What is the MPA ratings system, and what is its function? How does it tie in to the history of film censorship in the United States, and why is the organization so secretive? Matt and Kait discuss these questions and more on this weeks Light Salt episode of Medium Salt!Resourceshttps://www.motionpictures.org/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Association_film_rating_systemhttp://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/592022/http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/593210/index.htmlhttps://www.ranker.com/list/weird-hays-code-rules/rebecca-shortallhttps://www.amazon.com/America-Film-Representing-Gender-Sexuality-ebook/dp/B0921GWQ1T/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Production_CodeSocial Links:https://twitter.com/medium_salthttps://twitter.com/Matt_StocksSupport the Podcast! https://ko-fi.com/MediumSaltMusic CreditsRonin by EXETEXE (edited for time and style)Leave the Country (Instrumental) by Anthem of Rain (edited for time and style)Used under the Creative Commons License Attribution 4.0 International License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/