A New History Of Fandom Purges

A New History of Fandom Purges

On November 24th, 2018, I posted a list of major deletions of sites or of content on sites that stripped fandom of its history. A bunch of pro-shipper blogs had just been deleted, and people were nervous. I suppose I was thinking “All this has happened before…”

On December 3rd, 2018, Tumblr’s Department of Irony announced the NSFW ban. Thanks for providing this salutary lesson to The Youth and a billion reblogs to me, I guess.

Today, we have AO3 for writing. Audio, images, and video are in as much danger as ever, yet fans attack AO3 every donation drive. For those of you who forget our past…

HERE IS WHAT HISTORY HAS TAUGHT US!

1992 - Chelsea Quinn Yarbro forces a zine to be destroyed

1995 - Viacom/Paramount goes after fansites

1995 - Anne Rice gets IWTV fic deleted everywhere

1997 - Fox and Lucasfilm go after fansites

1998 - AOL goes after X-Files fansites

2000 - Warner Brothers goes after Harry Potter fansites

2000 - Anne Rice anne rices again

2001 - Tripod Massacre

2001 - Anne Rice goes after IWTV fic on FFN

2001 - The Bronze shut down as Buffy changes networks

2002 - FFN bans porn

2002 - FFN bans RPF

2003 - Gryffindor Tower implodes

2004 - FFN bans script format

2005 - FFN bans CYOA, Readerfic, 2nd person, Songfic

2005 - Sheezyart bans adult content; y!gallery founded

2005 - Viacom/Paramount goes after fansites again

2006 - Sakura Lemon Archive suddenly closes

2007 - Strikethrough, Boldthrough on Livejournal

2007 - Youtube institutes Content ID, deleting many fanvids

2008 - Slash Cotillion closes, taking much historical m/m with it

2009 - GeoCities shuts down, taking old fannish websites

2009 - Greatestjournal shuts down; RPGs deleted

2009 - Marvel gets scans_daily deleted

2009 - imeem, major vidding hub, closes suddenly

2010 - FFN forums purged for inactivity

2010 - DeviantArt purges adult fanfic

2010 - Literate Union goes after Twilight fandom on FFN

2011 - Delicious destroyed by Yahoo’s incompetence

2011 - China arrests women for writing m/m; destroys danmei.org

2012 - major FFN crackdown on porn

2012 - Megaupload deleted for piracy; also destroys vids, podfic

2013 - Max-Dan-Wiz.com purged of fan-generated content

2014 - Quizilla shuts down

2014 - China purges m/m story websites; arrests female authors

2014 - Blip.tv deletes vids

2014 - Viddler deletes vids

2015 - Journalfen’s servers become fully robust, deleting Fandom Wank

2016 - y!Gallery deleted

2016 - Elfwood goes offline

2016 - Audiofic Archive corrupted; major blow to podfic

2017 - Chinese author jailed after being ratted out over fandom drama

2017 - Parents get queer Warrior Cats fic purged from Wattpad

2018 - Tumblr deletes pro-shipper blogs

2018 - Tumblr announces NSFW ban

2018 - Wattpad deletes accounts/fics without warning

2019 - China purges weibo of m/m; more women jailed

This is only a small taste of the many times that:

Fannish moderators got bored, ran out of money, or had a falling out, deleting a site/list/forum along the way.

Sites got bought out and closed for being unprofitable.

Fandom got hit as governments targeted piracy or political dissidents.

Fans grudge reported each other.

Official forums got deleted when the canon finished.

It’s not always malicious. It’s not always about us. But we lose every time.

Some of these purges hit everyone. Many of them hit m/m content specifically or female gaze-y material in general. This is why antis are dead wrong. This is why anti-fujoshi policies end up being anti-m/m policies. This is why we need clear labeling, not content restrictions.

This is why we need AO3.

And it’s why we need a solution for audio, visuals, and video too.

