#safer spaces

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 172

So the team might be a bit lost. And a bit in danger. And were separated but have at least fixed that. 

But it’s definitely not their fault right? After all, you can’t expect anything when fighting Klarion! But uh, there’s something big approaching through the green and floating things, like big enough to make waves, and no one wants to get anywhere close to whatever it is. 

Danny- newly molted into his adult ghost-form- just wants to say hello to his sort-of cousin’s friends, and would like to also get them away from the deep area of the Zone where the beings would not be afraid to nab a living being for a collection or two. 

#dcxdp #dpxdc #prompts #Danny (new ancient of space): Where are you #Young Justice hiding behind one of the floating rocks: Wtf is that eldritch cooing noise #Danny is now Very Big but still small for an Ancient #He’s still getting used to being so big and doesn’t register he is now Scary to small humans #He’s just a big space whale of a guy who would be afraid of that #Danny when he finds them: Okay I’m going to very carefully pick you up okay #YJ: *screaming* #Eldritch Danny #Space Core Danny #Klarion is the son of Chaos who is Clockwork’s sibling #And Danny is Clockwork’s child #Danny: Okay time to bring you away from the Deep and back home where it’s safer

[trans-androgyne]

Well if your pronouns include “he” now, don’t you know you don’t need safe spaces? After all they give you full gender rights under misogyny, and you’re suddenly more likely to be violent sexual and queerphobic. I’m just affirming your gender after all, so I can’t be transphobic /s

#my favorite part of being transmasculine is the way the world is definitely safer for me than before :) #even though I now just have to deal with transphobia otherness and my safe spaces evaporating on top of the regular misogyny I experience #transandrophobia #transphobia #queer masculinity #androphobia #mine

[disredspectful]

Codes of conduct and commitment to follow through

That thing happened again, where I’m the youngest person on the conference committee with the most precarious position, picking fights with senior academics on the behalf of people more vulnerable than me.

Remember: if you are in a privileged position and do not practice stopping and thinking and empathising, you will accidentally sympathise with “oh no, what would the consequences be if I was wrongly accused of misconduct, that would be so sad for my career” and write mitigations for that scenario (and only that scenario), instead of the actual scenario you set out to help with by writing a code of conduct, which is “oh no, what if someone was harassed at our conference and they were vulnerable and they left and we never saw them again, and also it happened again next time to someone else because we didn’t know better.”

If you’re super worried that an anonymous report could be untrue, because you feel like the second you read a report you will immediately assume the worst of the person and it will ruin your working relationship with them and then you will feel guilty forever or something for harming someone who turned out to be innocent, do not sign up to be on the code of conduct committee.

#my real life #scientist by day #safer spaces #I'm not saying false accusations never happen or that they don't have consequences #but if you're not careful people will try to cancel your entire code of conduct plan just because of the concept of false accusations #idk people prefer inaction to action #and can get very upset at the idea of committing to action if there is a small chance of making a mistake

[tanglepelt]

Dpxdc

Danny reveals phantom to his parents. They immediately jump ships to support Danny. That is their baby. Why would they think he was lying? Clearly they let confirmation bias cloud their heads. They have non bias research to conduct!

Unfortunately for them. The GIW does not like this change. Clearly the fentons have gone crazy. They must be mad scientist! The GIW of course reports them mainly to get them out of the way. Can’t have people spreading propaganda that ghost Ms are sentient. They can’t have that.

Maddie and Jack don’t come in easily. Instead they flee. Not letting thier kids get hurt. Of course they locked down the portal before they left. All they needed to do was get set up in a new city. Keep the kids safe after all.

Gotham was to obvious. Why wouldn’t they flee to ecto rich environment. Danny would be to obsessed with hunting down Superman in metropolis. Ever since the reveal Danny had been letting his ghostly instincts out more and more. The whole alien thing would cause to much obsession.

Besides. Technically they were wanted by the government. Couldn’t draw attention with Danny stalking the supers. Which whatever. Maddie and Jack would fight them if it came down to it.

They ultimately decided on central city.

There is enough that happens there to keep eyes off them. They absolutely totally could stay low to the ground. They couldn’t hide out with any relatives. Plus if it came to it. They were certain they could at least talk to the flash before anything violent occurred.

Maybe he would even listen.

For now. They would just prioritize Danny’s and jazzs safety.

#dpxdc #good parents jack and maddie #they will protect their kids #if Danny tells them about Ellie #that’s just another kid to add to the family #the Giw is a government organization #they reported the fentons as mad scientist #and put a warrant out for them #they used the constant ghost attacks the Fenton parents lead as proof #plus the property destruction #they will avoid places with actual aliens #Danny has a space obsession #jack and Maddie have released new reports and scientific articles #once that directly contradict what they and before #no more bias for them #Maddie does think If it came down to it she could get the flash to listen #but would rather stay in hiding #safer for the kids #Fenton parents will protect the family #dcxdp prompt

[frazzledazzlin]

well are you?

