AND WHY DID YOU SAY THAT THINGS SHALL FALL?

the birth of a nation? just a book. the caricatures portraying jewish people as greedy? just lines, get over it. the horribly written trans character who is just a compilation overly exaggerated stereotypes and portrayed as insufferable? just pixels on a screen. that bipoc character who's exaggeratedly violent and says slurs? just fiction, dude. that asian gay character portrayed as a submissive bottom cute twink compared to his boyfriend? also just lines.

sometimes I’m reminded that there are still people who don’t know ao3 was literally created by incest shippers — and the site’s sole purpose is to 1. be completely against censorship and 2. host all kinds of dark, taboo fics that are banned on other platforms — and the first ever fic that was posted on ao3 was a fic about an incest ship from supernatural.

you are in the house that was created by freaks. for freaks (affectionate). every disgusting thing you can think of is rightfully allowed and welcomed on ao3, because they are exactly the reasons why ao3 was created in the first place.

ao3 was created because its creators got tired of censorship, they got tired of dark and taboo fics getting banned on pro-censorship platforms, and they wanted a place that was safe for ALL FICS THAT WERE DARK AND TABOO.

ao3’s main principle is being against censorship and being proship / profic.

there are some things in fiction that make me uncomfortable, but instead of shaming people who are just minding their own business and not harming anyone in real life, I choose to curate my own internet experience by blocking/muting what I don’t want to see. ao3 has excellent tagging system, so instead of being a bitch, use their tagging system properly and you won’t see the things you don’t want to see.

it’s your job to curate what you see. it’s not other people’s jobs or responsibilities to censor themselves for your personal comfort. the world does not revolve around you.

also you cannot censor “only the things you personally hate” without expecting everything else, that isn’t of conservative beliefs, to be censored too. because censorship is a slippery slope and a fascist tool. I promise you there are people who think “why do tags for queer love even exist on ao3? they’re grooming children”.

if you allow the things that you hate to be censored — because someone with enough power gets to control what other people can and cannot create/consume, it will not stop at the things that you hate.

1998. On our way to Louisville. One of the many times we were lucky enough to play with Shellac. Three memories of stopping for gas. Steve bought a pickle for a snack (who does that?). He teased us for eating McRibs. We ended up with a sign on the back of our van that we only discovered after many miles of drivers passing us giving a thumbs up and honking. So many great memories with this guy. Today is his birthday.

"I've heard of big black songs about fucking _____________."

a.) from my friend Jay Tiller, who was at the time working at a pawn shop—he's now a sheriff.

b.) a beautiful dolphin, she moves smooth but quickly through the water, but has now turned into a rhinoceros—and rhinoceros cannot play with the dolphin because the rhinoceros will drown.

c.) a band that is thrust at me and wiggled in front of me like a severed head.

meanwhile, here's this absolute beauty that my last.fm account came up with.