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Blog posts are published every other Monday! Sometimes a blog post may be published every week.
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Scare Tactics
Read more: Scare TacticsWe live in an era where it’s easier than ever to spread our message, but with this comes its drawbacks; it’s also a time where it’s easier than ever for our enemies to intimidate us. Instead of spitting in our faces, they have the luxury of cursing us out over the internet. Instead of stalking…
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Something’s Gotta Change
Read more: Something’s Gotta ChangeWhat is the fediverse? Most people would say that it’s just social media, a place where people can run microblogging instances that all federate with each other, and where people can post cat videos, selfies, and “the weekend.” But to radqueers, paraphiles, and MAPs, it’s community.
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The Streisand Effect
Read more: The Streisand EffectObviously I’ve posted about this a lot on the fediverse recently. I’m not trying to rub salt in the wound, but I wanted to make a post about it on my main blog in order to compile all of my arguments and to hopefully make a statement that the radqueer community at large can understand…
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Life Being Doxxed
Read more: Life Being DoxxedIt’s not usual for me to post more than once a month, but someone on my org’s Tumblr sent an anonymous ask wanting to know what it was like being doxxed and how it’s affected my life, and it didn’t seem appropriate to post there so I figured I’d post it here, since it seemed…
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Washington, My Home
Read more: Washington, My HomeI was born and raised in the glorious pacific northwest. I never had any nationalistic feelings towards it, that felt silly, but I would be lying if I didn’t say that the deciduous woods weren’t beautiful. The trees that line the highways. The deer and coyotes that poked their heads into the cities now and…
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Turning Point
Read more: Turning PointLast week we held my organization, Beyond the Plus’, first monthly socials, and there was a lot to unpack. In a good way!
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Ally Kotetsu: Blacklisted
Read more: Ally Kotetsu: BlacklistedI knew the day would come where I’d be blacklisted from an event, I just didn’t know it’d be so soon.
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We’re Here and We’re Queer
Read more: We’re Here and We’re QueerThis is gonna be a bit of a preaching to the choir, depending on who ends up reading this. I always see the way people talk about us and wanna stand up for this community, but I don’t want to bring the negative attention towards me. Violet thought making a blog post about it would…
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Bluesky, A Love-Hate Relationship
Read more: Bluesky, A Love-Hate RelationshipI suppose I really don’t have a right to complain about when social media platforms ban me. It’s not like it’s a human right to make posts on the internet, and there are people out there who have less and don’t complain, but I still have the right to be upset about discrimination like this.