#making unsafe spaces safer #trans visibility day #thsc #the henry stickmin collection #right hand man reborn #ellie rose #scriboozles #friends and i like to think them both as trans more often than other characters evn tho i dont care about ellie thaaat much #but i enjoy her mentor n student dynamic with rhm so she's more relevant to me that way help

[cock-holliday]

While I do think the internet has the unique opportunity to amplify brain-poisoning, I wish discourse wasn’t so heavily split into “online vs irl” when it’s much more an issue of…exclusionary politics and idpol hierarchy brainrot.

“This doesn’t happen offline” the problem is, it does. Because people who captain themselves the arbiter of validity on tumblr dot org are possibly also going to be a self-righteous dorkass at your DEI training, or when organizing lesbian night at the bar, or being president of a queer org on campus, or running LGBT orgs people rely on for survival. Many of the most exclusionary queer spaces were made offline first. Offline spaces organized by young folks from online spaces with no grasp of offline history are going to be just as rife with “terminally online” takes as any website.

Your local steel mill line is both likely to be violently homophobic out of bigoted ignorance AND supremely immune to microidentity politics because it means absolutely nothing to Joe Factory, who will shrug and go “hey man whatever makes you happy.”

Your liberal arts college is both likely to be aware of the niche politics of queer identity and will have heard of and be welcoming to your set of neopronouns AND will find new and cruel ways to be bigoted while smiling in your face because their flavor of queer is celebrated by the city mayor and so LGBT-phobia (please don’t say q***r) ended with marriage equality.

LGBT community that refuses intersectional lenses will always be rife with bigotry, both directed at minorities within this space and indirectly hitting people they think belong (ie assigning masculinity to Black queer women due to racism but then also exhibiting butchphobia/antimasculism at all masculine women, man-hating directed at cis men to “punch up” being weaponized against trans folks, etc)

Cishet society is still not safe for LGBT people, but has gotten better in some areas and worse in others as visibility has increased. Which means micro-infighting potentially is a non-issue in a space that is tolerant to other (more visible) forms of queerness, AND if there is a problem there with family friendly gays and lesbians then they will absolutely take issue with polyam genderfluid aces.

“In real life” has near nothing to do with it. If your space, online or in real life, is neither radically intentionally inclusive or tolerantly indifferent it’s gonna be bigoted—intentionally or not, queer or not.

#LJsm #‘this doesn’t happen irl’ #elder trans woman at the potluck called herself transsexual and young trans guys pitched a fit #elder trans man at a picnic asked why bother with bottom surgeries that weren’t phallo since #‘everyone’s goal is to look cis’ #he got chewed out by younger trans guys #went to a lesbian night at a bar that flipped shit over bisexuals being there #know a trans woman who speaks at terf events shitting on trans people #also idk if people forgot but you can still very much get murdered irl #like online has so many issues but that doesn’t make offline easy either—especially for folks who cannot even be out as mainstream queers #and none of this is to say ‘oh online is way safer than offline’ #just that the split is misleading because it has less to do with where the space is and more what are the values/goals/tone of the space

[transvarmint]

Being a woman does not make you immune to being misogynistic, nor does it make you any less prone to being misogynistic.

You are not less misogynistic by virtue of being a woman. You are not any less capable of perpetrating it.

To believe that being a woman in and of itself makes you less likely to be misogynistic is just essentialism. It implies that other genders are more misogynistic solely only the basis of their gender, rather than being misogynistic based on the choices they actively make.

To not be misogynistic, you must actively choose to fight against it, everyday. You must actively make choices that challenges systemic and social misogyny. You must question your own biases and how they influence your behavior.

You cannot be passively anti-misogyny. Your gender does not give you a free pass.

And importantly, women can absolutely perpetuate misogyny against other women, AND people who are not women. So you must be checking yourself for misogynistic bias in ALL interactions.

