I have been fairly transparent with the fact that Making Queer History has been getting more interaction from bad faith actors in the past year. Specifically there have been a lot of notes from TERFs and SWERFs in tags or responses to posts made here. One tactic that I have noticed being used a lot lately has been pushing sensitive areas in an attempt to keep people from looking into things.

When TERF/SWERF accounts are lying about something that is easy to look up, a lot of the time they will take the lie to the most cruel extreme possible so that even looking up the lie will expose people to things they likely don't want to see. I don't think it's an organized strategy, but I can say it is a pattern. So here is a reminder for them: if you need to lie to get your point across, you're probably wrong.

And here is a reminder for you: if you see something that is trying to trigger a strong emotion from you, check the source.

the "neurotypical" was a mythical figure in early 21st century north american and western european folklore

The problem with trying to come up with a way to say "this book has sex in" is that there's loads of options which all mean different things and none are perfect. Like...

• clean/wholesome vs dirty - obviously this one is bullshit, we don't need to talk about why
• smut/smutty - a classique. Pretty good, but feels like its falling out of favour.
• steamy - as above, really. feels slightly more vague, makes me assume it's sexy but not explicit. More dated - been replaced by spicy.
• erotic - erotica is a whole genre to itself, with different parameters to romance. Conflating the two weakens genre defninitions for both.
• explicit - does what it says on the tin, but risks sounding a bit clinical. If steamy is make outs and fondling, explicit is genitals getting described up-close.
• spicy - gets a lot of complaints, but lends itself well to a rating scale and is very popular
• open/closed door - this is a good shorthand, but not very familiar to people who aren't reading romance. Again, doesn't rate very easily - a closed door is a closed door, but the open door could lead to either slow vanilla missionary or a full-on BDSM scene.
• porn/pornography - comes with a lot of assumptions which makes it harder to use in certain spaces. Sits at the 5/5 end of the scale in my head. Similar to erotica in that its a distinct genre.
• saucy - this is just a Carry On film. no one is aroused.
• sexy - too vague. colin firth fully clothed in a pond is sexy. gwendoline christie in plate armour is sexy. that one fish from finding nemo is sexy. brushing hands described in the right way is sexy. could mean anything.
• this book has sex in it - literally no

Then you've got the problem that websites like tiktok and instagram, which is where most marketing happens, can surpress content that's too sexy, especially if its queer, and authors are being forced to be over-cautious with the words they use.

And we also can't forget too that on these platforms you have to catch people's interest really quickly, and often they might not read the description. So you have to catch people as quickly as possible, using as few words as possible.

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Some of you are using pov (point of view) when you mean to say mfw (my face when). Get the word out

The cover for Angels After Man by @iliothermia

The finale to the Angels Trilogy — Angels Before Man, Angels & Man, and now Angels After Man — by me !

You can learn more about the series here. If you'd like to pre-order the ebook on Amazon, you can do that here - other ebook and physical book avenues will be available... soon.

It's always such an honor to work with Rachamim!! and I wish I could thank him a million times for his incredible talent. Thank you so much, Rachamim. (And thank you to everyone whose supported the series thus far!)

Thank you so much, always and it's been so amazing working with you on this, I'm honored you chose me to help bring your vision to life 💗 Like, I got to help with something you poured your heart and soul into for so many years, I'm lucky! 🥺 I so look forward to everything else you put your mind to in the future!!!

okay tumblrinas, tell me what you got on this mock rice purity test for performative males

I got a 67 but I do these things in EARNESTNESS

spotted some infighting in the cis community... apparently a lot of the men there have some really nasty views on cis women!

Earlier this year, Itch.io and Steam had to take down games due to pressure from companies like Mastercard, Visa, Paypal, and Stripe.

Mastercard, Visa, and other payment processors are still targeting material they deem obscene - whether or not it actually is.

We need to start calling again. Even if you don't like NSFW stuff or dislike porn - porn and nsfw is only the start of what they'll go after.

Among Mastercard's list of "high fraud risk" subjects in relation to Mastercard Threat Intelligence are the following:

• Vtubing
• Adult Content (which they define very loosely)
• Tabletop Games
• Video Games & their platforms
• And likely more.

They're likely targeting political activism now in addition to this, and people who speak out against the companies. Notably now, Ana Valens is repeatedly having her payment processing accounts and platforms taken down or flagged as potential fraud - Buy Me A Coffee, Throne, Ko-Fi, Patreon - and in some cases, customer support from these platforms are citing information that hasn't been put on their platforms when explaining why they've targeted her accounts.

Completely SFW accounts of hers have been targeted, likely due to her speaking up about what the payment processors are doing and because of what she makes as a creative. She is at risk of debanking.

This happening to her means that other creators - Vtubers, game devs of both video games and tabletop games, creatives, sex workers - are likely at risk of the same. For many, it's already happening to them.

Companies and corporations should not have the power to censor what people say and do, or where their money goes - political power like this should not lie in their hands.

We need to start calling the payment processors again and making noise. Contact people in your circles, talk to people, spread the word. Contact your representatives about censorship laws. Spend less money this holiday season.

This is not just about sex work or NSFW. This is about people's right to decide what they spend their money on, and in some cases, people's right to access their finances. It's about creative expression and whether or not what we make gets censored, about what we get to say online.

Below are some resources that include info on phone numbers to call, email addresses belonging to the offending companies, and how to call. Start making noise again. Focus on the fact that companies should not have this power over what people spend their money on, at all.

People are too self-conscious these days we need to bring back those dances from the 60s where you just kinda wiggle

im being extremely serious, something needs to be done about the brightness of car headlights, its an active public safety hazard. and as far as regulatory measures go, this seems like something with a (comparatively) very easy fix....? yeah conservatives will be all "come and take it" about it but they do that with literally fucking everything bc petulant commitment to making a culture war out of any regulation or mandated changes.

its insane that we've all just collectively accepted that its normal and fine that someone driving a standard sized 4 door sedan will be momentarily blinded by the EYE-LEVEL blue-white LED headlights on the latest model of the suburbitank Pedestrian Pulverizer 3000 or whatever the fuck

The real world is crazy most of the people I work with don't even know what an oubliette is