Liza. She/her. An old. Unabashedly passionate, joyfully enthusiastic.
OMG!Shakespeare, GBBO and general baked goods enthusiast, mind currently mostly revolving around clipping., all Daveed and Rafa shenanigans, and The Untamed.
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Find me on Pillowfort as IntoxicatingImmediacy
sorry but "post op trans people should disclose that they're trans to potential (cis) partners because if they dont they are LYING and TRICKING people" is really fucking stupid
my cattourney in courte: Your honor, and ladies, theydies, and gentlemen of the jury, my client could NEVER have committed this brazen hams theft of which they have been unfairly and unjustly accused. And I can prove their innocence beyond a shadow of a doubt with Exhibit A: ... my client's stunning, breathtakingly soft and beautiful feet.
the jury: [gaspinge in shock and admiratione]
the judge: Order, order! Federal prosecutors, I am appalled that you would even attempt this obvious miscarriage of justice by bringing charges against such a virtuous citizen, a paragon of irreproachable grace. This cat is INNOCENT! [gavel thonke]
"Don't use Libby because it costs libraries too much, pirate instead" is such a weird, anti-patron, anti-author take that somehow manages to also be anti-library, in my professional librarian-ass opinion.
It's well documented that pirating books negatively affects authors directly* in a way that pirating movies or TV shows doesn't affect actors or writers, so I will likely always be anti-book piracy unless there's absolutely, positively no other option (i.e. the book simply doesn't exist outside of online archives at all, or in a particular language).
Also, yeah, Libby and Hoopla licenses are really expensive, but libraries buy them SO THAT PATRONS CAN USE THEM. If you're gonna be pissed at anybody about this shitty state of affairs, be pissed at publishing companies and continue to use Libby or Hoopla at your library so we can continue to justify having it to our funding bodies.
One of the best ways to support your library having services you like is to USE THOSE SERVICES. Yes, even if they are expensive.
*Yes, this is a blog post, but it's a blog post filled with links to news articles. If you can click one link, you can click another.
🔹 Saying that it's okay to write or read about dark and taboo topics but only when they're portrayed in a certain way is still censorship.
🔹 Wanting to ban or forbid media that you believe portrays a negative topic in a positive light, by glorifying, romanticizing, or fetishizing it is still censorship.
🔹 There is no objective metric to decide if a story is portraying a negative topic the 'right' way.
🔹 Just because a piece of fiction doesn't explicitly condemn or portray an evil action in a bad light in the text doesn't mean the author thinks its good or is trying to persuade the audience that it is good.
🔹 Survivors of trauma will not always write fiction about their trauma in a way that seems 'right' or 'normal' to you.
🔹 Banning fiction because it portrays dark, taboo topics in a way you consider gross or disgusting is still censorship.