*** Before anyone comes at me, YES this applies to men and all genders as well. No, I'm not blaming women for systemic misogyny. I'm simply pointing out that everyone plays a role in it. Women are capable of perpetuating bigotry, especially if there are other intersections at play. Women are not perfect victims, they are human beings who have autonomy, and that autonomy includes the capability to uphold harmful institutions. ***

*** Also yes, experiencing misogyny on a daily basis will cause you to have a different relationship to it. Some folks respond to that by fighting against misogyny, but others respond to that trauma by continuing the cycle of abuse. This is just a fact. ***

#transandrophobia #won't be remotely surprised if we get harassment and death threats over this one #but we're gonna try to stick to our guns here #because it needs to be fucking said #trans women deserve to speak about the way cis women enact [trans]misogynystic violence on them #and transmascs deserve to speak about the way cis women enact transphobic + misogynystic (transandrophobic) violence on us #sorry not sorry! #this is why I don't think women only or 'no men' spaces are inherently safer for women #in fact it often just creates an environment where more marginalized women are targeted under the guise of creating a 'safe space' #not to mention fucking over anyone who has a complicated gender or doesn't pass or is closeted etc #like this is the entire conceit of rad/fem shit #the idea that women are inherently safer or inherently less capable of perpetuating harm #on the basis of their victimhood under the patriarchy

[andoutofharm]

Racism in bandom and the entire music scene is an enormous problem, one that a lot of white people would like to ignore. Let me make it clear: we cannot ignore this. In the last few days I’ve seen some truly horrifying things said to and about people of color who are taking on the emotional labor and the pain and stress of confronting this racism. This cannot be excused or brushed under the rug.

If you’re a white person here on tumblr and you’ve seen some of these posts where people of color talk about the hardships and racism they’ve faced as nonwhite fans of bands and ignored it, you’re complicit in this. [edit: that is to say - if you’re ONLY reblogging posts about it but not taking the time to change your actions and learning then you’re complicit, not that by not reblogging them you’re complicit.] I’m not saying you have to reblog every post like this you see - blindly reblogging to “prove” you’re not racist does nothing. I’m saying that when you see these posts and hear about these experiences you need to THINK about how you engage with people of color AND with racist people in the spaces you’re in. You need to LISTEN to the non white people making these posts and believe their experiences and adjust your own behavior accordingly.

Back when MCR was actively touring there were lots of conversations about the racism directed at Ray Toro in fandom spaces, and now with FOB returning we’re going to see a lot of that racism return and be directed at Pete Wentz. This is important not to ignore, and it’s important to think about how you talk about these individuals and how this contrasts with how you talk about their white bandmates. Even more importantly though is how you engage with the non white people HERE, on tumblr, in bandom spaces, and at shows. It’s great you think Ray or Pete are attractive or appreciate their music and their talent, but how are you treating the people of color around you? Are you listening to them when they talk about their experiences and racism and try to adjust your behavior? Or do you pat yourself on the back for reblogging a call out post and move on with your day?

These conversations are going to continue throughout the next year as FOB begins their tour and this racism start to pop up more and more, and you need to be prepared to think critically about your own biases and where you need to change and be actively anti-racist in your spaces.

#to be clear: i’m white. i have my own biases to continue to overcome and i need to be more actively anti racist #but i want to learn and i want to make this a safer space for non white people both online and offline #and if you dont want to do the same you need to have a serious talk with yourself about why that is #or why you might get defensive when these conversations come up. #and if I’ve said anything here (or in the future) that’s inaccurate or wrong or otherwise should be changed PLEASE tell me #fandom racism

[swedenis-h]

You belong with the Jedi, with your kind

#this was a comic I made mid season 2 when mando realized grogu was safer with the Jedi #god what if he handed i]him over to Luke and then never saw him again #MAN WHAT IF HE THOUGHT HE WAS SAFER WITH LUKE BUT THEN HE WASNT #I’m making myself sad #i know they’re literally hanging out in space rn #that ship is not baby-proof tho #star wars #sw #star wars fanart #sw fanart #fanart #fan art #my art #digital art #din djarin #the mandalorian #mandalorian

[our-lesboy-experience]

yesterday i put "fuck off if you don't fuck with lesboys" in my discord bio and today i realized i was kicked from a server and banned by the owner because of it 😭

i get that people don't like us very much but omg nobody said anything to me as to why i was kicked until i got into contact with one of the people from the server💔💔

kicking someone out because they have a queer identity you don't like.....but then it's still just "im not queerphobic!!!1!1!1!"

