We’re taking a break to re-assess. Tumblr is apparently an incredibly hostile place to freedom of expression once you reach a certain level of visibility. We’re figuring out how we’ll react to that. In the meantime you can keep an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
shsl-fujoshi: Well, I just got confirmation that just like last time this “isn’t a situation that can be addressed through reddit.” Which means this wasn’t just a mass spam report scenario. Someone at tumblr has actually decided my @blackheartbiohazards account[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
littlestinkr: “maybe it’s not illegal but it’s just generally weird” are you stupid. That’s aggressive, but, do you actually genuinely believe that means anything? that is no reason to harass people or tell them to kill themselves. would’ve thought they[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
cityofasphodels: Recently, I’ve been seeing an influx of antis who believe that problematic/taboo content is bad because it’s all “shock value” or “fetish content.” I need to remind everyone that art does not have to have deeper meaning to bring[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I am not going to write fiction about my trauma in a way that you approve of. I am going to write fiction about my trauma in a way that makes me feel better.
I don’t want to talk too much about child abuse directly on my blog, mainly because it tends to attract bad faith arguments, and occasionally the tumblr staff banhammer– But yes, exactly. The people who want to make it an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As a fellow fan of Anne Rice, the idea that TERFS, or any pro-censorship element of fandom likes Anne Rice is bonkers to me. I remember really well that one of her book literally starts with underage incest sex– because[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I really just want to make pro-censorship fans sit down and watch the 2002 film “Equilibirum”.
The average, every day person has the same tools to oppose censorship as they have to oppose every injustice. Refuse to be silent about it. Speak up about it. Don’t let voices who champion censorship and oppression go unopposed. Point[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The fact that you assume that me defending freedom of artistic expression in fiction means that I’m attracted to children says more about you than it says about me. it says you’re a conservative fearmonger who dilutes the reality of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
aristotels: i mean really the tumblr anti-kink people arent the reason for gumroad and patreon banning porn but we did tell you that this is where things are heading lmao. there is no “our good queer feminist pure uwu porn”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Continuing on the topic of this post about queer coding and if other types of relationship coding exist– Here’s the hell of it. I know this is hard to accept, but– Prior to the modern era, heterosexual incestuous and pedophilic[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So much of pro-censorship fandom (so called “antiship”) culture seems to boil down to finding a reason for any ship with more spice than mayonnaise or more chemistry than distilled water to be considered morally reprehensible, and considering the people[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hareofhrair: noct-txt: mickstart: Porn gets banned on major internet space -> porn moves to new space -> new space gets surge of popularity usage and investors -> investors want porn gone because you can’t advertise Better Help next to hq[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Literally because I said censorship was bad, and that we shouldn’t ban the reading or writing of fictional stories even when they’re about distasteful and unpleasant topics like child molestation. Here’s the post they were reacting to.
despazito: we are RADICAL REBELLIOUS QUEERS WHO LOVE GAY SEX but don’t break the rules of our social panopticon and don’t point out misogyny or racism and don’t do any of that freaky kink shit around me or I’m reporting[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
fandomchill: vmures: erelierraceala: trishacollins: viaalterego: Actually, my therapist has told me this is a healthy way of processing things. Because you can get the trauma out of your head And you can write the ending you wish it had. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
brutallyboned: mikasslime: : You. Don’t. Own. Trauma. Some stranger drawing something isn’t drawing “YOUR TRAUMA” and if anything it’s probably their trauma. You are not nearly that important to random strangers for them to write or create content about your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Thank you so much for your words of support. 💖 We’re never gonna stop.
mike-mills: PLEASANTVILLE (1998) dir. Gary Ross Director Gary Ross stated, “This movie is about the fact that personal repression gives rise to larger political oppression… That when we’re afraid of certain things in ourselves or we’re afraid of change, we[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s always so funny to see someone who believes that they, and only they are capable of writing taboo fiction in the “right” way and everyone else is a “freak” who’s had their “brain rotted”. This is so pathetic and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
thebibliosphere: thebibliosphere: Thank you so much! And thank you for bringing this to my attention. ALT View on Twitter Hey, gang, this isn’t just for creators to sign. There’s an option for, “I consume adult content, and I’m sick of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
OOOOOH, now it all makes sense. They’re a TERF.
