JackBinimbul

Ya know...I know it's supposed to be about visibility and all, but I have such strong objections to NCO. I have watched people peer-pressured in to coming out to friends and/or family when they aren't ready or are at risk for doing so. I've watched people berate, ridicule and even out "friends" who have refused to participate. I've watched anti-LGBT groups trolling NCO hashtags for fresh, vulnerable victims. The most at risk are minors who may not take into account the nuance, intricacies and far-reaching impact of jumping on the bandwagon. While I fully support someone's choice to come out and applaud any effort for solidarity, NCO has just become a shit-show and needs some serious rebranding. Here is an article about some of the problems, for those interested.

Things have either changed with this system in the past year or I've gone senile. 1. Is there a way for me to change which image shows as a thumbnail for the entire gallery? One of my galleries has a thumbnail display of an image that isn't even in the album anymore. 2. Is there a way for me to move an image from one gallery to another while preserving comments and whatnot or do I have to delete and upload it again?

Well, damn. TIL.

I'm in my 30's Though I agree

I felt that way until just this year. But A. I dislike having to pretend I don't have a boyfriend. B. I got tired of people threatening to out me. I knew I'd be pretty much disowned, all the same.

My mother still isn't speaking to me and hasn't let me see my little sister since she found out.

I use this word (and worse) all the time. Censorship is a vile practice. "Clean" words can be used far more hatefully and to much more effect than any "curse" word.

I'm glad his visual nature is coming across well. Thanks again for your helpful and glowing reviews!

Thanks for your review! I'm glad you're enjoying it thus far. It is, of course, important for me to portray BDSM as the responsible "hobby" that it is, but I am also very mindful of appealing for more "vanilla" readers. I definitely cannot stand literature/visual media that portrays abuse and violation as acceptable practices in kink. I'm glad you're enjoying it so far!

The duplex was quiet and still in the fading light. Heat still clung to the brown brick face and reached out into the chill as Dorian leaned against his car in the driveway. The cold stone of betrayal lodged in the pit of his stomach lessened with each drag of the cigarette between his fingers. Nearly five years nicotine-free, up in literal smoke. He went over and over it in his head and the only conclusion that he kept going back to was that he was an idiot. A naive, desperate idiot. All it to

As a freelance artist, I'm biased toward this method. Yes, everyone hire me!

I have noticed a very common trend on GA that I think needs to be discussed. I will endeavor to word this as tactfully as I can and explain why I think it is an issue without trying to sound overly judgmental. A very large number of adult authors here use images of minors they have found on the internet in their user galleries. They use these images as a way of saying "this is what my character(s) look like". At face value, this seems fairly innocuous. Here is my issue; a great portion of these stories are portraying these minors in a sexual or at the very least romantic manner. Finding images of REAL minors to provide readers with visual stimulation while reading sexual/romantic themed teen stories is something I find to be very concerning. These are real human beings who are under the age of consent (in most Western countries) and very likely would not like their images being used in this context by much older writers without their knowledge. What are your thoughts on this issue?

Thanks a ton for your feedback! It means a lot =)

That WAS the insinuation, wasn't it? Hm, hm...infatuation makes retards out of the best of us

Thanks for reading! I'm glad you're enjoying it.