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Getting thiiiiiiis close to bringing back One Drop Rules.

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*sucks teeth*

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Valentine's the Daddy.

am I the only one who remembers Sephiroth saying "please pick up" when calling Genesis? It's been a long time since I played but I could've sworn it happened

Oooh no. I remember. That scene is placed in the: "scenes that make me want to put my head through a fuckin brick wall" compartment of my brain.

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i think something’s wrong with my tactics

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the soul 2: still soulin'

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protect trans kids

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why is being a radfem bad? why is caring about women's right so terrible? (genuinely asking)

That isn't what radical feminism refers to.

Radfeminism is the belief that all bigotry stems from misogyny, or is a lesser problem to misogyny in some way, and simultaneously the belief that misogyny only affects those with TMDP sex traits. (Misogyny does absolutely affect everyone with any number of TMDP-associated sex traits regardless of gender, but it ALSO affects feminine people regarding of sex traits- radfems reject this second part)

Ex, radfems don't believe trans women are subjected to misogyny because they do not have the same body parts as cis women. Most radfems actually end up in radical spaces to begin with specifically because the ideology feeds their pre-existing hatred of trans women. So the average radfem has a personality akin to boiled piss if you are a trans woman or otherwise a transfeminized person. They believe you to be invading and pretending to suffer from the same/similar issues that cis women face, and take your existence as a form of disrespect to them personally. It's where you get transmisogynistic insults like "womanface" (in refrence to blackface, used to imply trans women existing is misogynistic)

This is not to say radfems "like" trans men and transmascs- they outwardly often treat trans men much kinder (in comparison) but this is a manipulation tactic. Ultimately radfems do not support trans existence and want transmascs to detransition and "embrace their Female sex"‐ they believe and promote the transandrophobic notion that a trans man's transition is a misguided attempt at escaping misogyny. Radfems consistently infantilize trans men and I've personally observed them display this weird entitlement to transmasculine peoples' bodies, which they seem to hold at a value above the actual person who owns that body. Similarly to how cis men view women.

This is the gist of it, anyway. Basically, no, radical feminism is not just caring for women's rights but rather a toxic off-shoot of feminism that centers cis women about trans people, among a bunch of frankly misogynistic and bioessentialist beliefs (for example that (cis) women are always weaker than men), or that cis men abuse women because they are biologically predisposed to do so and not because patriarchy empowers them to.

I honestly wouldn't even consider most radfems to be actually feminist at all.

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I swear to god this tweet will never stop being relevant.

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"Intersex individuals are often used by TRAs to insist that there are more than two sexes, but Intersex individuals actually hate this and are actually just anomalies with disordered-"

what if I killed you with a rock. a nice heavy rock with jagged edges that feels great in my hand.

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Steam, Itch.io and the banning of explicit and LGBT+ Content. What can we do?

[All images in this post have alt/id text if you need it or want to copy paste anything]

With no warning, Itch.io, a site where many host their indie games, comics, books and more, has started purging and shadowbanning explicit and LGBT+ works. Creators got no warning. And if they were still owed payouts from these works, Itch.io is saying they won't give them their money as they 'broke the rules'. Rules that were only just set in place, with no warning, and therefore no way for creators to try and draw out their money or delete these 'offending' works before they got banned under the new rules.

So Itch.io has been the most recent to fall to the demands of a group that's been contacting Visa and Mastercard and convincing them to threaten sites/businesses with 'stop selling what we consider to be explicit content on your sites of we'll stop allowing your site to have transactions with Visa and Mastercard'. Steam folded, and now Itchio has too. And a reminder earlier this year Gumroad also stopped allowing explicit content, further back than that Patreon banned some kinks and fetishes even if it's depicted in fiction not real life, and I don't have to explain to you guys the great Tumblr explicit content ban of 2018.

And as always remember this doesn't stop with sexually explicit work as LGBT+ stories and people are often labelled as explicit and already we're seeing works being taken off Itch.io that are about LGBT+ and especially trans stories. Other non-sexually explicit works I've seen already getting shadowbanned, delisted or deleted are SFW games featuring furries/anthros, SFW dress up games (because when you take the clothes the model is nude), and the aforementioned SFW games that include LGBT+ characters and stories.

I'm compiling here information I've seen around various social medias, mostly Bluesky, because I haven't seen all these things shared over here.

