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- Mon May 23, 2016 3:10 pm
- Forum: Administrivia
- Topic: Trigger warnings: a how to guide
- Replies: 35
- Views: 102580
Re: Trigger warnings: a how to guide
@MoonChild - if you want to practice the formatting in a safe spot, that's one of the things this thread is for. (That's where I learned!)
- Wed Jul 01, 2015 1:35 pm
- Forum: Administrivia
- Topic: Welcome rubymendez to the admod team!
- Replies: 24
- Views: 49983
Re: Welcome rubymendez to the admod team!
Yay! This site is managed by the best people :)
- Thu Sep 11, 2014 11:35 am
- Forum: Administrivia
- Topic: TW tags and bad language: A Discussion
- Replies: 40
- Views: 79019
Re: TW tags and bad language: A Discussion
If you're going to provide an alternate word outside the black box, why not simply replace the -ist word itself? I think site users are frustrated with this issue because we can't (or at least I can't) imagine that casually racist or sexist language would be permitted, even under a TW, so why are th...
- Tue Sep 02, 2014 5:10 pm
- Forum: Administrivia
- Topic: TW tags and bad language: A Discussion
- Replies: 40
- Views: 79019
Re: TW tags and bad language: A Discussion
I think context matters a lot. There have been posts that included a slur because it illustrated a point. Totally made up example: "My manipulative ex kept calling me 'crazy' and I started to believe it." Or, in a non-ableist example, "I wouldn't give the guy my number and he called me a stuck-up bi...