Dost this flower offend thee?

If so, please kindly inform Google.


Yet another example of the inane flagging of art. I simply can't bring myself to deface this wonderful painting with a black bar, or a G+ logo as I have been lately in order to make a point. But this Georgia O'Keefe work has been flagged before.

Our children are taught art history and art appreciation in school textbooks without needing parental permission. Our public libraries, bookstores and museums are full of splendid works of art.

Yet we aren't old enough to enjoy "real life sharing" on G+?

Georgia O'Keefe – Blue Flower

Picasso + Nipple/Nether region = CENSORED

We suppose, if you squint your eyes really, really hard...maybe this Picasso piece could be considered titillating. Possibly. But we'd need a whole new mind set to come to that conclusion.

Picasso – Nude: Green Leaves and Bust

Michelangelo, too! Really?

Apparently, God did not create Adam – nor did Michelangelo create this beautiful masterpiece...at least not on G+, if it's not censored.

May we point out that this masterpiece and many others are widely and commonly available to minors in school and public libraries, bookstores, museums, etc?

Students can study artwork and art history, without parental permission, but G+ users are not allowed to share this legal content?

Michelangelo – Creation of Adam

Famous art censored for sensitive souls

We invite you to visit our Flickr stream where we are doing our best to collect and curate many of the images that are being flagged and subsequently banned from G+.

Blue Flower, 1918

How does censorship serve the G+ community?

On the left, we show you the only way you are allowed on G+ to see Chinese artist Liu Yingzhao's artistic nude. On the right, we offer you the painting in its original form. While Liu might not be well known in the West, we feel it is important to note that many famous artworks, which are currently being permanently banned on G+, are widely and commonly available in our society through school and public libraries, bookstores, museums, etc. – without restriction or censorship.

Click on the image to see it full size.

Petition to Google for content control

You notice the Petition tab in our header? If you go there, it won't take but a minute to read our plea to Google to implement control controls on G+. If you agree, we hope you will "sign" our petition, so that we can hopefully influence Google.

If you don't need any more convincing, you can find the petition here.

Artistic nude by Chinese artist banned on G+

We can't post it uncensored on G+, but we can show you Liu Yingzhao's original work here on Blogger. This is just one of many artistic nudes that have been permanently banned from G+.