Stories by Amy Werbel

Amy Werbel is a professor at the State University of New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology, and author of Lust on Trial: Censorship and the Rise of American Obscenity in the Age of Anthony Comstock.

Black and white portrait photograph of Anthony Comstock circa 1900

OpinionMay 15, 2024

Disregard for Women’s Lives Explains the Comstock Act’s Origins. It Also Explains Its Revival Today

Activists who seek to revive this antiquated law share with Anthony Comstock, the Comstock Act’s namesake and progenitor, a similar view of women as subordinate to the decisions of men and God

Amy Werbel