bookish-bimbo: david-goldrock: the-oddest-inkling: How fast smut has inflitrated books, mostly bestsellers aimed at young girls and young adults is very concerning. Back in the day it was mostly just to be found in fanfics and doujinshis and stuff like that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💖 You don’t have to write for a specific audience. 💖 You don’t have to write for any audience. 💖 You don’t have to write for mass market appeal. 💖 You don’t have to know who your audience will be.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
elfwreck: thefingerfuckingfemalefury: ayellowbirds: ryanthedemiboy: arctic-hands: Hoopla, Overdrive/Libby Now Banned for Those Under 18 in Mississippi I never want to hear conservatives go on about repressive censorship in China, North Korea, and Iran ever again To be clear to those unfamiliar:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Moderation is only relevant in a setting where rules of moderation are imposed. For example, no one in the publishing industry is forced to publish a book that doesn’t conform with their rules. That’s moderation. However if the government attempted[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Stop using the word “criticism” as a shield to excuse yourself when you attack and harass writers on a personal level. Saying “you, the author are a monster, and your fiction is destroying society” is an attack, not a literary[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve never said that they’re not, and it’s fascinating and telling on yourself that you would suggest that I have. I am a constant advocate for real, deep media analysis and media literacy. What I am not an advocate for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As much as people like to parrot “ACAB” and consider their job done, most people– especially people raised with evangelical values– have not done the work of unlearning legalism and understanding morality through the lens of actual harm. To these[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
problematic-faves-appreciation: ────── ────── ────── The perfect responses to people who insist creators “must” write all stories, even those aimed at adults, like a 1980s cartoon PSA and spoon-feed their audiences everything — or else they’ll be accused of being “irresponsible”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Speaking as fictionkin and a fictive system member, I am so tired of seeing kin and fictives trying to police and restrict how other people interact with and discuss fandom, and the fanfiction and art they create and share. Your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Listen. I don’t believe that seeing acts of evil glorified or romanticized in fiction causes human beings to choose to do evil. But even if I did believe that, I still believe that any amount of censorship of art and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
lukmarc10: i’m very grateful for the fact that the creator of TCOAAL had the balls to even create it and release it in the first place, because its mere existence has really painted us the perfect picture of the current[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Do you genuinely believe that people should be allowed the choice to do good or to do evil? Or do you actually believe that people should have no choice but to act in a way you personally consider moral. Because[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
xxlovelynovaxx: birble-bobble: legsdemandias: legsdemandias: The other thing about uncomfortable, awful, terrible, ~romanticized~ fiction that gets lost in censorship conversations is the fact that in your regular non-academic life you don’t have to read it. “I’ve experienced x so I don’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Censorship of some topics in fiction and art is good and I would be happy if it were to be enacted in a way I approved of” and “some things should be banned from ever being written or read about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
To these people anyone who promotes freedom of artistic expression is a pedophile. Because there’s no reason in their mind why someone would not want to censor art and media containing things they think are bad, unless its because they[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You know, when you say these things about a middle aged trans guy who lives with his spouse and cats, and sits on the internet all day promoting freedom of speech and writing stories about imaginary middle aged war criminals,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You cannot blackmail writers and artists into creating the way you want them to by holding your approval hostage. I mean both: you have a social obligation not to attempt to blackmail writers and artists into creating the way you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There is no reason to hold fanfiction to an imaginary moral standard of censorship that doesn’t apply to published media. Any horrible, twisted, taboo material you can find in fanfiction, you can find in published novels, movies, games, etc. You[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
xx-slug-xx: Antis in the furry fandom are really a big problem right now. As y’all’s eyes on the inside, I just want to kinda fill people in on what’s happening. Pup hood discourse is running rampant rn, which is ironic[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The only people who pro-censorship fans will give the permission to write problematic fiction are the people who are too powerful for them to bully and harass.
mariposakitten: pro-bopass: diabolocracy: And when victims of abuse tell antis “this is how I cope and my therapist encourages it” the average anti has a conniption and throws a hissy fit about how they know what’s best for you more[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Get a load of this. post i made in reaction to this conversation original post context link
Here’s the thing about the argument that fiction the argument that “fiction that portrays bad evil wrong things as good will result in the audience believing that bad evil wrong thing is good in real life.” When fiction impacts us,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Actually you do not need to respect the creator or their intentions for the characters when writing fanfiction or shipping. That’s kind of the whole point of fanfiction and shipping– doing what you want with the material without regard to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
✨ Write and read the stories that you want to. ✨ Write and read the horror and violence that you want to. ✨ Write and read the romance that you want to. ✨ Write and read the ships that you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
People who use the term “proship” to describe themselves use it to mean “ship and let ship.” People who use the term “proship” to describe themselves use it to mean “I ship what I want to ship, and I don’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay friend, I see that you’re a little confused, so I’m going to help you the best that I can. “Proship” is not an objective term that you can use to describe a ship. It’s not actually *supposed* to be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart was asked to describe his test for obscenity in 1964, he responded: “I know it when I see it.” Types of ships that pro-censorship fans have attempted to label as objectionable “proships”: characters who[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“anyone who has nothing to hide has nothing to fear” mentality. They think that censorship won’t affect the people that they consider good and right-thinking, because they assume no good and right-thinking person would ever write something that they personally[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There is so much to unpack there.
