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[[Image:MryiaMeekoPlush.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Meeko, a popular plush toy, now on display]]<br />
'''[[Wikipedia:New York City|New York City, USA]]''' – The [[Wikipedia:Museum of Sex|Museum of Sex]], which first opened in October 2002, has covered many controversial topics - from Chinese erotica and male [[Wikipedia:sexual objectification|objectification]] to [[Wikipedia:Pin-up girl|pin-up photography]] and [[Wikipedia:sex worker|sex workers]]. Now they are extending their coverage to the [[erotic]] side of the [[furry fandom]] with a new exhibition: ''Kink: Geography of the Erotic Imagination''.<br />
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Opening February 7, the show was patterned after the 2000 book ''[[Deviant Desires]]'',<ref>[http://www.deviantdesires.com/map/furverts.html Deviant Desires - Furverts], Katharine Gates (2000)</reF> and features costumes, props, photographs, videos, recreated environments and original artwork from the leather, bondage and shoe fetish communities, as well as "more exotic destinations" such as ponyplay, adult babies, macrophilia, sploshing, medical play, mudlarking, body expansion - and lastly, furries.<ref>[http://museumofsex.com/exhibitions/kink/index.html Museum of Sex Exhibitions - ''Kink: Geography of the Erotic Imagination'']</ref><br />
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The exhibit's curator (and book author) [[Wikipedia:Katharine Gates|Katharine Gates]] gained notoriety within the fandom for her book, as well as an interview in the ''[[Vanity Fair]]'' article ''Pleasures of the Fur''.<ref>''[http://www.pressedfur.com/press/vanityfair/ Pleasures of the Fur]'', George Gurley, ''Vanity Fair'' (2000)</ref> This, along with coverage like ''[[Sex2K]]'''s ''Plushies and Furries'', led to a tightening of media policies that remains to this day, particularly at [[Midwest FurFest]].<br />
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According to founder and executive director Daniel Gluck, the museum<br />
{{q|...will allow visitors to try on fetish costumes, climb into bondage furniture, and play with kinky props.<ref>[http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=18615 ''KINK: Geography of the Erotic Imagination'' to open], Artdaily.org</ref>}}<br />
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WikiFur News has found that these props include two [[plush toy]]s [[SPH|modified for sexual purposes]] - a [[commission]] from German [[plushophile]] [[Mryia Jackalope]] made last November. The commission consists of one [[Meeko]] [[raccoon]] - a brand so popular among plushies that it spawned [[Meekometer|a unit of measurement]] - and one [[rabbit]].<ref>''[http://www.tigress.com/mryia/index2.htm mryia's plushie page], Myria Jackalope''</ref> When asked, [[Wikipedia:Mattel|Mattel]]'s explanation for Meeko's popularity was "Well, he ''is'' a cute little guy."<ref>''[[Cuddle Time]]'', [[Wikipedia:Salon.com|Salon.com]], June 19, 2000</ref><br />
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''Kink'' remained on display through October 2007. The Museum is located at 233 Fifth Ave. (27 St.), New York, tel: 866-MOSEX-NYC.<ref>[http://www.cityguidemagazine.com/eventinfo.cfm?id=9831 NYC Official Guide - Museum of Sex]</ref><br />
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