#STOP SELF-CENSORING

[hawkeabelas]

you're allowed to say "sex" on the internet. See? I just did it. Sex. Sex sex sex. You don't have to say s*x or smex or Adult Fun Times or s3x or "spice" any other variation of self-censorship on tumblr dot com you can just spell out the word SEX i am going to scream until the heat death of the universe

[singull]

Was derping about YouTube the other day and came across a terribly obnoxious thumbnail:

*chin in hands*

[phleb0tomist]

people love telling me not to isolate myself when I’m having a crisis- reach out, don’t hide, etc- and while that’s a lovely sentiment, a lot of people don’t seem to understand what it entails in practice? like they truly don’t seem to have considered that me being open during my mental health crisis will mean them actually Seeing and Hearing small parts of that crisis.

“don’t hide yourself” seems to come with a secret caveat of “but don’t be unpalatable either”. often my openness leads not to support but to an ethics debate about whether it was condemnable of me to let my struggle be slightly visible. interesting. when i wear short sleeves or make casual mention of the long-term aftermath of my self injury, it’s somehow perceived as me saying “self injury is awesome! i think the whole world should do it!” instead of being perceived as me living exactly as i always have, just hiding a little less, bringing you into my world a tiny bit, like you asked. healed scars are the only ones i allow to be seen, i cover up healing injuries and i don’t talk about methods or anything overly specific or sensational. i openly discuss harm reduction measures & therapeutic strategies. but somehow ppl still disapprove of the snippets they see when i reach out.

if you want people to reach out during crisis you have to accept that theres no way for a person to make themselves palatable while theyre showing you their severe mental illness lmao. they’re not going to provide you constant caveats while sharing their feelings like “ive been having trouble coping so i fell back on self injury. but i don’t condone it! YOU shouldn’t do it and I condemn myself for having done it btw! I will never forgive myself for this expression of mental illness, i’m so sorry I revealed it to you.”

this post might be a vent I can’t rly tell. open to conversation if anyone has any similar experiences 👍

[elsyrel]

I’m being extreeeeemely self indulgent here... (almost to an embarrassing point) buuut... well, since he loves to commission artists to make portraits of himself, I STRONGLY headcanon that Lucio would appreciate an MC who likes to draw him lol  

[canon-gabriel-quotes]

Thank you to everyone supporting the “it’s a body suit but it’s the angel equivalent of nude colored” agenda.

You understood the assignment. Best of both worlds.

[kissingarthurclaus]

GOD it sucks that nsfw art gets nuked on here I DREW SOME PRETTY CHOICE SHIT 😤😤😤

[southernwolf16]

Been entertaining myself by trawling through the Shen Jiu/Original Shen Qingqiu tag on AO3. Started reading fics from the oldest to the latest. So far, I've reached fics that were last updated or written in 2023.

One of the fics I encountered was peppered with the words "fuck" and "shit". That's just in the first chapter.

I've got no problems with curse words in fics. You know what made me click the Back button?

The curse words were written as "f*ck" and "sh*t".

And one of the characters was saying "fuck" over and over, but it's written as "f*ck".

Authors, please, I beg of you, don't censor curse words or terms you deem sensitive . It ruins the reading experience. AO3 will not delete your fics or ban you if you write out words such as "slut", "fuck", "shit", "kill" or "rape". How can you convince your readers on why these words should be on your fic if you can't even get yourself to write them as they are?

[iamonlyhereforthefreefood]

It's honestly so dystopian to see people talk about something horrific while using advertiser friendly censored terms like "grape" and "smeggs"

[crimeronan]

like 5 weeks into hydroxychloroquine i'm regaining the energy to be giddily excited about stuff which is fun because i keep getting flappy about luz and hunter and other various fandom-related and original-fiction-related things & the happy wiggles power me enough to write and do chores and work and such. the lupuses had robbed me of 98% of this energy for an entire year so it's delightful to rediscover this in myself, i'd legitimately forgotten how it feels. every bit of excitement is a new and fascinating treasure

the downside of this, though.

is.

i am. SO annoying.

[floraleevee]

WHYYYYY are so many people self-censoring?!

It’s not s*x, it’s sex. You’re not h*rny, you’re horny. Say it with your chest, you coward

[sylvieons]

one of the things that i really don't like about taylor swift's music is that we know so much about who each song is about, like i'd love to listen to all too well without thinking about jake gyllenhaal for 10 minutes you know?

except when it's about tom h/iddleston obviously then i'm sucking it up like a vacuum, studying it under a microscope, analyzing and overanalyzing, claiming songs are about him that probably aren't even about him (hint they're about him)............

[stabyou]

13 year old honey would think my art right now is fucking INSANE. and that makes me feel so happy. i feel eons behind everyone else, but, art is so delicate, it feels like if you aren't perfect then you aren't good -- but like. i have to see it this way: holy fuck, you DREW that!! you made that out of nothing!! your skill is on the paper!! i have to view it through that simple lens. it's not gonna be the most perfect thing you've ever seen. but ... at the end of the day, you MADE THAT!! and if you keep making it, you will get better and better...

[sebdoesthings]

If a message like that gets you shadowbanned you have to take the shadowban with your head held high to prove a point. Do not submit to their ridiculous rules.

[tea-and-naps]

We need to start teaching classes in fandom. That is not a headcanon. That is a screenshot from the source.

[soapboxtao]

Every time somebody uses one of those corny ass tiktok censorship words unironically an angel loses its wings and dies a slow, painful death

[acronym49]

I keep getting ads with audio using elements of asmr and sound textures and that WOULD be nice but I'm autistic and Have Sound Sensitivity Stronger than a Damn Dog-

Like why is it necessary??? Please please ad companies stop jumpscaring me with asmr I hate it so much at least give me the option to avoid it. At best I'm pissed off but at worst I've scratched or bitten my damn arm in response to the sounds. (not a healthy reaction I know, I'm trying to desensitize to make that happen less)

Soft whispering, tapping, crinkling, boiling water, etc- I just hate those sounds so much. They're tolerable on their own if I have warning, but adverts don't exactly give you that -_-

Anyone else with sound sensitivities relate? I hope I'm not the only one lmao