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6 years ago

lgbt music about

sapphic spotify playlist / mlm spotify playlist

best friends

bestie by sizzy rocket

boyfriend by tegan and sara

hmu by spacegirl gemmy

iilwmbf by salen

jenny by studio killers

kari equals hottie by the dollyrots

no kings by the total bettys

sleepover by hayley kiyoko

two little girls by ani difranco

breakups - wlw 

0108 by nakala

always this way by laura marling

bad at love by halsey

come on in my kitchen by larkin poe

conversations by lauren sanderson 

cruise freestyle by nakala

curious by hayley kiyoko

deleted you by be steadwell

good girl by domo wilson

in my blood by ji nilson

let me go by be steadwell

like me by chely wright

me & her by heavens to betsy 

new girl by be steadwell

now i’m all messed up by tegan & sara

she’s not you by grace petrie

strangers by halsey

talia by king princess 

breakups - mlm

better off just friends by pansy division

closure by ieuan

fighting for by brendan maclean

glenview by pansy division

it doesnt matter to him by john grant 

ramona by ieuan

stephen by brayton bowman

straight boy by shamir 

the day u left me by ieuan

too much to ask by pansy division

bisexuality

b.i.g by caitlyn scarlett

bad at love by halsey

bi by alicia champion

bi by alizee 

bi by living colour

bisexual by grlwood 

blinders by phem

boys by maris

boys/girls by torrey mercer

do not disturb by halestorm

gettin’ bi by crazy ex gf cast

girls/girls/boys by panic! at the disco

i do both jay and jane by postman

i wanna bf with a car by kate nash

in or out by ani difranco

not myself tonight by christina aguilera 

pretty boys and pretty girls-book of love

swings both ways by robbie williams 

cheating - wlw 

all the girls love alice by emeli sande

boyfriend by marika hackman

girlfriend by kitty

greatness by jen foster

i kissed a girl by jill sobule

cheating - mlm

all american boy by steve grand

billy brown by mika

deadahh by lil ph*g

girlfriend by mnek

i kissed a boy by jupither

im still your f*g by broken social scene 

life lovers by pansy division

to be alone with you by sufjan stevens 

christmas 

12 gays of christmas-bubba love sponge

a dirty gay christmas-jonny mcgovern

homo christmas by pansy division

i saw daddy kissing santa-rupaul

itsa very queer christmas-erin mckeown

river by sam smith

rudy the big booty reindeer-big freedia

santa baby by rupaul

santa is a gay man-big freedia

crushes & love - wlw 

all day and all of the night - kate nash

and then she kissed me by st. vincent

aquafina by cj run

beautiful girl by sophie b. hawkins

boys aside by sofya wang

bwu by tegan and sara 

california friends by the regrettes

cardigan sweater by jasmine kennedy

caroline by girlyman

cherry by rina sawayama

come what may by daisy o’connor

daisy by zedd

girl by the internet

hometown by maddie ross 

honey by kehlani

i love you, sadie by wyvern lingo

if it isnt her by ani difranco

know your name by mary lambert

mad about the girl by valerie june

marian by julian weldon

marry me by tender forever

proud by ji nilson

radiant warmth by miki ratsula

rebel girl by bikini kill

red by miki ratsula

runway by kodie shane 

she by jen foster

she says by ani difranco

she keeps me warm by mary lambert

sing to her by kodie shane

sunshine by grace petrie

watercolor roses by ness nite

wild by molly burch

with a girl like you by thao & the get down stay down

crushes & love - mlm

all american boy by steve grand 

american boyfriend by kevin abstract

and i love him by benjamin gibbard

caramel by john grant 

denny by pansy division

garden boy by boy blue 

handsome man by matt alber

hold each other by a great big world

i met a man by romanovsky and phillips

just some guy by anthony rapp

love came along by pansy division

mannequin by leon markcus

michael by franz ferdinand 

my guy by kele okereke 

too beautiful by pansy division

two men in love by the irrepresibles

what a beautiful day by brett every 

gay & lesbian culture 

bears by tom goss

blue collar sex kitten-lauren ruth ward

boys wear pink by todrick hall

butch in the streets by tribe 8

closet femme by kate reid

drag king bar by bitch and animal

dyke bars never last by sapphic lasers

elderly lesbians by sara renberg

everyone is gay by a great big world

femme bitch top by tribe 8

gay bash by melange lavonne

gay parenting by melange lavonne

gay sex by be steadwell

girls like girls by hayley kiyoko

i can be a lesbian by judy small

i don’t do boys by elektra

i’ll never want a bf by bec sandridge

influenced by queers by judy small

lesbian chic by judy small

lgbt by lowell

lgbt by rupaul

like boys by hyphen hyphen

qda by god is my co-pilot

queer by frankie simone

queer for you by the degenerettes

the chapstick lesbian song by cassendre xavier 

the ellen page by partner

only dyke at the open mic-kate reid

the only gay person by sara renberg

the queer song by two nice girls

twinkie twinkie little star-pansy division

twinks by matt fishel

vaccines made me gay by grlwood

war paint by frankie simone 

homophobia & coming out 

american boyfriend by kevin abstract

apple pie by todrick hall

becoming myself by domo wilson

behind closed doors by matt fishel

boys in the street by greg holden

