First off, I have no plans to leave FurAffinity unless I'm forced off, which (fingers crossed) I doubt will happen. Seems like text content generally gets more benefit of the doubt than art, so it probably wouldn't be for policy reasons, but with recent incidents such as people being banned for "not being a good match for the community", I don't want to take any risks.

You can find me at reallygrossstuff on Tumblr or AO3 - everything that's been uploaded here is cross-posted to both of those sites. I'm not sure where else it'd be a good idea to post my stuff or try to connect with people.

To be honest for a second, this all sucks. The way mods are treating ABDL content, perma-banning people even without policy violations, and the rumors that this is all happening to make the site more marketable... it's been sapping a lot of the enjoyment I get out of the art and community here. Not to mention all of this happening at a time where I'm trying to engage more with the furry community and make new friends there, and trying to build confidence to upload art as well as fic.

I don't know if I'll be able to do any of that if FA keeps going the way it is, and it's a really depressing thought. So much social media is a numbers game, or actively hostile to queer people, and I can't imagine feeling confident putting myself out there on any of those platforms. Hell, with what's already been happening, I don't know if I'm confident putting myself out there on this platform. Seeing people whose work I respect feel scared to upload new things, or actively purging their accounts because of these policy decisions, is a punch to the gut that keeps happening every day.

Sorry for such a downer of a journal. tldr: no plans to leave this site unless I'm forced off, but find me elsewhere too. New content coming eventually. Take care of each other.