#tune in next week for another unhinged screaming session
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No! No barriers, no caveats, no "making sure you're doing it right." Terfs and puriteens live down that road and they're waving to you and going "it's okay, it's fine, just make sure you're writing the right way" and NO! NO!!
You write whatever the fuck you want, however the fuck you want it, because writing is an outlet and an exploration and an expression and you are ALLOWED to explore and express things that some people call "sensitive subjects" (what does that entail exactly anyway, is it 'writing about sex I don't like' or 'writing about people I don't like' or what?).
It is NOT YOUR JOB to make other people comfortable! It is NOT YOUR JOB to adhere to OTHER people's sense of morality! It is your job to write out what's inside of you NO MATTER WHAT IT IS OR HOW IT MANIFESTS because writing stuff down DOES NOT HURT PEOPLE!! Exploring darker thoughts or "sensitive" subjects DOES NOT HURT PEOPLE.
Write a Lord of the Flies remake where they're all naked and having sex with each other. Write a slavekink story where one alien species is abused by the other "ohh but Jaydee are you considering the implications" FUCK OFF I'M EXPLORING TABOO SUBJECTS IN A PRODUCTIVE AND HEALTHY WAY. Write a bad portrayal of a marginalized person, just the worst. Should you know that this is not an accurate portrayal of this particular demographic? YES! Should that stop you? NO!!!!!!!!
Write what you want what you want what you want what you want. Write it how you want it.
"Well yes but you should always tag--" *hurls a cup of coffee at your head* WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SHARING OR PUBLISHING WHAT WE WRITE ARE WE MISTER STRAWMAN?? I THINK YOU AND I KNOW THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER ANGRY RANT DON'T YOU MISTER STRAWMAN????
"But what if a minor or an easily led person reads it and thinks --" *throws the entire k-cup maker at you* DID YOU KNOW IT'S ALSO NOT MY JOB TO LOOK AFTER OFF LEASH CHILDREN AND PEOPLE WITH NO MEDIA LITERACY? DID YOU KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO READ AND INTERPRET YOUR WORK IN A THOUSAND DIFFERENT WAYS OVER WHICH YOU HAVE NO CONTROL AND TRYING TO POLICE YOURSELF TO PLEASE LITERALLY ANY OF THEM WILL MEAN DEATH TO YOUR AUTHENTIC, CREATIVE SELF???
I HAVE EXACTLY ONE JOB AND IT'S WRITING WORDS DOWN IN WHATEVER FUCKING ORDER I WANT FOR WHATEVER FUCKING REASON I WANT AND THAT IS IT.
I WILL KEEP THROWING KITCHEN APPLIANCES AT YOU MISTER STRAWMAN, FUCK OFF!!!!!
'people can write whatever the fuck they want' and 'its good to approach writing about sensitive topics with some diligence and forethought' are statements which can and do coexist
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