May or may not be an insect

it is considered acceptable to most of wider society that parents are allowed to sexually control their children, watch them undress, touch their breasts, whatever - mother/daughter incest is particularly underreported and underdiscussed because it doesnt look like "typical" sexual abuse where a parent (usually father) straightforwardly seeks sexual gratification from a child.

but its pretty common for mothers to leer at their daughters, comment on their figure/breasts/ass, grab those places without consent, burst in on them in the shower, remove their doors to prevent privacy, search their rooms for sex toys, etc. all of which are things that, removed from the parent/child dynamic, people would pretty much unanimously agree to be sexual harrassment!

like, if your roommate stalked your room for sex toys, constantly called you a slut, commented on the shape of your ass, repeatedly walked in on you changing - thats sexual harrassment! most people would even say that seems like a situation that could escalate into sexual violence! but parents are permitted and even encouraged to do these things to their children, at extremely large scales.

It was flagged as "Eksplicit", shadowbanned, and every reblog turned invisible. The flagging is also unappealable (unless that is an error, thanks tumblr)

Happy Trans Day of Invisibility from your tumblr mods!

Only found out because I tried to reblog with an update from your local trans unicorn siblings!

I cannot even LINK to my old comic without every new post getting deleted.

The original post was pardoned, but the shadowban still persisted and every reblog was hidden from the dash and flagged explicit. I'm not sure if it recovered by now, or if it's always going to be at risk of banning.

So whatever staff reviewed my complaint agreed that it wasn't explicit. So thank you for that, moderator. This highlights that the problem starts with bad actors reporting anything they don't like, and that it's a tossup if your appeal is seen by a bot, a normal human, or a bigot.

I'm grateful I can still touch people and spread positivity. Many of my queer siblings, brothers, and sisters - especially trans sisters - can't say the same.

But no matter what happens, we will always have each other. Every letter in our alphabet is a pillar holding up a beautiful world that only stands if we're all in it together. The world may call you a monster, but it calls me one too. Maybe you won't hear it from the rest of them, but listen and you will hear it from me.

I love you.