#censorship

[nochd]

This is targeted at queer people, but I need to be clear:

Fellow naturists, this will take us out with it.

No amount of reciting "naturism is not porn!" will save us.

Naturists live all over the political spectrum; I've had a number of Republican naturist blogs pass by here.

If that's you, reading this right now, hi! You need to understand, very very clearly, that you are going to have to choose between naturism and the Republican Party.

Here in Aotearoa all I have to worry about is my blog platform being taken away because tumblr is hosted in the US. American naturists, they are coming for you.

It's ironic that I have to say this, considering my continuing fight against porn bloggers coming here to sexualize naturism; but whatever bill finally does manage to pass, will not make the distinction.

And to my fellow leftists, read carefully what OP says about the Overton window. We need to be pushing back in the opposite direction, and one thing we need to do about that is to normalize nudity.

Make it so normal that the idea of banning things just because they depict nudity sounds like an insane idea.

I've been trying to do that here for two years and it hasn't gone great -- but maybe that was because I'm only one person.

My followers know I hate talking about politics and current events, and generally refuse to do so, but this is important.

A bill has been introduced in the US that would make all pornography a federal crime. Owning it. Creating it. Distributing it.

Under this law, fanart of nude characters would be a federal crime.

Under this law, depictions of homosexuality or simply being transgender, would be considered pornography and a federal crime.

This bill is not going to pass.

However, the reason for this bill is to continue to push the "overton window". The reason for this bill is to make banning pornography seem more and more normal to everyone until they can actually do that.

And remember, they consider depictions of gay characters and transgenders characters "pornography" in any context, including platonic.

They have been working on this for a decade now and it has been working.

If you are one of the people in fandom who thinks that "nasty" porn on AO3 should be banned because it's "icky" or "immoral", then this mental scam is working on you.

Censorship is never about protecting people.

Censorship is always about control.

Do not let the rising moral panic affect your mind and make you weak to propaganda that lets others control you and control what you watch and read.

Do not fall for the scam.

When they say they are going to ban "pornography" it means they're going to ban anything they don't like by calling it "pornography" and they don't like you!!

[noodle-the-queen]

Ao3 does not need an algorithm, you're just lazy

Ao3 does not need a 1-5 star rating system, you just want to bring down authors writing for FREE

Ao3 does not need automatic censorship, it is an archive, therefore anything can be posted

Writing or reading about something illegal does not mean the author nor the reader condones it, if that were true, you could never read a story involving anything negative

Purity culture is ruining fan culture and you all are fucking annoying

[axolotlofficial]

Child soldiers exist, war is not an adult topic.

Children die, death/murder is not an adult topic.

The Troubled Teen Industry exists, child trafficking is not an adult topic.

Children get raped, sexual assault is not an adult topic.

Children have alcoholic parents, addiction is not an adult topic.

Children get beat to the point of hospitalization at school, that level of violence is not an adult topic.

That when these things get into "kid friendly" media at all, they tend to be heavily censored is about protecting adult control over kids, not about protecting children.

[wisegirl25]

The “That’s immoral you shouldn’t write that, we need to get that taken down” discourse coming back right now is PISSING ME OFFF

Wdym you want censorship for a literal ARCHIVE are you fucking stupid

Ao3 was literally founded to preserve works that were largely getting taken down due to censorship

Censorship is the opposite of what Archive of Our Own stands for

The TAGS and WARNINGS are there for a REASON. Use them and stop complaining

The universal rule—don’t like, don’t read

It’s THAT simple

[oennefo]

the government wouldn’t do that

oh…yes, yes they would

MaKe sUrE tHeY dOnT🫵🏼

(credits to betterbebugs on tiktok)

[animentality]

[ladystardustinblackjeans]

You know what you do when a movie or tv show has a scene you don't like? You skip ahead if streaming it, you cover your ears and close your eyes if not streaming, or you leave the theater or turn off the tv or streaming site entirely when it becomes apparent that this is a major theme in the movie or show. And then you readjust your choice in media that led you to this moment if necessary.

That's what people have done forever and what is the correct reaction to this kind of thing.

"But what about the children" that's what pg ratings are for. They already have that. It's called ratings for what kinds of things are in a movie.

And apropos that, it's also why you research a film or tv show a bit before watching. For example, i don't like horror movies. So i make sure i don't watch a horror movie. Which is communicated through the specified genre, as well as the marketing and summary.

They even have website for smaller specific things, a famous one is "Does the dog die".

NOTHING gives anyone the right to censor media instead of doing what i described.

[mostlysignssomeportents]

"When you want to take their books away, they're children. When you want them to work, they're adults."

"When you want to take their books away, they're children. When you want them to work, they're adults." -/u/xFurorCelticax/ on /r/LateStageCapitalismhttps://www.reddit.com/r/LateStageCapitalism/comments/194g10g/when_you_want_to_take_their_books_away_theyre/

[thetransfemininereview]

After Patron blocked my latest review, I tried to write about censorship. Then I tried to write about aesthetics and the sexual politics of fiction.

What I ended up capturing was the violent silence of this moment in American history - the grief and helpless fury of living in a world that marches on toward genocide.

One of my regrets from early quarantine is that I never wrote about it - never tried to capture the depths of grief I was experiencing in the moment.

This is the essay I wish I'd written five years ago.

[thewellofastarael]

To add: you need a REASON to visit the LoC. When you show up and get your card you have to explain why you need access. (Usually research for a school assignment, law case, book, etc.) They're not super strict, they don't interrogate you, but they're not offering their services to those who want to just browse.

Also - every single book you get to see, you have to request on their online portal while in a reading room so they can bring it up from their collection.

Readers are there to LEARN, and this administration doesn't want people to access information pertaining to "DEI". That's what's going on.

No children are allowed in the Library of Congress.

It's not that kind of library.

In other words...

You are being lied to

again

[just-french-me-up]

"mmh did you know that creator you like also posts 🔞 content? did you know that? don't you think that's weird? don't you think we should keep this space-"

no. i don't.

i booked a front row seat to the devil's sacrament and you're blocking the view

just go back to the 1660 new england hole you just crawled out of and eat barley for a week to atone for your sins or whatever

[srldesigns6277]

Elon Musk's N*zi Salute at the Trump Inauguration Rally. The US government will attempt to censor this or shift your perception of it.

You Saw, What You Saw.

[sotomato06]

As of Jan 21st, 2025, a full copy of the constitution is no longer available on whitehouse.gov. I feel like this is a good time to remind everyone that the biggest threat to authoritarianism and facism is a well educated and informed population. Inform yourself and fight.

a copy of the document can still be found on the archives website. I think now is probably a good time to read it if you haven't and download it, incase it is erased from here as well.

https://constitutioncenter.org/media/files/constitution.pdf

[magical-grrrl-mavis]

Twitch is gonna start kinda censoring queer people and it would be really helpful if you could read the next few sentences and then also go to a link and click the word vote.

They're implementing a new rule where if you discuss "sensitive social issues" at all you have to flag your streams as such, these issues include things like war and political unrest but also any lgbtq topics (once again our existence is political).

Essentially a streamer will have to choose between never ever mentioning anything queer (or even just discussing their own life if they're queer themselves) or flagging every stream with "sensitive social issues" and scaring away 90% of viewers.

If you have a twitch account you can go here and log in and click vote. They do listen. Please vote.

[bigfoots-biggest-fan]

So sadly the Slur Song has become too powerful and the shadowy powers that be have joined forces to stop it from charting

On the upside it means a whole panel of professional music industry executives had to sit there and awkwardly listen to the whole song which is hilarious