stripedwine

So... I can't really use this site with a clear conscience anymore. The sheer amount of homophobia and misogyny I've found being fostered here over the years is something that I really don't want to be part of. In fact, I don't even want to touch it with a 10 foot pole.

And the sad part is, it's such a fixture in this community, so deeply ingrained in the userbase and the staff and the way the site is run that there's not really anything that can be done about it. Which leaves me with a single option, really-- I can leave.

I'm not quitting DA cold turkey, though. I've got obligations that I can't just up and walk away from, so I'll pop back in periodically to deal with those. I have people and groups that I watch that I'd still like to keep an eye on every now and then.

But I will stop posting art, I will stop faving and commenting for the most part, I'll be removing all links I've got pointing to this profile, and I will definitely be letting my sub run out because I refuse to give these assholes any more money.

If you still want to keep track of me and see what I'm up to (crappy TF doodles included), I've migrated a lot of my gallery to artician, and I'll start putting more art on my tumblr. I'm also still taking commissions, so if you want one, contact me by email or on tumblr or whatever, and we'll go through the usual process for that.

And hey, artician's got a group feature in the works, so if any of you want to come with me and start some Transformers community over there, I'd be totally up for it, cause....

Fuck this shit.

1. YOUR REAL NAME:

Lauren (Lo)

2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first 3 letters of real name plus izzle)

Loizzle

3. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (fav color and fav animal)

Black.... Kitty. Naw. Black 'Coon.

*EDIT: Okay so apparently Coon is a racial slur and I did not know this but I'm leaving it up so you all can remember that I'm dumb and learn from my mistakes.

4. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first)

Bakla?

5. YOUR SUPERHERO NAME: (Your 2nd favorite color, and favorite drink)

Green Tea!

6. YOUR IRAQI NAME: (2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, first two letters of your middle name, last two letters of your first name then last three letters of your last name)

...Akdaenker

7. YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (both parents middle name)

Jane Doe Bryce (My mom has no middle name, and my dad has two. Go figure.)

8. YOUR GOTH NAME: (black, and the name of one of your pets)

Black Kittytron.

9. NINJA NAME: (First two letters of your first name added with Ruto)

Loruto

10. PIRATE NAME: (Your middle name after the word Captain)

Captain Middlename.

Did DA hiccup there for a few days?

My inbox wouldn't load properly (in FF AND Chrome) so I couldn't see anything. Also couldn't write a journal, and probably couldn't upload art either.

I know my BF runs into this periodically, but this is the first time it's happened to me. Anyone else?

For those of you who remember my "DA is run by a bunch of fucking misogynists" rants a little while back, here's a tiny little news item concerning that and it would be super cool if you could fave it: fav.me/n143439

ofanks.

(Also PS was just sad yesterday because WhiteRabbitInk went home.)