I Still Hate Making Titles

Dear Fanfic Authors, PLEASE stop deleting your stories! The number of times I have browsed my AO3 bookmarks, just to find several stories marked as deleted, makes me sad thinking about it.

People love your story. Yes they do. Especially when so many have taken care to give it kudos and add it to their bookmarks. So while as an author I understand wanting to distance yourself from old writing, for whatever reason, please remember others love that story and will be sad to see it go. It could have meant a lot to them.

So instead of deleting, please press that ORPHAN button. That way the story is no longer associated with your AO3 account or username (the story will now say written by Orphan Account) but the people who cherish your story can still enjoy!

Why?

TikTok user @/nad watches a TikTok of someone making peppermint mocha Christmas cookies. They speak rapidly, gesticulating, and say:

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again! I am Muslim and I am brown and I do not celebrate Christmas, but I would give anything in the world to experience what it’s like to be a white person during Christmas. White people during Christmas are like artists during the Renaissance. Something happens internally, and y’all just become the most creative, most intelligent, most smart, amazing human beings. The way the- this- this- this- wow. Wow.

/end video description]

[ID: A 2018 Tweet from @/proletariatitty that has been edited to read:

Ideologically, I don’t agree with white people, but they kind of went off with Christmas aesthetics.

if you choose to wear hijab in solidarity, please make sure you’re doing it for the right reasons

our hijabs are not tools to make political statements or to show others how progressive you see yourself

the hijab, for many, can be a deeply spiritual aspect of outward and inward faith - be respectful

not all muslim women wear hijab. remember to support them as well

there are places where the hijab is enforced and places where it is banned. both of these situations impede on a woman’s right to choose for herself

many hijabis in western countries often fight for the right to wear it, even fighting their own families at times

the hijab in many places can make you a target. exercise caution and remember that this is a daily reality for many

hijab can often be a nuanced discussion within the muslim community - you’ll find many different opinions and it’s not up to you to decide which is right or wrong

hijab can be expressed in many different ways across many different cultures, and it’s all beautiful!

remember the places where hijab is banned for women, and uplift the voices of those having a government forcibly undress them

each hijabi has a complex relationship and history with the hijab, and each is valid