Twinklestarchild04 - Welcome, Cutie!

seriously why does no one ever listen to me

so... hey, i get that these new tag bans suck for content creators and in general, but can we focus for a sec on how it's going to obliterate desperately needed and sometimes lifesaving support networks for victims of assault and csa, those of us with ptsd and c-ptsd, and also appears to be targeting neurodivergent people (stimming is included on the list i saw), people with disabilities, and the lgbt+ community, among others.

antisemitism, racism, misogyny, and homophobia were also on the list i saw and those tags are, from what i've seen, largely used by people in opposition to prejudice.

trigger warnings are also on the banned list.

this is targeted censorship.

Wearing a collar and your SO's hoodie and maybe a skirt, but nothing else, is peak fashion

As a result of the poll we ran here and on Fetlife last week (Shock Collar vs Motorbuny), you sadists chose shock collar! I added a bit of a twist to it though, as this was not a full session: I made Roxy pick a card and that's how many shocks she had to endure, while holding two full glasses of water at arm's length. We will run another poll this week and give you two more options to torment Roxy

Right now, I have students who are crying in class.

Students who won't even come to class, who I'm sincerely not sure will come to class again for the rest of the term.

Students who say they're leaving the country and will find a way to get me out too if I'd like.

Students who are texting, e-mailing, and Discord-ing me saying that they can't stop crying, that they can't cope with the uncertainty and chaos anymore.

Students who are asking me what to do and how to cope. My job is to help students learn, and a big part of learning is learning how to interpret and contextualize things, and how to approach problems in a productive and meaningful way.

I don't know how to approach this. I don't know what advice to give them. I don't know how to stop them from crying beyond telling them it's okay to cry, even though they're all adults and they know that already.

If you voted for him, you did this. If you put the price of bread or imaginary boogeymen or some abstract "need for change" above the well-being of your countrymen, you did this. If you didn't vote, or voted for an unwinnable third-party candidate because of some moral purity bullshit where it's more important to be right than practical, you did this.

If you did this, you've traumatized an entire generation with your selfishness and short-sightedness.

If you did this, I don't want you anywhere near my students, and I don't want you anywhere near me. Unfollow me, block me, blacklist my tags, fuck off to your closed-minded corner of the Internet and get the hell away from me. My obligation is to myself, humanity, to my LGBTQ+ and biracial family members, to my friends from all walks of life and all countries, to the students of color in my research group, and to my fellow women.

Not to you. Not to him.

today wasn’t very fun. sometimes i just know i set myself up to be overwhelmed and then i just do it anyways thinking things will be fine.