Mastercard and other payment processors, under pressure from right-wing groups and the government, are forcing vendors to remove works with a wide variety of perfectly legal, but in some way sexually explicit content, from their listings. This neo-Puritanism results in Authors and Artists being branded with a new kind of Scarlet A. To recognize and respond to this, I’ve created a Scarlet A graphic you can use to show that you’re an Ally and oppose having the neo-Puritans restrict what legal content you can access.

You can get the image three ways [PNG] [PDF] [SVG].

Put it on your website! Share it via social media. And please link it to this page so people will know what it means.

Other things you can do:

Sign the ACLU petition. The ACLU is collecting signatures to show that the issue matters.

Call Mastercard. They began these actions in response to a well-organized campaign by a small pressure group. We need to show them there are more of us.

Call your congresspersons. This is just one skirmish in a larger war by neo-Puritans to restrict everyone’s access to adult materials in the guise of “protecting children”. Congress has been proposing one ill-considered measure after another. Push back!