I just logged in to 23 messages and 40+ submissions in my inbox. This is a crazy week for me professionally, so I’m just going to respond to everyone here.
1. I am so mad at Tumblr’s decision to block adult content.
2. I am really upset by this decision. I have no words.
3. I’ve had this blog since May 2011. (Quite possibly it is the longest relationship I’ve had with anything.) It has been a safe and creative space for me to explore my sexuality and develop my understanding of myself. Through this blog, through the blogs I follow and the all the niche communities I’ve found here, I have learned so much about myself. The communities and people I found here made me more open-minded person who marvels at how varied our interests can be, but also how many people can share these seemingly niche interests.
4. I have found such wonderful people. You know who you are.
5. I have been inspired here. I have written my heart out here.
6. I’ve flourished as a writer because of the support and encouragement from people here. I started out writing for myself and that’s still true; I write what pleases me. But it’s no fun writing into the void, you know? The response people have taken the time to send me has been incredible. (My favorite has always been when people reblog my posts with their own messages attached to it—I didn’t know how to reply to those, but I saw many of them and each one made me feel really good. Thank you). I don’t know how many times I wrote something and was internally cringing at what people would think of my twisted mind, only for someone to reblog and be like “That was hot” and I’d be walking on air, shuddering with relief and wonderment that someone out there liked this wicked thing that also turned me on. That’s incredible.
7. I am so, so, so flippin’ mad. I want to say a big fuck you to Tumblr, basically. This is a shitty decision the company made.
8. I haven’t bothered to read the new guidelines or TOS carefully. What do I need to know besides the fact that all my adult content posts will be made private, and I can no longer find/reblog/post adult content photos/gifs/videos?
9. It seems like erotica is still OK. But I don’t really want to share any of it a platform that would pull this shit. If my blog doesn’t get deactivated, I will probably just keep this presence here. Maybe for my future book announcements? Maybe I will still feel inspired to post erotica here? Doubtful but you never know.
10. You can always find me on Twitter @eenslaved. I used to post erotica in tweets using the #FuckToyFriday hashtag, which seemed to die down so then I lost motivation to post there. Maybe i’ll bring that back if there’s interest.
11. A lot of messages have asked if I will restart my Wordpress: eunbound.wordpress.com. I have to find my login info. But that has always been there and will continue to be there. I will probably post there. Tumblr just made posting photos so much easier…and finding other similar blogs much easier.
12. What is everyone else doing? Where is everyone else going? If I follow you/reblog your posts, DM me on Twitter? Message me here?
13. I have 790 posts on this blog, 52 posts on eunbound.tumblr.com, 297 drafts saved of stories in progress, 5,441 posts I liked that I periodically go through to see if I want to reblog into a story, 11,652 followers, and 288 blogs I’m following. I don’t even know where to begin.
14. Please help me reblog this! You know I can be sporadic with updating this blog, but I have never abandoned it.