This new zine is challenging big tech’s fear of sex
Photographers Slava Mogutin and Oli Raptor have collaborated on Flip Flop, a limited-edition zine responding to algorithmic censorship of queer sexual imagery on mainstream social media platforms. The publication combines photography with collage techniques, presenting unfiltered depictions of gay sexuality in deliberate opposition to opaque community guidelines that disproportionately flag LGBTQ+ content. Mogutin, a Russian-American artist with a history of persecution, and Raptor, who has faced systematic shadow-banning despite image appeals, frame the project as resistance to what they characterize as tech-enabled homophobia rooted in conservative American capitalism. The zine prioritizes artistic autonomy and sex-positive representation outside corporate control, building on their prior collaborative exhibition The Violators and shared festival appearances.
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