1. Campaign on big issues that are directly relevant to your voters
2. Don't get distracted from point one
3. Present as a decent human with manageable baggage
4. Don't be old as fuck.
Go forth and do likewise
Even putting aside the fact that policing this stuff in a fetish context is draconian - assault, incest, trafficking & revenge porn are all real things that happen to real people.
People should be able to make art about it. People should not have to censor themselves to tell stories about it.
In summary:
- This call campaign needs to last at least a month
- As many calls as possible, so bring your friends
- Make sure each call lasts as long as possible
- Each time you make a call, mention it's not the first time you've called about this
I am *super mad* at itch.io marketing themselves as a safe place for queer creators and then rug-pulling them like this.
They could have said something to their creators, a group whose lives depend on organizing and fighting back, and led the fuck you pushback instead of folding. Come on.
I got to deliver a talk on the history and legacy of the Hays Code and the Comics Code, contemporary censorship efforts, and the necessity of identifying with criminality. You can watch and read the whole thing here:
On the theme of censorship, I didn’t find out how transition works from school or from my church or from anyone with a duty of care to me. I found out from a novel.
Art saves lives.
I was just fucked over $1k so if you guys could like sell this bundle into the stratosphere, I'd appreciate it
LMAO I called Visa’s customer support service - the guy on the other line was like “are you ALSO calling about the video game payment processing? Please send us emails instead.”
Keep up the calls, folks, we’re definitely gumming up their works
Setting aside the ethical and environmental concerns of AI, I'm really offended by a bunch of elite dudes telling us our minds aren't good enough when they've had to steal everything human minds have created to create their pretend mind and it doesn't even work right!
Same. If you prefer using itch, buying my books gives them nothing.
I'd love to set up my own shop, but I don't have the spoons for that at the moment.
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Not transhet but a bi trans guy who writes mostly transhet romance, if that helps...
If Wallner needs it, it would be amazing if the book and comics community came together to raise funds for her defense against Gaiman.
PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.
Hi I used to work at Starbucks customer service: if you call or email about this, they are absolutely tracking those numbers, and a sufficient amount of public pushback does make them rethink shit sometimes, so now would be an EXCELLENT time to let them know they’re being ableist shitheads
#booksky
Trans Lifeline is a good place to direct resources if you’re looking to help here
fuck everyone involved with this decision
Keeping an innocent man not even charged with any crime locked away so his wife is alone for the birth of their child. These ghouls should never know another moment's peace
we must arrest jd vance and immediately extradite him to vatican city. for murder
No snare may hold me
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#art #unicorn #fantasy
Just saying and doing things you actually believe rather than playing 4-D chess is an underrated political strategy.
The Trump Administration Threat To Transgender Adult Care Is Growing At Lightning Speed
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
All the King’s Women: the Fats
Essay by Meg Elison
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It’s worth noting that JK Rowling is not only funding meritless legal challenges against trans people until they can appeal up to the court that will back them, she openly gloats about how this is where her money is going. This is what the Harry Potter TV show is bankrolling.
Send this shit to the Harry Potter actors announced this week.
Here's the deal:
GenAI cannot be ethical, because it wasn't created to be ethical.
It was created to avoid having to pay people.
It was created to steal jobs.
It was not created to make lives easier for those doing the work, it was created to make things cheaper for those wanting what was made.
