Because nobody seems to take art seriously anymore, BlueSky, the Twitter replacement after its descent into Musk Madness, has decided to implement new censorship rules. These rules are lazily written, overly broad, and unduly vague. The moderation team for BlueSky could essentially use them to censor whatever the hell they
When it comes to John Boyne, the real question becomes “Where should one begin?” Known for multiple controversies, Boyne has found himself in the middle of yet another and, as is common for him, he’s the clear villain. It must seem strange to most well-adjusted folks to look
Hannibal Fandom Artist TheSeaVoices Faces Backlash From Fans Opposed to Artificial Intelligence in Art Spaces On August 14th of 2025, a popular artist in the Hannibal fandom drew a small amount of criticism for a post they shared featuring a small looped video developed by X’s (Twitter’s) “MechaHitler”
First of all, apologies for being a little bit MIA, but I’ve been busily calling, emailing, and writing physical letters to Mastercard, Visa, Paypal, and Stripe. Ever since the majority of my work was de-listed on itch.io along with thousands of other titles primarily produced and developed
I feel like I’ve been in a state of functional shock for the last few days. Ever since Itch.io announced a sweeping and perhaps temporary ban on NSFW writings, comics, and games, most of what I host there has been unavailable for purchase along with thousands of other
Last week saw one of the most devastating losses for anti-censorship advocacy online with the censorship of games off of Steam’s game platform. An Australian group called “Collective Shout” managed to leverage the puritanical tyranny of payment processors to force Steam to take down “hundreds” of games they
Note: This is a repost of a Substack I wrote on June 17th, 2024. On February 12th of 2012, the first episode in Season 3 of “My Strange Addiction” was released, featuring a man named Nathaniel who “admits to dating his car,” a 1998 Chevrolet Monte Carlo he calls “Chase.
There’s no other way to start this off than to begin it bluntly: Tribalism is tearing feminism apart. There’s a lot of ways we could illustrate this topic, but I’m only really going to focus on the aspects that grind my gears. Throughout history, women have never
Queer Hockey romance author Dr. Emily Rath caused a bit of a stir on TikTok recently when she came out and openly stated that her comment sections on any of her Social Media accounts were not safe spaces for people who have voted for Donald Trump. Conservative BookTok girlies immediately
On June 10th, 2025, author Theresa C. Gaynord made a questionable post on BlueSky (isn’t that just how all of these start?). Known to follow anyone prolifically in the hopes of creating a web of influence that her Amazon-sold books don’t seem to be providing on their
TikTokker youretripleblocked, AKA “pee,” has been talked about before. In an article I posted on Substack on October 14, 2024, I discussed not only her first incarnation of the anti-shipper mascot, but also the formation and purpose behind historical propaganda. Her first attempt at a mascot was woefully ill-
New Bot Comments on Fics Drive Reactivity to A.I. Note: This is a repost of a substack article originally written on January 15, 2025. All publicity is good publicity. This is something you see with misbehaving children sometimes, especially middle children or older kids who are getting dethroned by