Hello! I hope you're doing well, and I hope it's ok for me to contact you like this.
I have been lurking on Radblr for a couple of years (on this blog and on my old, fandom-oriented one). After a time, I really wanted to get in on the whole thing (i.e. not just being crypto) and I eventually made a side-blog on my old one that dipped its toes into (radical) feminism. My account was immediately suspended.
I don't want this to happen again, especially because the email I am using on this blog (as well as on the other one) is connected to my real name, so it would be very easy to track my thought crimes back to my person. (I am paranoid about this, since I work at university.)
Do you have a suggestion on how to run a radfem blog? Do you have any recommendation on what email address to use? I have been thinking about using a throwaway but I don't know how nicely they play along with Tumblr, and I also don't know which service would be best for this.
(While typing this out, I realise how much I just wanna go radfem on main, but sadly, I can't really risk it :( )
Thank you for any suggestions you have. If there is a more suitable place to ask, feel free to point me to them. I don't want to burden you.
(I have no idea how Tumblr works, so I hope it's ok if I contact you like this.)
Thanks for reaching out! I tend to avoid answering stuff like this because I wanted this to be a simple fluff positivity blog, but I know how trying it is to feel like you can't speak out.
This is a bit of a tough subject because it seems so random which blogs are deleted and which are left alone. It seems like some of us go about rudefem blogging for years, while others quietly distribute feminist books and resources only to vanish suddenly.
I'd say as long as you're not posting deliberately hateful content, there's no reason to worry. You can always contact staff and argue the suspension, asking for an explanation. Doing so from a different email than the one attached to your account seems to help get a response.
It's always a good idea to have an extra email address or two anyway. I have multiple with some of the larger providers, but it wouldn't hurt to look into smaller or throwaway addresses if you're extra paranoid. Though honestly, Outlook is decent enough if you don't want to go all the trouble of finding a reliable service that offers more anonymity.
Just remember that you're not doing anything wrong by showing an interest in feminism and wanting to get involved in the community. Activism is about action after all.
Maybe someone else can add on to this with more advice, but I hope this helps.