So fucking pissed off that my relatively tame posts keep getting taken down for sexually explicit content but Tumblr jumpscares me with full on uncensored porn when I'm scrolling through my feed that I do NOT follow or want to see that makes so much sense <3 no it fucking doesn't!? And it just randomly picks and chooses what posts to do so there is no way to know what is or isn't okay. Isn't censorship amazing?! What's the point of having that option to blur them or whatever if that filter doesn't even fucking work AGHHHH
Welcome to our first double issue! We put in extra effort for this one and with the amazing submissions (with heavy turnout from tumblr folks!), we’re especially proud to be behind the wheel this month. It’s all gone so well, in fact, that we’re playing with our format again a few issues down the road.
The main reason the issue is embedded here, however, is that once again, we were flagged by Issuu as potentially unsafe. Best guess: its for the 19th century public domain nudity on the SELF cover.
Anyway, please enjoy this issue. If your artwork is within, special thanks for making this issue a milestone for us.
A print-your-own-zine PDF will be up for download very soon—likely tonight.
It’s called work for a reason, dumbasses.
[FURTHER READING]
1. META POLICY ON ADULT SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
https://transparency.meta.com/policies/community-standards/adult-sexual-exploitation/
2. ARTICLE BY MAEDB JOY
https://open.substack.com/pub/maedbjoy/p/history-is-being-erased-how-metas
3. DEPLATFORMING SEX EDUCATION ON META BY JOANNA WILLIAMS
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1329878X231210612
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Figured I'd better warn y'all: Tumblr just flagged one of my stories. No pictures, no illicit content, just a smutty STORY. Combine that with all the hassles of the new guidelines, text-block limits, etc, it's looking like I may have to stop posting STORIES and CHAPTERS on here. Considering how much hassle the posting process is, it's probably past time.
I haven't made up my mind just yet and will let you know when I do. For now, if you haven't found and followed "A New Lease on Life" and/or its related stories on FanfictionDOTnet or ArchiveOfOurOwn, I'd suggest you do so before Tumblr starts burning the books, too.The
:::SIGH::: This bullshit is PRECISELY why I logged off in protest...It's only going to get worse.
