censorship

latest: oct 2018 to dec 2024


			31 December 2024 what we tried to say on bluesky and twitter bly VirPed's accounts have been banned (twice) from Twitter and once from BlueSky. We had one main thing to say...

			19 April 2023 in which leonard processes his feelings leonard johnston 2 of 4: I was skeptical about the claims of those saying they'd been "silenced". And then it happened to me.

			2 January 2023 what does chatgpt think the world thinks of us? leonard johnston ChatGPT answers questions about pedophilia differently depending on what and how you ask it.

			30 October 2022 what made quora change its mind? leonard johnston 1 of 4: With over 1m views on 141 answers over six years, my Quora account was banned. Why?

			18 October 2021 a short bright elucidation bly A review of A Long Dark Shadow: Minor Attracted People and Their Pursuit of Dignity by Allyn Walker

			30 September 2020 is artificial child pornography a good outlet? leonard johnston 2 of 6: Is artificial CP moral? Might it lead to more harm?

			15 July 2020 thread: risk or risk factor? bly Does the distinction matter? Yes, so much that it could be the difference between child abuse and no crime.

			2 July 2020 thread: window shoppers and thieves bly People say that all we want to do is rape children. But this doesn't describe us well.

			26 April 2020 thread: could pedophiles appear on stage? bly Representation for us is very difficult in film or using our own identities. Could theatre have a solution?

			21 April 2020 thread: things you're overlooking bly Get help! It isn't normal! Stay away from kids! Thanks for the suggestions, but...

			12 April 2020 thread: the narrative of situational offenders bly Are sexual offenders against children really divided neatly into 'pedophilic' and 'situational'?

			11 April 2020 thread: welcome, pandemic maps! bly Advice based on three years of social media maptivism.

			4 January 2020 thread: are prevention programmes effective? bly Many professional efforts to support us are based on the idea of preventing crimes. Do they actually work?

			15 November 2019 thread: autopedophilia and pedophilia bly Is there a difference between being attracted to a child and wanting to be a child? Yes. But there is also overlap.

			28 October 2019 thread: normalizing pedophilia? bly The term "normalization" has come to mean "shut up" when used against us on social media.

			9 October 2019 thread: why don't anti-cs talk about the age of consent? bly It's taboo to start a discussion about this among anti-contacts. Here's why.

			20 September 2019 thread: what rights do pedophiles lack? bly Don't pedophiles already have all the rights they need?

			23 June 2019 thread: mutual coming out is hard bly It's hard to come out to regular people, but it can even be hard to come out to another pedophile.

			13 May 2019 thread: normalization? hardly bly People both overestimate our influence and underestimate our humanity.

			4 May 2019 thread: pedo-hunters bly Vigilantes are much feared and hated by non-offending pedophiles as well as by offenders. Why?

			19 April 2019 thread: i'm gay but not in lgbtq+ bly No, we don't want to join LGBT+, but some of us are lesbian, gay, trans and/or one of the other letters.

			29 March 2019 thread: a new pedophile was just born bly A future pedophile is born every 45 seconds. What do we do when they come of age?

			25 March 2019 thread: what doesn't harm kids? bly It's important to understand what really harms children so we aim to prevent the right things.

			23 March 2019 thread: where do anti-contacts come from? bly Thanks to the label anti-contact there is a new way for pedophiles to identify.

			6 February 2019 thread: better sex education bly A short Twitter thread on how sex education could be in the future

			11 December 2018 thread: what help? bly In response to the many accounts that simply tweeted, Get Help!

			9 December 2018 thread: common misconceptions bly Many people believe many things about us, but most are wrong.

			5 December 2018 the twitter pedophile debate ethan edwards One main hope we have is that pedophiles will similarly hear a Virtuous Pedophiles message, recognize themselves and that they are not alone, and feel relief and empowerment.

			20 November 2018 thread: identification with children bly How many pedophiles find it hard to see themselves as adults? Is this important?

			27 October 2018 thread: how does a pedophile not become an abuser? bly Pedophiles have different starting points and end with differing beliefs and behaviours. What do we know about why?

