Very notable that while your classics like 'lol' and 'lmao' have hung around there's no longer any real use case for 'brb' or 'g2g'. Where are you going to go. We're all here. Everywhere is here

During the massacre at al-Shifa Hospital, the Israeli army shot patients in their beds and doctors who refused to abandon the sick, separated people into groups with differently-colored bracelets, and executed hundreds of civil government employees.

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Josh Neves Joshua Neves and I are editing an edited collection on convenience coming out later this year! More on that soon, meanwhile, this:

McCarthyism is real. I’ve been relieved of teaching responsibilities. Don’t stop talking about Palestine.

My latest journal article on spousal work & livestreaming is out in Global Media&China!

I explore how Twitch streamers navigate visibility with their spouses & other housemates, extending the game industry's historical dependence on spousal support ...
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SIGN THE PETITION for the ACLU to open up an FTC investigation into MasterCard.

This is currently our best option for action.

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this podcast is a STUNNING history of how adult advertisements supported alt media for decades until ads moved online & into the feds’ crosshairs

sex workers, allies, journalists, free-speech activists, media scholars, anyone still mourning the village voice—don’t sleep on this!

Over the last month or so, sites that creators, SWs, writers, and artists use have been drastically updating their TOS.

Patreon, Gumroad, JustForFans, Pixiv Fanbox, and others have cited pressure from payment processors in these changes.

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⚠️ Adult content is being sanitized and squeezed off the internet in a way that it never has been before.

You should care, you should talk about it, you should know why it is different now and a big deal.

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There was significant backlash when Porn Studies first launched from those who argued that porn cannot and should not be studied like other cultural products, and who felt the presence of porn workers on the editorial board was 'biased':
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Happy 10 year anniversary to the incomparable PornStudies! 💫 It's hard to articulate how important this journal has been and continues to be for pulling together and expanding the field of porn studies.
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When ‘merchant risk’ is symbolic rather than substantiated like it is for 🌽, compliance becomes a moving target

credit card companies are playing financial Calvinball - making up rules in a game creators can’t possibly win

If you thought NSFW content creators in the States were the only people at risk, you might wanna follow Canada's situation written by 🥩himbo discourse🥩. Fantastic read! 👍

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The Cass Review rejected around 50 studies (98%) submitted to it, but accepted studies not focused on trans people. It claims 24 year olds are children. It claims that toys children play with is determined by biology.

This report is anti-science and is for ideological zealots.

Nice 🧵breaking down many of the things that are very bad about using online age verification to address kid’s access to objectionable material.

at 3pm TODAY I'll be hosting a Reddit AMA about the Pornhub Empire podcast. ask me aaannnnything! reddit.com/r/podcasts/com…

Internet Researcher Maggie MacDonald Pens Op-Ed on the Risks of Canada's Age Verification Proposals 🥩himbo discourse🥩 xbiz.com/news/280882/in…

I have literally told fans in my Oh Eff DMs who say they “feel addicted to watching 🌽” to unsubscribe from me. If you’re not engaging with my content in a way that feels positive and healthy to you, I don’t want you in my space. I also don’t want you to put the blame on me as…

Great op-ed from 🥩himbo discourse🥩!