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me: here's a link to a thread about the historical relationship of kink culture and Pride. erasing acknowledgement of this intertwined relationship from Pride benefits capitalists & conservativesa reactionary: this

‘Protest isn’t vital to democracy’‘Protest isn’t vital to democracy’‘’’’PROTEST ISN’T VITAL TO DEMOCRACY’’’’‘PROTEST! ISN’T! VITAL! TO! DEMOCRACY!!!!’???????????https://twitter.com/noonanjo/status/1319272

Trans-exclusionary ‘radical’ feminist(It’s a throwback to 1970’s feminism so it’s not exactly ‘radical’)It means ‘we don’t think trans women are women’& it’s the most extreme form of a school of

as the 'queer is a[n unreclaimed] slur' rhetoric is being reheated, let's take a moment to remember:1) some LGBTQ+ ppl feel discomfort being called 'queer' or lumped into the 'queer

I think this person just nailed the reason for so many young ppl believing that fanworks made them ‘think [x] was ok’: bc they mistake feelings of disgust for morality,

(1/?) this is *also* why many anti-shippers conclude that nuanced arguments are 'just made-up excuses for predators/rapists/[csa offenders/csem]' (also bc nuance is boring, hard, and scary)https://twitter.com/freetofic/status/127345

TW sexual harassmentFandom police: sexual content in fandom is bad & inappropriate Also fandom police, spamming a tag where ppl talk about the abusive experiences they had among fanpol: *d*ck&b*lls

I don’t know how to explain to you that telling people they should be executed ... is bad Besides, let’s be honest: Its not like ppl getting bombarded by a

tag on post about darkfic: "that being said if you romanticisize it you have treaded into the wrong neighnorhood"[sic]:xso, uh, i have a lot of Doubts that we can so

It’s been 2 years. Time to remind everyone how Web 2.0 is absolutely responsible for some of the worst ways that fandom has broken down & become toxic in totally