the fandom pro-censorship crowd LOVES to lean into infantilizing themselves and denying their own agency and culpability.
The world is never worse for having your fiction writing in it. Every story you choose to tell and share improves the world a little bit.
If you see a post promoting freedom of artistic expression and denouncing censorship and your first instinct is that OP must be a pedophile and that you need to attempt to discredit their post with the same kind of ‘child[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
☝️ Writing in fiction about an evil, disgusting, immoral or illegal act does not mean that you believe it is good or should be allowed in real life. ☝️ Reading in fiction about an evil, disgusting, immoral or illegal act[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
♠️ I believe in your right to create fiction that I don’t enjoy. ♠️ I believe in your right to create fiction that I think would be better if it was different somehow. ♠️ I believe in your right to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
crawfishtits: crawfishtits: crawfishtits: pls look up your local obscenity laws and take in just how vague they already are before you decide that increasing sexual censorship won’t be a huge blow to gender and racial minorities in the US in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s so deeply comforting and gratifying to hear that our blog has had a positive influence on people. Thank you so much for taking the time to share your feelings with us, it really makes our day to hear this.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As we were recently discussing re: togafuka; pro-censorship fans in the danganronpa fandom have some really outlandish ideas about what makes a ship unacceptable.
It always seems to come back to pro-censorship fans believing that they and they alone are the only moral and enlightened enjoyers of media in the world, and that everyone else is a disgusting pervert who only engages with media[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Good/constructive critique is critique that helps you strengthen your story by making it better as the story that YOU want to tell. Any critique you receive that tells you that you should change the story in ways that take away[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
dachshun: ^ I’ve made this into a new post because OP instantly blocked me after getting caught out for defending p3dos. That means it won’t show up in the notes, and people will continue to reblog the post innocently thinking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
necrobarbie: actually deleting last reblog bc i dont like ops language but in general: ppl over identify with the term proship and try to make it a coherent community when it is, at most, a baseline of interacting with fiction[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
runs-red: Some anti-shippers really act like proship means “dangerous offending paraphile who is deeply perverted and cant’ be good in any way and should be kept away from society” instead of just like “person who doesn’t give a flying fuck[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
shmreduplication: feathershy: in one way, governments regulating pornography is worse than the drug war because at least in the case of the drug war people can agree on what cocaine even is. There is no consensus on what pornography is.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hadeantaiga: incendiarybomb: askinfresh: hadeantaiga: nope-the-weeb: hadeantaiga: I really think everyone needs to truly internalize this: Fictional characters are objects. They are not people. You cannot “objectify” them, because they have no personhood to be deprived of. They have no humanity[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
apolladay: Do you think it’s ethical to write fiction in which characters commit immoral acts? Yes, in all cases Yes, but only if you make it clear they’re bad Yes for certain acts, but others are off-limits No, it could[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Darkfic writers are not looking for your approval, and you are not punishing us with your disinterest.
prokopetz: A recurring theme I see in discussion of the present wave of Internet content regulation bills is the presumption that politicians are just so old and out of touch that they don’t realise that these bills will have a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
❣️ “Shipping” characters means that you are interested in the idea of what it would be like if characters were involved in a romantic or sexual relationship with each other. ❣️ Shipping something does not mean that you think that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
fandomeldersintheirthirties: Antis care about children so much they made generation of children, teens and young adults paranoid about moral purity over cartoons. Because that’s healthy and good for them! 🙂
pro-bopass: animentality: [A twitter thread responding to the tweet, “NEW: The "Heartstopper” books have been restricted to the adult section of the Columbia-Marion County Public Library and now require parental permission.“ "and this, kids, is why respectability politics doesn’t work.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“But why would you want to imagine, read or write about a relationship that wasn’t healthy, good or desirable to you personally?” I genuinely don’t know how to explain the concept of fiction to you.
