Article note: A McSweeneys' that gets both absurd, intrusive authentication schemes and absurd academic administrative behavior in one? That's delightful.
…it is also true that in modern times the term “pornography” connotes mediocrity, commercialism, and certain strict rules of narration. Obscenity must be mated with banality because every kind of aesthetic enjoyment has to be replaced by simple sexual stimulation which demands the traditional word for direct action on the patient.