Curses!: Censored Again
August, 1995
Two years ago, Men's Health--a magazine read almost entirely by people with penises--asked Robin Williams how to save a stand-up routine. Williams' reply: If all else fails, "go for the d--k joke."That's how the word--a stand-in for "dick"--appeared in the magazine. A copy editor explained that parent company Rodale Press feared spelling it out might upset some anonymous reader who could pick up the magazine in a doctor's office or from a neighbor's coffee table.Every day, pe...
