So Fatfur Twitter, I see we're having a... discussion about minors in adult spaces + SFW kinks... again

Despite the fact that one of these is not a debate + one of these is far too fucking complicated for this hellsite

BUT IM FEELING BITEY SO LETS DO THIS

Let's start with a TL;DR

1. Minors do not belong in adult spaces
a) THIS IS NOT A DEBATE
b) This hellsite fails creators in this regard

2. Kinks can be present in a SFW work
a) degree of focus matters
b) CONTEXT MATTERS

1a - repeat after me

MINORS DO NOT BELONG IN ADULT SPACES

I'm taking no questions here

They need to grow up in their spaces before coming into ours, this isn't some debate about 'guidance' or 'being supportive'

You know exactly what I mean, don't fucking argue it

1b - this site is a failure [on many levels]

We as adult creators are not given the tools to effectively age gate our content + forced to self-police our feeds/followers

Corporations are, because we are less important in this capitalist hellworld

1b cont.

There is a discussion to be had about policing our follows/followers but it is so very exhausting

At the end of the day, we gotta look out for each other, make people aware, + NOT attack minors for literally being the dumb kids they are

1b cont.

And maybe we need to seriously look at how we use this site + work on divesting ourselves from an unified amorphous platform

But that sure is NOT a discussion for now

2a - Focus Matters

Kinks can be presented in a SFW way, if they aren't the focus

This happens in all media, in all art, this is how we all got here. The brain latches onto things + sometimes those things make us horny [or aesthetic equivalent]

2a cont.

Kink erasure is a thing

Wear the things that make you you on your sleeve, own your kinks + make the content YOU want to consume

And maybe someone else will enjoy it for the artistry, or maybe for the camaraderie

But know your audience

2a cont.

It is inherently muddy water, things don't exist in a vacuum

But to say ALL KINK IS NSFW is really getting the equation backwards + boiling things down to buzzwords + quick blurbs to the detriment to the real discussion...

2b - CONTEXT MATTERS

We live in a world that is constantly moving too fast + consuming content with a critical eye is increasingly impossible

Especially on this website, which is not designed remotely for meaningful interaction and definitely NOT debate

2b cont.

But the context of a kink matters

Who is this for?
Who made this?
What is the focus?
What is the purpose?
What is the content?

Everything has metadata to consider before you make some unhelpful reductive blanket statement

2b cont.

Some questions have easy answers

Did a minor make this? THEN IT SHOULDNT BE IN AN ADULT SPACE

Does this contain minors? THEN DONT HORNY

I like to think these aren't the things being debated here

2b cont.

Other questions are much more complicated

How does a piece of media for general consumption interface with kink?

How does media trivialize kink or make light of it for a laugh?

How do we address the integral part of kink + sexuality plays in media?

2b cont.

These are all REALLY IMPORTANT discussions to be had + depend on critically considering the context of our media + our relation to it

AND THIS HELLSITE IS NOT THE PLACE TO DEBATE IT

You're trying to carve a turkey with a butter knife + a chainsaw

Concluding this terrible mistake I've made this morning

Minors don't belong in adult spaces

Kink is a context layered on top of media, which itself can be either SFW/NSFW, and reducing the discussion down isn't helpful

Twitter is a hellsite

Thank you for coming to my TED talk