checking out your babe by tribe 8

compulsive liar by ezra furman

dumb by todrick hall

feminist housewives-bitch and animal

forbidden by todrick hall

g.d.m.m.l. grls by tyler glenn

gay thoughts by the growlers 

gay sex by be steadwell

heaven sent by parker millsap

hold your hand by nicolette forte

homo song by mara levi

lezbophobia by tribe 8

love is love by naz & ella

love is love by starley

married in london by janis ian

miserable america by kevin abstract

not worth hiding by alex the astronaut

pride by grace petrie

radio friendly pop song by matt fishel

she keeps me warm by mary lambert

since when are you gay? by childbirth 

some of my best friends-pansy division

thats so gay by pansy division

the village by wrabel

this is me by jen foster

whats expected of you-lipstick homicide

who wears the pants?? by soko

you can’t pray the gay away-laura bell bundy

pining - wlw

1950 by king princess

better anyway by lauren sanderson

boyfriend by marika hackman

boyfriend by tegan and sara

carrie (i want a girl) by moaning lisa

done deal by grace petrie

explosion by zolita

flirting with her by sir babygirl

girls by girl in red

girlfriend by kitty

girlfriend by ria mae

i need a woman to love by kesha

i wanna bf with a car by kate nash

i want her by blind fury

i wanna be your girlfriend by girl in red 

jenny by studio killers

jessie’s girl by mary lambert

pretty girls by sequin sally

sister by kate nash

sleepover by hayley kiyoko

pining - mlm

boys that dance by ieuan

girl crush by harry styles

good guys by mika 

good wife by mika 

guy.exe by superfruit

him by geo louis

homie lova friend by anye elite 

i love you by woodkid

i really wanted you by pansy division

i wanna boi by pwr bttm

i wanted him by lontalius

im the friend by pansy division

my heart aches for you by pansy division

need a man blues by bronski beat

preppy boy by john grant 

the art teacher by rufus wainwright

the man i love by chester lockhart

sex - wlw

bestie by sizzy rocket

bitches by tove lo

boinked the bride by ember swift 

box by siya

dive by tiffany gouche

dreamboat by mirah

flowers for anna by ames

girls by beatrice eli

hefner by tana mongeau

holy by king princess

i didnt just kiss her by jen foster

kissing pink by kodie shane

lick it by god-des & she

pussy mine by bella thorne 

pynk by janelle monae 

sweet girl by nicole dollanganger

tangerine by cj run

true love cafe by nicole dollanganger 

sex - mlm

20 years of cock by pansy division

beercan boy by pansy division

bloom by troye sivan

chanel by frank ocean

daddy by sakima

dick of death by pansy division

groovy underwear by pansy division

he’s got his mothers hips-john grant 

he’s trippi by sakima

i lost my innocence by ezra furman

iced out dick by lil ph*g

its just a job by pansy division

james bondage by pansy division

new pleasures by pansy division

rachbottomoff by pansy division

seventeen by troye sivan

snug slacks by john grant 

t.h.u.g (trade) by todrick hall

tease by tyra b 

the cocksucker club by pansy division

tinted windows by pansy division

wet by anye elite

transitioning & dysphoria

a guy named joe by joe stevens

boy in a dress by namoli brennet

daughter by ryan cassata

daughterson by joe stevens

dysphoria by saint wellesley

f*gette by athens boys choir

ftm at the dmv by schmekel

genderless by jonesin and the hurt

genderqueer love song by schmekel 

girl or boy by dani shay

my lgbt story by itsbambii

new men with old man names-schmekel

second puberty by jake edwards

sex:male;gender:whatever-human kitten

tell me a story by skylar kergil

the village by wrabel

trans is love by marissa kay

trans punx by size of sadness

transgender dysphoria blues-against me 

true trans soul rebel by against me 

they/them/theirs by worriers

you cant tell me by jake edwards

youth

carla williams kissed me-jamie anderson

compulsive liar by ezra furman

diplomats son by vampire weekend

first time he kissed a boy by kadie elder

grace by jamie anderson

i lost my innocence by ezra furman

kiss the boy by keiynan lonsdale

loners by maddie ross

mr, peterson by perfume genius

pat me on the ass by pansy division

room by palehound

seventeen by troye sivan

seventeen by kevin abstract

son of a preacher man by tom goss

the art teacher by rufus wainwright


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9 years ago
It’s Been A Few Hours, You’ve Just Been Hanging There. You’ve Been Quiet, Too Quiet. Usually There’s

It’s been a few hours, you’ve just been hanging there. You’ve been quiet, too quiet. Usually there’s music playing, or your foot steps could be heard. But today, you’re quiet. Your little sister, who doesn’t normally come to greet you because you lock yourself away, decides to see what you’re doing. She assumes you’re taking a nap, or doing some homework quietly. She runs up the stairs, eager to see, but she comes to an immediate halt. You’re not doing your homework, nor taking a nap. Your music isn’t playing and you aren’t walking around. You’re hanging there, completely still, now just like her. At this moment, her whole world shatters. Everything she has ever known, looked up to, loved, is hanging there by a thread. At this moment, her life has been changed forever. At this moment, she wishes she was hanging with you.