I don't personally have explicit content on itch, but I had been considering one day selling things on there and I do currently have explicit content on my Patreon, my main source of income, and am terrified that Patreon is going to fold next (if anyone knows alterative for hosting audio content behind a paid subscription service please let me know so I can start maybe making a back-up in case the worst happens). Because for me personally if Patreon goes next, it's not like I can go out and easily get another job. Not only because in general finding and getting a job is difficult enough, but I'm autistic and have chronic pain and have been constantly getting sick or new pains over the last few years and don't feel safe being trans in the UK right now and all of that combined rules me out of a lot of jobs and makes me feel unsafe to apply to any. I'm so grateful I've been able to make a community around my work, but if Patreon caves next and I just leave my SFW posts on Patreon... 10% of my Patreons are signed up to the SFW tier, 90% are signed up to the explicit tier... I know if Patreon caves I will go from someone living comfortably who's searching to move out of my parents so I can live in a safer environment to someone who can no longer even afford the rent I pay to my parents. I'll try and get an alterative found and set up in case that happens and I can only hope you guys will follow me to whatever other site I have to set up... but it feels unlikely that people will get a whole new account on a whole new payment provider just to support me on a website they might never have heard of...

But what can we do right now?

A petition you can sign (international but you do have to give your name, email, and postal/zip code):

Get calling:

Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372

MasterCard (UK): 0800 964 767

Mastercard (International.): +1-636-722-7111

Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911 / 1-800-VISA-911

Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440

Visa (UK) : 0800 891 725 or use their international call collect +1 303 967 1096

Visa (International): (call collect - it costs them $): +1-303-967-1096

PayPal (US): 1-888-221-1161

PayPal (UK): 0800 358 7911 from landline, +44 203 901 7000 mobile

PayPal (International): 1-402-935-2050

(numbers gathered from these posts X X X )

Don't know what to say on the phone? Here's a script written by timidtanuki:

Creators have had their work removed off Itch.io with no warning and since it's been removed for 'breaking the rules' (rules that were suddenly in place with no warning) they aren't entitled to get their payouts. Just like other sites such as Youtube and Twitch and Etsy, Itch.io hold onto money from their users in a wallet and then give them payouts. So there is money creators have made, are owed, that Itch.io is not giving to them.

People are recommending that if you still have works on Itch.io to turn down the revenue sharing to 0% so that Itch.io no longer takes a cut or your money if you no longer want to support Itchi.io finically but don't want to remove your works from their platform. X

Other Bluesky posts and calls to action I've seen:

radiantg.bsky.social is asking for anyone on Itch.io who got their game deindexed, removed , or payouts turned off to reach out to them (espeically if you make explicit and/or LGBT+ games) for a piece of journalism about what is happening.

sleepyhard.bsky.social is making a threat of all the games that Itch.io has censored/removed from their site search function. Obviously be aware this will include 18+ only games, games with sexual content and other dark or heavy themes.

thetransfemininereview.com wants you to reach out to them if you're a trans creator on Itch.io who is being affected by this so they can make an accurate report. they say 'authors' in their post and I'm unsure if they also want game devs to reach out.

dropdownbear.bsky.com wants you to reach out if you have purchased things on Itch.io that you can now no longer access because of this ban. they can include them in a report being filed with the Australian Consumer Commission as this may be a violation of Australian Consumer rights. If you are Australian you can no longer access things you purchased of Itch.io you can report directly with this guide.

It's a scary time for adult creators and sex workers. It's a scary time to be trans. Support creators. And if anyone knows of any alternate payment providers that allow explicit work, and/or alternate websites to Itch (and in case things get worse, also give me Patreon alternates please) where people can host, sell and/or offer paid subscriptions to writing, images, videos, audios, games and more please leave them in the replies. And please help share this post, the posts I'm linking too, and any other resources you can find.

Minors DNI. Ageless blogs DNI. I want resources and help but I don't reply to this post or follow this blog if you're under 18, this is an explicit blog and not for anyone under 18.

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every now and then I make a post about food safety and someone says "[other food company] would NEVER" and then I look them up and they sell products containing a fuckload of lead

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Happy birthday to Lyudmila Pavlichenko (born July 12, 1916), Soviet sniper in World War II, with 309 confirmed kills.

A true role model for today.

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So, I have an observation: I feel like a lot of cis lesbians feel like they have should have control over trans men. I see many saying things like “nooo don’t transition you’re such a pretty girl/would have made a great butch” or “detransing transmascs so lesbians can have more girls in the world!!!” And it’s really weird. And THEN they get mad when a trans man calls himself a lesbian. Like,,, isn’t that what you wanted?? Idk maybe I just visit bad circles. Has anyone else noticed this?

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Why did I just see someone say "gender affirming care is only reserved for cis people"

My guy

You are referring to the medically sanctioned eradication of intersex people

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I don't know how much that ranks on general goth/punk clothing scale, but it finally occurred to me to see how much my general standard outdoor clothes weigh. Like weighing myself just as I got home, and again just as I've stripped my clothes off, and calculating the difference.

My normal standard going-out-of-the-house clothing and gear, with my shoes and hat included, and with my wallet and phones in my pockets, altogether weighs about 4 kg. I have no idea why I measured it or how that measures up to anyone else.