Actually, friend, freedom of expression does mean that it’s okay to ship anything you want. It’s imaginary. It’s not real. ☝️ You’re not obligated as a writer to exclusively write about healthy, normal relationships and sane, moral actions. ☝️ Fictional[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Anon, this may shock you but the word “pedophile” has an actual definition which does not involve “writing fanfiction about war criminals.”. Anon, I am begging you just to call me a pervert. Not for my sake, but for the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
IDK what to tell you, fam. We ship clones and incest here. 🤷 We also ship people who knife fight one another, torture each other, and hold each other captive for weeks on end. Healthy relationship is not the goal[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
profiction-anomalocaris: problematic-faves-appreciation: whathihello: blackheartbiohazards: You know, it occurs to me that I don’t actually even know what fanfictons pro-censorship fans are objecting to when they say “it’s okay to write about it but not okay to romantcize it.” Because in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
moonytoastxx: bettylatrepadora: blackheartbiohazards: ✍️ The goal of creating fiction is not always to craft a story that is comfortable or fun for the reader. ✍️ Likewise, not all readers will find the same subject matter and topics comforting or fun.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
frozen-strawberry-cow: i hate it when antis “”“fix”“”“ darkship/comship art to make it ”“"wholesome”“” and say the original artist has “”“wasted talent”“”. like just because you dislike what a creator makes doesnt mean you have to “”“fix”“” what they made. art[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hey quick question!! how would someone be able to not read a fic with triggering shit in it without a warning without reading the shit that will trigger them? Simple. Don’t read fics that don’t have trigger warnings. Don’t watch[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You know, it occurs to me that I don’t actually even know what fanfictons pro-censorship fans are objecting to when they say “it’s okay to write about it but not okay to romantcize it.” Because in pretty much every minor[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hi anon! Thank you for asking this question. I’m going to answer it in a kind of grumpy tone, but I promise I am not grumpy at you! is it okay to depict unhealthy relationships in fiction (ie minor/adult) when[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Fictional stories and inside your imagination are the only places where you explicitly do not have to be responsible, careful or thoughtful of others. Do whatever you want in fiction and your imagination forever. No one is harmed. You are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
LOL honestly we’ve had the same experience. Those extremely hetero-normative life-script based imagines just aren’t interesting for us. Same for the life-scripty, heteronormative x reader fic. Every now and then we’ll see a “proship DNI” on a self ship imagine[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
📝 It’s normal and understandable to want your writing to be read. 📝 It’s normal and understandable to want a see a response from the people who read your writing. 📝 It’s normal and understandable to be motivated to write[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You are always free to talk about your writing as much as, and at the level of depth that, you want to. But you never, ever owe anyone an explanation for why you write the fiction that you do, or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
marshemillow: theassholeantiarchive2-0: superanimepirate: faggot-billcipher: ableedingpen: just-antithings: Good luck! I look forward to seeing yall tear each other apart in the process “so many of us are forced to turn to a site like AO3” Why. It’s disgusting and terrible and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
problemnyatic: problemnyatic: problemnyatic: problemnyatic: funny how predstrogen got full-nuked right as a lot of discussions about transmisogyny started getting widespread. trans women start talking about our hurt and it gets us removed from our spaces. goddamn incredible. fuck me dude[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Controlling and restricting the things people are allowed to write or read about in fiction is authoritarian. Restricting the way, manner and style people are allowed to write about things in fiction is authoritarian. Censorship is always bad. Always.
digitaldiscipline: gacorley: avi-why: sixth-light: Holy shit someone finally leaked what went down with the Hugos and from a quick skim it appears to be the worst possible scenario: that is, Western award-runners PREEMPTIVELY censoring anything they thought the Chinese government[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
glitterandsalt: kloonissmall: daglout: copiasforeskin: puppygirl-hornyposting2: Oklahoma proposal would make watching porn a felony, ban sexting outside marriage Why is it always this state Source that’s not New York Post: This Lawmaker Wants to Jail People for Watching Porn oh and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“You shouldn’t write that because readers might think that it was okay to do in real life.” A person with secure morals will never be convinced to do harm by a mere piece of fiction. “Okay but mentally ill people[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
calciumsoda: maniacallaughter: predesterone: predstrogen: predstrogen: predstrogen: not even a full year apart… we stay silly :3 🐈 literally fuck off lol tumblr has doubled down and after almost a week re-reviewed MY FUCKING TRANSITION and decided it still needed a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…