Here we go again
I'm posting to notify that I'm coming back here for a bit, on a temporary basis, until I get a blog of my own set up. I'll be posting a bit more on my Tumblr about it, but it's basically that, as someone firmly on the left, I don't like how certain strains of the left-leaning discourse on Tumblr are going in a misogynistic direction. I blog mostly about video games, mentioning politics only very occasionally, but it's getting uncomfortable to browse my regular blogs and see posts demonizing lesbians as "vagina fetishists" or expounding on how women (and only women) need to be physically assaulted if they, say, are speaking out against sex trafficking (which was perhaps the big red flag that signaled I needed to get out). I enjoy checking out content from various creators on Tumblr, and there are folks on the platform I'll miss, but it feels like I'm supporting poisonous ideas if I stay. I don't understand why it's become so widely, unblinkingly acceptable in left-leaning circles to commit -isms in the name of taking down other -isms, yet here we are.
Speaking of which: this site isn't a long-term solution, due to its nominal (and compulsory, given the owners' location) compliance with homophobic Russian law. It's supported in name only and not backed by the (very small remaining) community, whereas on Tumblr, the troubling ideologies are very much supported in force. I feel hypocritical as I type those words, though, so this is a stopgap until I reach better pastures and set up a blog on a URL of its own. In the meantime - well, this is the only remaining social media site where people know where to find me.
Posts here made until I get the new place set up will be tagged as "interim posts".
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Speaking of which: this site isn't a long-term solution, due to its nominal (and compulsory, given the owners' location) compliance with homophobic Russian law. It's supported in name only and not backed by the (very small remaining) community, whereas on Tumblr, the troubling ideologies are very much supported in force. I feel hypocritical as I type those words, though, so this is a stopgap until I reach better pastures and set up a blog on a URL of its own. In the meantime - well, this is the only remaining social media site where people know where to find me.
Posts here made until I get the new place set up will be tagged as "interim posts".
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