Wednesday, August 8, 2007
logophilos: [In thisthingwedo] Bisexuals in slash - Do Not Want? - The fact that these men are probably functionally bisexual, rather than pretending to be straight and then suddenly coming out to their true nature, doesn't seem to occur to most slashers. -(tags: writing)- author_by_night: "Go away, stupid plot bunny, this is a BAD TIME." "Nope."Writers have a very unique problem, because we tend to have two worlds: the world around us and the world inside our heads.
A non-writer cannot understand it. When I tried to explain the predicament to my mother, she simply stared at me(tags: writing) - kudra2324: in some ways, it is about the porn. - at what point did that fantasy become something that someone should object to, under your theory that we shouldn't be endorsing "bad" things? while it was still in your head? when you wrote it down? when you mentioned it in bed, in the middle of sex? -(tags: boldthrough2007)
- cryptoxin: Making the Case for Chan - I'm trying to work out how to make the affirmative case (that "this is a good thing", rather than "not a bad thing" or "neutral/harmless") for chan. -(tags: boldthrough2007)
- fodian: so. - This is about me, and how I feel about child pornography as it relates to visual depictions of sometimes very young characters in explicitly sexual situations with adults. -(tags: hp boldthrough2007)
- purple_cube: random IBARW post - because I have no fic :( - So is skin colour one of the first things that I notice about people? I'd have to say yes, whether we're talking about TV shows or real life. Because my skin colour defines me whether I like it or not -
- _ice_lady_: [in innocence_jihad] Rant: I've been fuming about this for a few hours today... - It's so easy blame someone of child porn because, like Brad up there, 99% of the people will stop reading momentarily after that. And those of us who don't? We're no better than sexual predators, right? -(tags: boldthrough2007)
- erestor: LJ thinks Anorexia is a lifestyle and encouraging it is protected by freedom of speech.Let me sum this up: fictional characters drawn in fictional sexual situations are so dangerous that the artists are banned for life and their accounts purged. Real people discussing life-threatening methods to lose weight are protected by "free speech".(tags: boldthrough2007)
theljstaff: [in lj_biz] Illegal and Harmful Content Policy Clarifications - In this post we're going to try and condense and reiterate all of our recent policy clarifications as well as address the most frequent questions we've seen. -- Ponderosa121: [On Greatestjournal] Important: Security risk with LJ's current method of permanent suspension - As a permanently suspended user I can see the locked entries of any user who had me friended prior to my "decaptitation"/suspension without strikethrough. This includes having access to filters I was on -(tags: boldthrough2007 LJ)
- stephendann: Ah screw it. I was going to stay out of this a little longer - The time has come to make a decision. Do you want the current user base as it stands, or do you wish to shed users? If you wish to shed users, then make a stand, post up where you see this venue going, and make public your choice. -(tags: LJ boldthrough2007)
- telesilla: one last thought before bed - It's about what LJ wants as content and what they don't. And the funny thing is, the sooner they admit that--the sooner they get specific about what they want as content and what they don't--the sooner all this buzz will die down. -(tags: boldthrough2007 LJ)
- cryptoxin: In Defense of Pro-Ana LJ Comms - If you can't demonstrate actual or likely harm, you're not violating LJ's ToS. And yes, I see where the complaints of hypocrisy are coming from -- though with "obscenity", the harm in question is at least partly the perceived legal liability to LJ. -(tags: LJ)
- paradox_dragon: IBARW (Wednesday): Race and Our Responsibilities as Fan-Consumers - What I want to talk about it this: To what extent and how can we take responsibility for our consumption? I'm referring mainly to popular media, here, not to issues like fair trade and the like. -
- sea0tter12: Barry Bonds and LJ: Two of my least favorite entities - LJ is willing to have harmful pro-anorexia groups, but they don't want Harry Potter art. That makes so much sense. Help me bring attention to this by Digging the article -
- slashpine: Well and good, LJ. Now what about the schoolgirl hooker ads? - So while we may find this depiction of an underage prostitute or pornographer's model deplorable, misogynistic, and artistically jejune, Bubbles is safe from bannation. So long as she keeps some fabric over her pudenda[...]and refrains from explicit sex -(tags: LJ boldthrough2007)
- p_zeitgeist: another irritating but necessary PSA - when I checked back this morning (it's like a car accident, I can't look away, except for the part where I can and do decline to gawk at car accidents), I found this thread, wherein a 6A operative says that they'll suspend for linkage to content they don' -(tags: boldthrough2007 LJ)
- synecdochic: Being heard in the right places - From the perspective of having been on the other side of the fence, here's a list of things that will probably not work to establish a dialog: -(tags: LJ boldthrough2007)
- broadpenstrokes: IBARW Post - Diversity In Writing - I think most fiction writers will try their hand at it at least once, because if you're attempting to write realistically - at some point there are characters who are 'other' that enter the picture. There is a difference however, between doing a thing and -
- femmequixotic: An Open Letter to Six Apart and Livejournal - I've left several comments[...]asking Livejournal for specific clarifications of their policies so that I know best how to moderate pornish_pixies. As this is the community that keeps getting hit by Livejournal in these purges -
- flyingcarpet: reflection on TOS clarifications and adult fanfic - lj has issued another "clarification" post regarding content prohibited under the TOS. And honestly, the more I think about it, the more reassured I am. -(tags: LJ boldthrough2007)