#discourse -

[rabidcards]

Friendly reminder that the most well known professionals in the DID and trauma field are conspiracy theorists. Colin A. Ross has been documented to have been abusing patients and forcing them into "remembering" past trauma concerning SRA. The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation/ISSTD has a slew of controversies regarding their own staff members promoting inaccurate information and conspiracy theorists. There has also been documented abuse by their clinicians. They use trauma survivors as a means to promote their conspiracy theories instead of actually helping them.

This post is not to undermine the good they provided. Kluft and co. helped to provide voices for many. But, they are not your friends. A lot of their well known works are outdated by today's understanding of the medical model of DID. This isn't to say the entire understanding of DID and trauma is inaccurate and shouldn't be trusted, just make sure to be critical of your references.

[lesbianb]

“some people are triggered by reclaimed slurs and they shouldn’t be mocked for that” and “some people find reclaiming slurs empowering, both historically and in present day” are sentiments that can coexist

[alazyparallelworld]

i dont go here but from osmosis and skimming, on the whole Welcome Home debacle

personally, if i were to Take Action - as many people are claiming to do - i would report impersonating accounts, reposts of their IRL, and any wrongful merchandise

instead of, like, posting and reblogging, "WH fandom be normal challenge" "what are the creators' Boundaries?" "i won't be doing anymore yandere imagines"

idk man if you actually cared maybe you shouldnt be stressing over porn. you should be alarmed that recirculation of the artist's IRL could potentially get them recognized, and that their casual AND portfolio work has been reposted on various sites which can impede on job opportunities thru similar recognition -- amongst other things that are Actual True Important life-altering consequences.

[autumnsky]

Love how every fandom will have their own uniquely awful takes. Never before have I seen "censorship of literally any reference to gay ppl existing at all is good actually bc it removes the homophobia" let alone so many ppl agreeing.

[ocpdzim]

Nobody has to identify as queer and telling people they must identify with it whether they want to or not is invariably wrong, obviously. 

But the term is also one that has been reclaimed by activists since before I was born, and it’s one that has strong associations with defiance against oppressive structures, and it’s one that carries with it an ambiguity that’s valuable to many people who aren’t sure of the specifics of their identity or don’t want to explain them in detail all the time. I’m queer because I reject the idea that I should conform, I’m queer as an act of rebellion against an oppressive society, I’m queer in solidarity with the activists who have used the term before me, and I’m queer because I do not owe every person I encounter a full explanation of my gender and orientation. 

No one should be demanding it be used as an umbrella for people who don’t want to be included in it, and it’s wrong when people do that- but please remember that when a queer person refers to the queer community, we’re usually referring to other people who also self-identify as queer. Just because you could be part of a community if you wanted to doesn’t mean you automatically are part of it. You don’t have to be queer if you don’t want to and I will not call you queer unless you identify that way, but I am queer, I am part of a community of other people who also identify as queer, and you do have to respect that. 

[bonni]

I think the problem with the term "anti-mogai" is that it's applied to two VERY different groups of people; personally, when I say I'm anti-mogai, I mean that I dislike the actual term "mogai" for being highly ambiguous and functionally useless, and that I have issues with the split attraction model. but then some self-proclaimed "anti-mogais" care less about the real problems with the term and more about policing microidentities themselves, and these are the kind of people who think a 13-year-old identifying as stargender is a hate crime

[jewpacabruhs]

yall rlly be drawin kyle with straight ass fucken hair in 2k19. what in goy hell. im tiredddd he has a fro what is wrong w yall