On Being a Keeper of Sexual Artifacts with Kinsey Curator Rebecca Fasman

For the 19th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra, welcome our favorite keeper of sexual artifacts, Kinsey Institute curator Rebecca Fasman, for the 1st installment in a 2-part series from Bloomington, Indiana.

We go deep into the archives to talk about George Platt Lynes & his little-known collection of male nudes, the Comstock law, community standards for erotic material, struggling with the a male gaze as a feminist curator, the state of the union for contemporary queer artists, WWII slut-shaming drops, the legacy of Alfred Kinsey, idealistic differences in the mediums of painting vs. photography & homemade sex toys.

For more Rebecca Fasman:

• Visit the Kinsey Institute website kinseyinstitute.org
• Follow Rebecca on Instagram @rfasman
• Follow Rebecca on Twitter @rfasman

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