The Dragonheart Collective

Two new essays and a 27 page pdf for alterhuman stuff have been posted on the website;
Culturally Cats - On being 'culturally nonhuman' in relations to our shared psychological cat identity.
Archetrope Chatter- on the nature of this label in relation to one of us
Safety In Alterhuman Spaces - A safety guide for alterhuman and plural folks for the unique challenges we face in those spaces. 27 pages.

Imagine this: You are a average person, casually using the internet and social media, you go to look at an account you cant seem to see the reply of out of curiosity, and oops! You're blocked! You have never interacted with this person, and yet they seem to have hated you enough to block you, what gives!?

Except, its not as simple as that. Blocking has become evermore something everyone has to do to curate a pleasant experience in web 2.0, and under the cut today, I'm going to talk about that.
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TLDR- Blocking is one of the many tools needed to curate ones internet experience and avoid harassment. Getting blocked by accident happens, stop taking it personally. Often times, blocking is no longer personal. Just shrug and move on.

Im migrating all my stuff over, so first over is the scrappy poetry
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