So, I don’t normally do this, but something urgent came up, and I really need y’all to read this. There’s a TL;DR at the bottom of this post, but I strongly advise reading this post all the way through to gain more context on the situation at hand.
I don’t know all the details, but there’s this act floating around in the US called the “Kid’s Online Safety Act” - or KOSA , if you will. Here’s a description of it:
In summary, this law, if put in place, would aim to wipe out sites that could provide youth with life-saving resources, or even mention topics related to the LGBTQIA+ community and suicide prevention.
Now, obviously this is only a thing in America, so you’d think it wouldn’t affect the rest of the world, right?
Well, not exactly.
So you know how fandom sites such as Tumblr, AO3 and Wattpad provide an escape for many people across the world who are going through hard times (to put it simply)? I don’t mean to scare anyone, but if this law passes, these sites may be negatively affected globally.
Here’s a TikTok I found by a creator known as omarsbigsister that explains it better. It’s mainly about AO3 but Tumblr and Wattpad are mentioned too:
We all know why fandom is so important. Many people, as I’ve mentioned, use sites such as the ones previously listed to escape the troubles of their everyday life. In addition, fanfiction sites in particular provide creative outlets for writers across the globe. This law could possibly destroy this form of escapism and a creative outlet.
I’ve linked a link tree found in the above TikTok creator’s link tree at the bottom of this post. Please sign them regardless of where you’re from.
Also, y’all know I usually don’t ask for clicks, but interacting with this post in some way or even making a post of your own like this to spread the word would also be of great help!
Thanks in advance!
- hpnewgen
TL;DR: KOSA is putting the lives of American youth and the future of fandom as a whole at risk and we need to act now.
let’s be honest, everyone’s favorite ship dynamic is just a character they can project on or relate to, and a character who’s their type
"regulus black was EVIL"
just say u cant recognise when a man serves cunt and move on..
I love that the minute AO3 goes down everyone collectively flocks to this website to ask the same question with varying levels of insanity attached
i think jk rowling deserves a thank you. she wrote these books that our fandom is based on and no one thanks her. so i’m going to.
Thank you for creating a world of wonder and beauty and magic that I lived in when my life was hard. Thank you for inspiring me to keep going, hearing that you wrote under a pseudonym so boys still read your books convinced me that i could carry on even under prejudice.
Thank you so fucking much for RUINING IT ALL. You were my fucking feminist icon. I TOLD MY TRANS COUSIN I ADORED YOU, before I knew. That’s how I found out. I said to his face that I admired YOU, a transphobic arsehole who spreads misinformation and causes trans CHILDREN to KILL THEMSELVES!
You built and ruined my childhood Joanne Kathleen Rowling. You are telling kids who look up to you, to ruin the lives of trans people who are just trying to live their life.
i wasn’t on social media, it made me feel bad so I never kept up with celebs. I didn’t know who you truly were. I didn’t know until my cousin told me. I didn’t know there was an Emma Watson to look up too. I thought there was you or nothing. YOU LEFT ME WITH NOTHING.
So fuck you. Fuck you for ruining my childhood but more importantly, fuck you for ruining trans peoples lives.
i’m fucking glad you hate wolfstar. i’m fucking glad you hate trans Regulus. Bite me in the fucking arse you bloody TERF.
And thank you so much for teaching me that it’s never worth it to meet your hero’s.
I’m so glad i never had the misfortune of interacting with you. YOU ARE NOT A FEMINIST AND WON’T EVER FUCKING BE UNTIL YOU INCLUDE ALL WOMEN YOU TRANSPHOBIC MONSTER!
i hate timothee chalamet. one. two. i hate him as regulus black. hes 30 years old, regulus died when he was 18.
I know I already made a “happy pride month” post but this one is for the trans and genderqueer people out there <3
I HOPE YOU STAY SAFE AND PROTECTED FROM TRANSPHOBIC ASSHOLES AND ACTUALLY ENJOY GAY MONTH!! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ BE WHO YOU AREEE FOR YOUR PRIDEEEE 😘🥳
Sirius: Gay son or thot daughter?
Evan: You’re literally both.
Barty: He has that two in one pack deal.
Regulus: Child neglect.
the horrible feeling you get when the tissue box runs out of tissues <<<
I just realized all my comfort characters are 'the second choice', I think they might say something about me but I'm ignoring that :)
-Regulus Black
-Chuuya Nakahara
-Ryuunosuke Akutagawa
This is me if you even care