31 December 2024

what we tried to say on bluesky and twitter
bly

VirPed's accounts have been banned (twice) from Twitter and once from BlueSky. We had one main thing to say...

19 April 2023

in which leonard processes his feelings
leonard johnston

2 of 4: I was skeptical about the claims of those saying they'd been "silenced". And then it happened to me.

2 January 2023

what does chatgpt think the world thinks of us?
leonard johnston

ChatGPT answers questions about pedophilia differently depending on what and how you ask it.

30 October 2022

what made quora change its mind?
leonard johnston

1 of 4: With over 1m views on 141 answers over six years, my Quora account was banned. Why?

18 October 2021

a short bright elucidation
bly

A review of A Long Dark Shadow: Minor Attracted People and Their Pursuit of Dignity by Allyn Walker

30 September 2020

is artificial child pornography a good outlet?
leonard johnston

2 of 6: Is artificial CP moral? Might it lead to more harm?

15 July 2020

thread: risk or risk factor?
bly

Does the distinction matter? Yes, so much that it could be the difference between child abuse and no crime.

2 July 2020

thread: window shoppers and thieves
bly

People say that all we want to do is rape children. But this doesn't describe us well.

26 April 2020

thread: could pedophiles appear on stage?
bly

Representation for us is very difficult in film or using our own identities. Could theatre have a solution?

21 April 2020

thread: things you're overlooking
bly

Get help! It isn't normal! Stay away from kids! Thanks for the suggestions, but...

12 April 2020

thread: the narrative of situational offenders
bly

Are sexual offenders against children really divided neatly into 'pedophilic' and 'situational'?

11 April 2020

thread: welcome, pandemic maps!
bly

Advice based on three years of social media maptivism.

4 January 2020

thread: are prevention programmes effective?
bly

Many professional efforts to support us are based on the idea of preventing crimes. Do they actually work?

15 November 2019

thread: autopedophilia and pedophilia
bly

Is there a difference between being attracted to a child and wanting to be a child? Yes. But there is also overlap.

28 October 2019

thread: normalizing pedophilia?
bly

The term "normalization" has come to mean "shut up" when used against us on social media.

9 October 2019

thread: why don't anti-cs talk about the age of consent?
bly

It's taboo to start a discussion about this among anti-contacts. Here's why.

20 September 2019

thread: what rights do pedophiles lack?
bly

Don't pedophiles already have all the rights they need?

23 June 2019

thread: mutual coming out is hard
bly

It's hard to come out to regular people, but it can even be hard to come out to another pedophile.

13 May 2019

thread: normalization? hardly
bly

People both overestimate our influence and underestimate our humanity.

4 May 2019

thread: pedo-hunters
bly

Vigilantes are much feared and hated by non-offending pedophiles as well as by offenders. Why?

19 April 2019

thread: i'm gay but not in lgbtq+
bly

No, we don't want to join LGBT+, but some of us are lesbian, gay, trans and/or one of the other letters.

29 March 2019

thread: a new pedophile was just born
bly

A future pedophile is born every 45 seconds. What do we do when they come of age?

25 March 2019

thread: what doesn't harm kids?
bly

It's important to understand what really harms children so we aim to prevent the right things.

23 March 2019

thread: where do anti-contacts come from?
bly

Thanks to the label anti-contact there is a new way for pedophiles to identify.

6 February 2019

thread: better sex education
bly

A short Twitter thread on how sex education could be in the future

11 December 2018

thread: what help?
bly

In response to the many accounts that simply tweeted, Get Help!

9 December 2018

thread: common misconceptions
bly

Many people believe many things about us, but most are wrong.

5 December 2018

the twitter pedophile debate
ethan edwards

One main hope we have is that pedophiles will similarly hear a Virtuous Pedophiles message, recognize themselves and that they are not alone, and feel relief and empowerment.

20 November 2018

thread: identification with children
bly

How many pedophiles find it hard to see themselves as adults? Is this important?

27 October 2018

thread: how does a pedophile not become an abuser?
bly

Pedophiles have different starting points and end with differing beliefs and behaviours. What do we know about why?

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