Just to let people know that Fictionmania has successfully changed servers and is back and running, albeit with my recent postings there, gone.
It was interesting that when WebDeb advised us it was down there was a couple of comments about FM like - "nothing but soft core porn, most of the time" and "more sexually oriented material, for they who prefer more erotic fare". There was also the chilling statement - "PROJECT 2025 won't see any difference - if it's transgender, it's PORN; and a danger to the Fatherland".
Here is my comment in response:
"I am essentially a romance writer, but like many romance writers, I am not afraid if the story leads to an erotic scene.
I post here and on FM, and I do not draw a distinction although I am aware that here the audience is more refined and intellectual!
I save the raunchy stuff for an occasional foray into Literotica where I have 74 postings.
Like the comment following yours, it does irk me that anything trans is marked as porn, or even as erotic. Transgender is a state of being that some of us have to live with. We are not in it for kicks. But for many of us we crave the sexual life we should have been born too. There is nothing wrong with that."
I am aware that some people get off on the very idea that some men are really women, but I continue to be annoyed by the idea that some people think any discussion about a scientifically confirmed condition, is porn.
Maryanne
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Persuasion?
Would your response persuade the creators and implementers of Project 2025?
-- Daphne Xu
Persuasion
I doubt that they are open to persuasion, or even to rational thought.
Their minds are closed..
I’ve sat thru a few contentious local school board meetings regarding this and even some state public comment hearings(ohio HB6 - transgender therapy and sports participation) and they are not even close to be persuaded. Until it happens to them, it doesn’t exist.
Thankfully
I am not familiar with Project 2025, although from the comments I can kinda gather what it is. There seems to be little except fetish posted on FM in the last several years so it isn't hard to see where that opinion comes from. Thing is, unlike many people, I have control over my eyes so if what is posted doesn't interest me I don't read it.
I have one story posted on FM, just to protect my name. Other than that, I don't care much about what happens there. I'd be a lot happier to see Bob Arnold's website back up instead. If wishes were horses and all that.
KJT
“When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king. The palace becomes a circus.” - Turkish Proverb
Working on Stardust
Stardust is on my active projects list. I was looking at some of the software and making plans recently. Hopefully early into the new year you will see a resurrected and updated Stardust as well as a more stable, faster TopShelf to go with it :)
-Piper