Before you decide to take your life, imagine who will find you. Imagine them walking into a room, and seeing you just hanging there. Whether it be your little sister, little brother, mother father, grandparents, a friend. Imagine what will happen when they find you. No, they will not say “Finally, they’re gone.” No, they will not say “I’m happy they did that.” No, they will not say “I never loved them anyways.” They will die. Their hearts will break. They will hurt, more than you ever could. They will cry, scream, and break down. They’ll believe it’s all just a dream, praying to wake up. Except, they won’t feel that for a few seconds, or a few days, not weeks, nor months. They will feel that until the day they die. Everyday will be hell. They’ll think of you ever second. They’ll hate themselves for not being able to help or save you. They’ll wish they could die too. They’ll want to give up, just to be with you. They won’t be ever be happy again. They won’t smile. They won’t go back to their daily routine. They’ll die every time they walk past your room, or see a picture of you, or think of a memory with you. They’ll think, but stay quiet. They’ll visit your grave, feeling a knife go through their chest every time. And every morning when they wake up, no matter how long it’s been, they’ll wake up to thinking they’ll see you, only to be let down once again. And every night, they will cry themselves to sleep, because even though they refuse to admit it, know you’re gone forever.

Before you decide to take your life, think of your family, burying you. Yes, your own mother and father are planning your funeral. It’s supposed to be the other way around, but it’s not. They’ll have to call the cops, sign a death certificate, pick out clothing, buy a tomb stone, a casket, pick out flower arrangements, and more; All for their child’s funeral. The morning of your funeral, everyone who loves you is wearing black. Tears are streaming down their face, while their heart is breaking. Everyone who you thought didn’t need you, or didn’t care, are waiting in line to see you. They aren’t waiting in line at a party, or a graduation, or at a wedding reception. They’re waiting to see you, hands folded, lifeless, in a casket.

Before you decide to take your life, think of everyone you will be hurting. Don’t you dare say no one, because absolutely everyone will be affected. Your grandparents, won’t have a grandchild anymore. Your parents, won’t have a child anymore. Your brother or sister, won’t have a sibling anymore. Your pet, won’t have an owner anymore. That person you sit next to in class, won’t feel your presence anymore. Your teacher, won’t have a student anymore. That time your grandparents told you no, will haunt them forever, thinking it is their fault, that you are now dead. That time your parents yelled at you, will haunt them forever, thinking if they didn’t yell at you, you would still be here. That time your sibling said they hated you, will hate themselves, because they believe you would still be alive if they said they loved you instead. Those kids who made you feel bad, will wish they were dead too, because if they just smiled at you instead, you would be here. That teacher that said you didn’t meet her expectations, will feel like a failure, because you would still be here, if she believed in you. Everyone, who has ever been in your presence, will hurt, because if they showed you they cared, you would still be here.

Before you decide to take your life, think. Don’t just think of yourself, think of the consequences for everyone else. No one’s life will be the same again. That person who God made specially for you, won’t have you. That happiness that was waiting for you, will never show again. Before you decide to take your life, realize that you may be ending your pain, but you’ll be starting a lifetime of everyone elses.

If you are feeling alone, and think that suicide is the only way out:

My ask is open, and I’m always here. I’ll never judge you. I’ll try to help you.

If you are thinking of taking your life, call:

1-800-784-2433

1-800-SUICIDE

6 years ago

like a year ago I saw a trailer for Some Fucking Romcom where I thought for the first thirty seconds the plot was “bride asks her gay brother and his boyfriend to get heterosexual dates for her wedding”

turns out the plot actually was “bride asks her two Commitmentphobic ™ brothers to get dates for her wedding” which, lame

I like my idea, where two gay dudes and two lesbians have to pretend to be straight for an entire weekend 

“I can definitely pretend to be straight,” Lesbian One says, “I successfully pretended to be a straight man for twenty years.”

“No,” her girlfriend Lesbian Two says, “no you definitely didn’t.”

Lesbian Two, who is butch, discovers an eyelash curler. “What is this, a torture device?”

Gay Guy One hooks up with the DJ, the wedding planner, three caterers and the best man. Shenanigans happen as he narrowly avoids getting caught by the bride.

Gay Guy Two, of course, finds himself falling hopelessly in love with the groom.

At the climax of the movie Gay Guy One falls out of the closet where he’s making out with his latest conquest, the florist. The bride screams, eyeliner smearing from tears, about how he’s RUINING HER WEDDING and she didn’t choose to have a brother who was QUEER and why didn’t he ever think about HER and why couldn’t he just pretend to be NORMAL for her SPECIAL DAY–

the groom is like “honey, I’m bi”

the bride says “no, you’re not! you’re marrying me! you’re straight now!”

and then the wedding is called off and Gay Guy Two and the groom live happily ever after. the after-credits scene is Lesbian Two suspiciously poking her eyelids with an eyelash curler


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8 years ago

This is mesmerizing to watch.


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