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
On Friday, May 30th, 2025, Indie Author Alex de Campi came to BlueSky to kvetch and the tea…was…scalding. de Campi had published a wildly popular queer medieval novel called The Scottish Boy with a crowdfunding publisher called Unbound back in 2019. Though they had originally had a good
Alex Graham, a comic artist with 23.2k followers on Instagram, recently stepped in it big time. Notable for her work on her pandemic comic, Dog Biscuits, she’s also known for paintings, utilizing a relatively distinct almost surrealist wobble-style that invokes the bizarre in the service of the
Head Moderator Micky Allegedly “Loses” Zine’s Donation Funds to Hospital Bill On May 8th, 2025, Zine Twitter page SoapZine2024, display name “Sunshine” Soap Zine, posted a two-image confession from their finance moderator “Micky.” Micky stated that in December of 2024, he was hospitalized for two days and every
Author Erin Lee is Raked Across the Coals for the Death of a (Fake) Dog Not too long ago, indie author Erin Lee made a post on Threads that did not go over too well. Many who took issue with it were incensed by just the first line: “I killed
On April 16th of 2025, Reddit user ellesthots posted on the Ao3 subreddit about a concerning incident they’d experienced on Tumblr, sparking a deluge of strange encounters thereafter. The post on Reddit was relatively short, expressing their dismay at finding out that a “loyal Ao3 reader” had sent them
Anyone who’s been around for a while on my SocMed pages knows I’m a Northerner—I live in Buffalo, New York (AKA Baby Canada)—and so I get to have access to all the fun shit that entails, including the Rochester Erotic Arts Festival (REAF). Usually when it