But imo what we talk about when we mean Loli is a very specific thing, so these concerns are important and we should talk about them! But I think Loli isn't Nabokov's Lolita lmao
It's....hard! It really is. Cuz I can see how this could be true. I write really violent (not necessarily sexual) shit abt myself that I consider sharing but I just can't bring myself to, not because I care if it'll traumatize others but bc it's too personal lol. And it IS self serving.
there was a time where i thought "maybe some people are working through their trauma with this" purely bc a friend at the time did the same. But the space sexualize even that (doesnt help that me and the friend were 16). As much as they use that "fictional" argument it rarely seems to stay there
These Loli pedos also happen to be the biggest losers!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=gBMh...
"Oh these republicans are gonna be upset when pornhub is made illegal."
Right wingers are into porn that was already illegal. These are the people who who vowed to destroy reddit because r/jailbait was banned.
The revolution cannot triumph without the deliberate execution of anime fans - Thomas Sankara (this is a shitpost)
Also I write auto fiction which usually involves people in my real life and usually it's not very flattering at all. It's not the same level of harm ofc. But I should be allowed to make people look bad lmfao. (All the caveats about social consequences here)
Yeah like I believe we need to be allowed to make uncomfortable art and frankly what is and isn't pornographic isn't always clear, but also even if someone isn't personally bothered by an exploitative depiction of them we should probably prevent that from happening to begin with idk
while the free for all libertarianbrained response to censorship is uneducated and incurious, i do think there's also room for artwork that explores these uncomfortable realities, and we have to establish/rely on an ethical framework that lets us be discerning and decisive about this
it's complicated... i had CSEM made of me and no idea what happened to it, if it was spread— but when i think about that and real CSEM in general, anime drawings by themselves don't invoke the same sick feeling of dread, i don't feel a drawing alone is comparable to what happened to me (personally)
I think I was quite beautiful pre transition and I can't show that to anyone because they'll be sickos about it (derogatory)
trans men who post timelines with photos of themselves before they came out are braver than any US marine because the things people say about pre-transition trans men are fucking vile
I treat my English classes like improv comedy and students either absolutely HATE it or they LOVE it, there's no in between lol
Someone dig up that thread I wrote about barely legal porn and fascism
I agree. I also want to make arguments that are compatible with general pro porn sentiments. People make moral arguments about CNC because it promotes rape but no one is raped in CNC porn. All sexualization of minors is inherently abusive and therefore not liberatory or pro queer. Also it's fascist
Anime is a medium genius lol
The morality of drawing sexualized children regardless of the methods involved seems pretty clear cut to me.
"It's just a drawing" crowd is pretty weird because they're either yank libertarians who believe that we should censor literally nothing and I just plainly disagree with that. Or suddenly they think about art influencing people when it's Nazi posters or queerphobic movies.
Had a craving for the magnetic fields today
Without understanding the situation kindness is just civility and respectability politics, wish these ppl understood that lol
Everyone in Latin America does I think! It's just understood that we're all Americans
I'm glad you recognized that. People have been insulting me for days because they think they know more about the English language than I do....even though I've been an English teacher for a decade. The semantic argument is nothing but racism and I'm glad that you apologized, it means a lot.
Haha man
I'm an artist and I reference real images all the time even in more abstract work lol don't be fuckin stupid
I've seen people saying they're ethical lolicons or whatever and then they always end up being run of the mill misogynists at best, and usually very strange about children.
That's such a good point actually. "it's wrong because it's gross" yes but it's gross because it's....a real fucking child???? I've heard people talking Abt finding their victimization online and how mind shattering it was, and that pain should be what we focus on.
obviously the comparison itself isn't clear-cut, as you explained. I guess what I take issue with are moral arguments so focused on the internal state of the creator/consumer that the existence of a real person on the other end is rendered an afterthought
I think moral arguments on this matter specifically also end up erasing victims of CSAM pretty often? People keep talking about loli and csam being basically the same in a way where it's like, I think there's someone pretty important missing from the equation here
The thing about the #MeToo movement is that when I learnt as a teen about systemic racism, the weight of it felt Lovecraftian. Like my eyes had been opened to a new side of reality, and I would forever be changed. All this pain and suffering I had been unknowingly complicit in. 1/?
You do have such pretty eyes 😍
