⚠️ Adult content is being sanitized and squeezed off the internet in a way that it never has been before.
You should care, you should talk about it, you should know why it is different now and a big deal.
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Over the last month or so, sites that creators, SWs, writers, and artists use have been drastically updating their TOS.
Patreon, Gumroad, JustForFans, Pixiv Fanbox, and others have cited pressure from payment processors in these changes.
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WHAT IS NEW:
- Art and writing is included in these bans.
IRL content is fictional too, but previously bans like this have been about "exploitation of models" (and other stuff).
This is PURELY now about sanitizing content. Writing especially has never been a target.
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These updates are sweeping. Furry stuff, hypnosis, depictions of drugs, any CNC, choking, among many other things or a full ban.
SWs have seen these kinds of updates hit sites before. Fansites have content guidelines barring many consensual depictions of kink.
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- This is all happening at once.
Sites are folding quickly to pressure, each citing payment processors as the issue.
In the past, creators have had livelihoods stripped by bans but always had another place to go to try to build back up.
THEY ARE ALL DISAPPEARING.
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It will not stop here. There is a concerted effort to remove ALL adult content from the internet, being pushed by payment processors and lawmakers in several states. And of course queer expression has been included in that "content."
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- Mainstream journos aren't covering this.
The OF/PH issues that shed light on payment processor pressure had publications covering it.
There is basically no news except grassroots word of mouth.
Journalism is struggling hard as an industry, and that's really bad for us.
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This is a kind of perfect storm to quietly shut out adult content and take away livelihoods of creators who are largely marginalized minorities.
It is intentionally sanitizing the kind of adult content people want to consensually create and consume.
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IF THEY'RE SMART, what they're hoping for is for this to happen QUIETLY. They won't pressure itchio or Amazon yet to remove adult games and erotica because of the pushback they'll get. Right now, people aren't talking about this nearly enough. That's what they want.
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If you're an active journalist and you happen to see this, I urge you to take on a piece about it -- we need your help.
If you're a creator, talk about it. If you're a consumer, talk about it.
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Things may seem chill right now but it's very, very bad. I have been around for a long time. This is more than we've ever seen.
Don't let it happen quietly!
Much much love to creators who are being displaced right now too.
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A couple post-notes:
I said "IRL content is fictional" when obviously models/actors sometimes are sharing their very real scenes/etc. You know what I mean. Controlled, made for an audience, etc.
I said "queer expression" and of course also mean "trans expression."
@h_sleepingirl
Hey! I reached out to a journalist at the Washington Post and they’re interested in this story. If anyone is open to talking about this with the press please DM me! I can put you in touch.
This is getting bigger than I'm used to handling! Might mute.
Any journalists looking for sources or statements: I'm happy to provide them, but I'm going offline shortly and won't be able to respond until Sunday. My DMs are open.
Last week my boyfriend told me he was so tempted to brainwash me when I said I wasn't super into a certain fantasy, but stopped himself because, quote, "you REALLY don't need any more new fetishes"
Realization during hypnosis last night that I truly have no idea how he's controlling me this much. I don't know why it works so good. I don't know how he got so deep in me. I don't know how the trances work anymore. He took that all away and now that's power he has over me.
Hypnosis pro tip:
Making someone actually forget their name is deceptively hard, not a simple stage trick. Your name is tied to all of who you are as a person!
It's easier to do if you wipe their entire identity first :)
There is so much I love about hypnosis but some things are Dangerously Hot for me:
- identity erasure
- total blankness
- getting REALLY dumb
- becoming an object
- dolly dolly dolly
- being tempted into something I don't necessarily want
- hypnotic drugging
- magic
- addiction
So... The brainwashing of the week has been "making sleepingirl act ditzier and make stupid mistakes, and get turned on by it."
Today I forgot to wear a bra somewhere that I REALLY should wear a bra.
I didn't realize for 3 hours.
Guys my boyfriend is doing really bad things to me :( he's gonna turn me into a blow up doll for real :( my brain is gonna disintegrate :( I won't be able to move on my own :(
This may not be the most aesthetically "pretty," but it is brutal and real: this is what I look like when "I" am not there anymore. No consciousness. No identity. Erased.
This is what deep trance looks like.
(Red, glassy eyes; tears; REM; micro eyelid flutters.)
@mrdaviddream
I can't tell when he's hypnotizing me anymore. It's insane. Sometimes I'll REALLY try to pay attention to the moment that I drop into trance, but I just can't catch it, it's always too late and I'm suddenly so deep.
I used to be so hyper attentive...
Hypnovember 7
"'m not hypnotished," she slurred. Her tongue was heavy and drool dripped over her lips.
"That's right," he said. "This is how you are normally. You're just a little dim."
She blinked slowly, one eyelid even slower than the other.
"Norm'lly," she repeated.
@juliemuncy23
My favorite adjacent experience of this recently was trying to find out what's the most effective mask I could get and I couldn't find anything but affiliate link top ten lists :))))
I just. I really really love hypnosis. More than anything.
My partner hypnotized me so hard today for my first long scene as I'm recovering and just. Wow. Wow wow wow...
I can't believe it's real, and it's like this. After so many years, I'm this surprised every time. Wow.