#I had a hard time engaging with fandom spaces or just general spaces on other platforms #because of this #I would join discord servers for like a youtuber or an music artist I like and I would only feel scared that people would find out #and start mass harassing me #now I'm just on tumblr and honestly feel safer and happier engaging with people who have similar interests to me #for an example I'm a huge fan of natewantstobattle but for as few active fans there are most on twitter were exclusionary towards me #most on tumblr? it's been awesome here #everyone is super nice to me #lesboy #our lesboy experience #lesbian #asks #tw queerphobia #tw exclusionism

[coffeebanana]

One thing in regards to ml leaks and episodes airing out of order that I don't think I've seen anyone explicitly say is that alongside the fandom suffering in general, creators specifically see the effects of this. People have left the fandom over bible spoilers. People are no doubt avoiding fandom spaces or unfollowing people now to avoid even more spoilers. Personally, I've noticed a difference in ao3 engagement this season, both in the amount of content produced and the amount of people who seem to be reading fics. I can't speak for fanartists, but I'd imagine they might have seen similar trends with their numbers. And while some of that can probably be attributed to the normal fandom lifecycle, I'm certain that the bible leak played a role too. My point being, now is a time to reblog content you enjoy. Fanart, fic links, gifs, etc... Support your fandom creatives by reblogging, commenting, leaving likes and kudos. And please please please tag your posts accordingly and don't put spoilers in your rb tags--OP sees those.

#miraculous ladybug #ty for coming to my ted talk #i particularly feel like people hesitate to reblog fic links #and i can understand why for several reasons i won't get into #but consider: people (including me) might be more hesitant to browse ao3 because spoilers might not be appropriately there #tumblr is a space i can curate for myself on the other hand #so i feel safer hanging out here and i definitely do check out fics i see on tumblr! #anyways this bit is in the tags because i don't want this turning into some writers vs artist thing that's so not the point #this has just been my personal observation

[the-final-sif]

Glad to see that Dream wants to be more active in sub space!

#dreamwastaken #cannot believe he's also now using that term #also tbh I don't blame him #I think the private spaces are a lot safer for him as a whole #sif speaks

[zenkindoflove]

I'm old so I remember fandom pre Tumblr. The days of making character or ship focused livejournal communities. Or fanforum and having your own fandom board or ship thread that you kept alive by renaming each new one with fun quotes about your ship after you reached 300 posts. There was a clear understanding of what was neutral fandom territory and what was not.

The point is is that Tumblr has never been a place that allows for fandoms and shippers to have proper boundaries. And much of the current toxicity in ship wars and character hate are amplified by the forced publicness that Tumblr, Twitter, and TikTok all have. It's not a bad thing to have negative opinions or vent frustrations. But the way that Tumblr puts all the onerousness on you as an individual to curate your experience definitely contributes to more "cross talk" than we used to have in fandoms. It can be done but you'll always have a few things you don't want to see slip through. That is the nature of using this platform. When those boundaries are fluid, so too do the social norms and rules about how to fandom become squishy, and people have a hard time understanding what belongs to them vs what is community space because Tumblr makes it so that it all bleeds together. Your blog is also a part of the community and vice versa.

I highly recommend to find yourself a private space with like minded fandom friends to get your aggression out. And to experience what unencumbered fangirling - both the highs and the lows - without the watchful eyes of others. It's freeing and it is good for the soul. It kind of makes you realize that not everything has to be shared on your blog. Or that you have to tell others how to use their blogs or tags. Because that fight is never going to be won. I haven't ever seen it since I started using this site in 2011, and this has been a part of the discourse in every fandom I've been in since I joined tumblr.

This is sort of an ode to the old internet. It was the wild west but we also had a much easier time making spaces for ourselves that didn't depend on social media or algorithms pushing content at you. The internet was what you made it and so too was fandom. We were less reliant on single websites. We were more dispersed but in some ways that at least allowed us to find the exact home we wanted. That internet doesn't really exist anymore unfortunately and a part of making friends to create your fandom space is having to roll around in the mud of these big platforms.

#this is of course speaking to the constant discourse going on in ACOTAR fandom #but is really about fandoms largely #dont get me wrong #Tumblr is a safer space than the other sites #but its not optimized for community building

[proshiiippp]

Searching for proships edits is soo hard I'm a person that lovess edits and want to find them for the shipsss😭😭

#i hate tt I just wish it was a safer space for us #anti anti #pro fiction #proship please interact #proship positivity #proship safe #proshipping #pro para #proship safety #pro shipping

[sugarspunfaerie]

I find it very telling that I can count the number of Jumblr blogs I've blocked for being bigoted in various ways, but I can't even begin to tell you how many goyim I've had to block for being antisemitic.

It really sucks on the rare occasion I have had to unfollow/block fellow Jews for being Idk, queerphobic, ableist or racist, but it feels like the amount of antisemitic goyim I've had to block has been endless.

It goes to show you I feel safer being a mixed race, queer, fat, disabled person in Jewish spaces than I do being a Jewish person in goyische spaces for all my other identities.

#rabbit rambles #jumblr #I even have 'weird' queer identities (I hoard multiple labels + use microlabels) #and heavily stigmatized disabilities #and I'm still safer in Jewish spaces