine (1930)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60ed7c4cf1734ba0e93d0e68/cb2b34e7-0272-4bb0-b1b1-3cfe0aad933c.png?height=200","description":"<p>A deep dive into the wonderful world of classified advertisements. You could buy nearly anything through <em>Exchange and Mart</em>: dogs, chickens, clothing. But if you look very closely, you can see why the censors decided it was ‘habitually and frequently indecent’.</p><ul><li>Without the post, E&amp;M would never have existed – it was a business built on stamps and letters</li><li>To avoid being prosecuted for obscenity, advertisers developed a whole language of euphemism to sell contraceptives</li><li>What I love about classified ads is the mix of boring and ambiguous within them</li><li>Selling birth control devices in Britain: <a href=\"https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2020/09/08/something-for-the-weekend-sir-buying-and-selling-condoms-in-britain/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2020/09/08/something-for-the-weekend-sir-buying-and-selling-condoms-in-britain/</a></li><li>Fetishes in the small ads: <a href=\"https://www.cuirmale.nl/history/meeting.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.cuirmale.nl/history/meeting.htm</a></li></ul><p>Fancy supporting the show? Do so here <a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/censoredpod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.patreon.com/censoredpod</a> </p><p>Or buy stickers here: <a href=\"https://censoredpod.bigcartel.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://censoredpod.bigcartel.com/</a></p>","author_name":"Aoife Bhreatnach"}