FOLKS. I KNOW WE ARE UPSET ABOUT THE HYPNOKINK BANS. It is livelihood-destroying.
It is not new. It is not divorced from the war on SW. It is a direct result of CC processor guidelines and embroiled in history and politics.
Tumblr, Fetlife, OF, Patreon...
ARTICLES TO LEARN 🧵:
It is very possible that today was the first time I ever fully drooled in trance (I am extremely not-drooly). My eyes were also dripping tears, like my face was just all wet.
I was VERY frozen and gone. It was REALLY HOT
I'm drunk and why SHOULD I be ashamed of being a monsterfucker? Honestly? You don't wanna get railed by a huge beast with a toothy maw and sharp claws, or a mass of tentacles and glowing eyes? What's wrong with YOU, pal??
Hypnovember 11: IQ Reduced
Vaguely aware of losing her words- but it felt SO good and tingly.
"I wann-uh... Uunhh-"
Addictive, dumb pleasure.
"Yeah?" His voice was rough, aroused. "What was that, stupid?"
Rub. Satisfy that feeling... But all that came out-
"Cuh- Duhhh..."
Hypnovember 10: brainwashing
"It's not about wiping you clean, or changing you, or even controlling you."
Tenderly, he pulled trapped strands of her hair out from under the humming, pulsing visor.
"It's about possessing you," he whispered. "Forever."
She could only drool.
People are like, "OK but once they're in trance, what hot things can you actually do with hypnosis?"
Hypnosis is literally controlling/changing someone's attention and focus. If you don't find/make it hot to MANIPULATE SOMEONE'S MIND, you're missing out on like 90% of this kink.
If you want to be a bimbo, a doll, a pet, whatever -- you can just do it. You can just be it. But you're messing with your identity, so you gotta do the WORK on your identity. Introspection and intentional change of your behavior and perception.
Pretending to be a person again after extremely hypnotic date with lovely bad man
I am so brainwashed. More changed, more controlled, more mindfucked than I can say. ❤️
Maybe I don't emphasize this enough but one of the reasons I push constant hypnosis education is because the less you understand about hypnosis, the less capable you are of playing safer. Advanced knowledge = advanced safety.
This applies to BOTH hypnotists and subjects.
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You say "I'm so eepy" because it's cute, I say "I'm so eepy" because I'm a hypnofetishist and I've avoided the word "sleepy" for as long as I can remember because it's uncomfortably hot for me. We are not the same
Big tip for hypnosis:
Everybody "checks" to see if they're in trance/responding/etc. For some people, this checking becomes an obstacle. They either don't know what to look for or the checking itself is really distracting and they've anchored checking to an "awake" feeling.
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STILL can't get off without thinking about becoming a blow up doll???
The worst part is I've been brainwashed to feel myself tranforming when I get close, so I get stuck :(
I get people's temptation to want a dominant to put their lives together but PLEASE know this if you want a D/s relationship expecting it to "fix" you.
(Caveats about using the term "dysfunction" apply -- main context: executive dysfunction)
Going to post some throwback date photos that never made it on here.
You can't tell me that hypnosis doesn't create physical transformations. That is not a girl. That is a doll.
Dream: I was fighting a woman who controlled dolls. She backed me into a corner and said, "I know what to do with you." She touched my wrist and suddenly there was a tattoo that said "good girl."
A smile melted onto my face, my eyes and head went blank, and my body stilled. Fuck
Talked about this on date: when DOES hypnosis feel like/become mind control? For me:
- Very fast responses
- Feeling like I can't resist suggestions
- Literally "mental control"; control over my thoughts/emotions
- Responding to inelegant suggestions (and I'm not "helping")
🏳️⚧️ Trans/nonbinary hypnosis creators, post yourself here.
Let's get a thread of people to boost, especially considering the difficulties creators are facing right now.
Creators of all kinds welcome -- writers, artists, file makers, models, developers, etc.
I just cannot cannot CANNOT deal with how hot I find total erasure/identity death to be. Like it is the thing that gets me the most intensely, consistently turned on. Painfully turned on. It drives me crazy.
2 recent hypnosis highlights:
- As someone notoriously bad at drooling, I drooled from a hypnotic suggestion!!!
- He did a traditional yes set that he OVERTLY introduced, and I was so dumb/messed up I DIDN'T REALIZE HE WAS DOING ONE
Throwback hypnosis date picture (2022).
As I've been looking through old photos, I noticed there's a distinct point where I stopped wearing ANYTHING that wasn't pink.
This is right before that. It's so weird to see myself in a muted color. That's amazing. ❤️
I've been doing hypnosis for 13 years.
It WILL take you time and dedication to become a great hypnotist. Never assume you're done. Keep going. Push.
That meme "I bet if magic was real, people would struggle committing to learning it" is legit real; it's hypnosis. I promise.
"You've been so naughty... It's time for your... Re-education."
You're guided down the hall, helplessly, dimly wondering what manner of machine will alter your brain...
You're deposited in a room... Lined with books.
All about hypnosis.
"Now READ," the voice says. "READ!!"
My partner knows I'm genuinely so embarrassed of the new obsession/fetish he's brainwashing into me because I haven't bragged about it on Twitter AT ALL