T0ad: "Pornography is the sacred veil covering the plain (non-sexual) body"

All over the world there are taboos that stop things being discussed, when a discussion might make people aware of a problem and sometimes

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The winter 2015 issue of Index on Censorship magazine, focusing on taboos. Cover image by Ben Jennings

All over the world, taboos are preventing discussion and debate. This is most problematic when that debate might make people aware of a problem and give them an opportunity to fix it.

Taboos change from country to country, but everywhere they create ignorance and, often, fear.

That’s why, for the latest issue of Index on Censorship magazine, we explored worldwide taboos in all their guises. As part of this, we commissioned a selection of cartoonists from around the globe to draw taboos from their homelands – from nazism, atheism and death to domestic violence and necrophilia.

One cartoonist, the Paris-based T0ad, tackled nudity. He said: “In this cartoon, I tackle the taboo around nudity as only sexual. Googling ‘nude’, for instance, shows a set of images that have sexual connotations. Here, pornography is the sacred veil covering the plain (non-sexual) body.”

We caught up with T0ad afterward to discuss his life as a cartoonist, drawing Donald Trump and his biggest concerns in French politics.