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  1. CW: Cartoon drawing of female nipples

    At what point, exactly, do breasts aka "female-presenting nipples" go from "acceptable for babies" to "harmful to children"?

    #feminism #malePrivilege #patriarchy #censorship #freeTheNipple #toplessEquality

    More "day in the life of a Top free Activist" comic pages at toplesstopics.org/webcomic

  2. An addendum to the short video I just posted about how banning porn is not going to normalize nonsexual nudity, about why I then get so angry that I'm forced to use porn sites just to have my heinous female nipples visible.

    #feminism #intersectionalFeminism #malePrivilege #patriarchy #censorship #sexism #misogyny #toplessEquality #freeTheNipple

    youtube.com/shorts/GtEJlMqZOO8

  3. porn is the solution, not the problem. If nonsexual nudity (or even just female nipples) were allowed to exist ALONGSIDE porn, it would just demonstrate the difference between the two that much more clearly.

    #feminism #intersectionalFeminism #malePrivilege #patriarchy #censorship #sexism #misogyny #toplessEquality #freeTheNipple

    youtube.com/shorts/weSpoAALiec

  4. There's a topless dad wandering around this playground full of kids and I'm SOOOO tempted to yell "put a shirt on, you pervert! Think of the children!" 😏

    I mean, if female nipples, which actually serve a reproductive biological purpose, are "harmful to children," then so too must male nipples, right? Right??

    #sexism #misogyny #patriarchy #malePrivilege #doubleStandards #feminism #intersectionalFeminism #topFreeEquality #toplessEquality #freeTheNipple #equalityforall #genderEquality

  5. CW: Cartoon drawing of nipples

    A quickly drawn "Day in the life of a Top free Activist" webcomic page, inspired by an actual conversation between my son and his female friend, both under ten years old, about why society only allows HIM to go in public without a shirt. 🙃

    More pages at: toplesstopics.org/webcomic

    #freeTheNipple #toplessEquality #feminism #patriarchy #intersectionalFeminism #topFreeEquality #equalityforall #doubleStandards #sexism #misogyny #womensEquality #malePrivilege

  6. "because female-looking nipples are sexually explicit nudity but male-looking nipples aren't!"

    "says who?"

    ".... Men!"

    *gestures "there you go"*

    "wElL aCtUaLlY, the ones who complain about women going topless in public are other women!"

    1. This is not true. Look at the genders of most of the repliers on any social media post about #freeTheNipple

    2. Even if it was, the presence of internalized #misogyny does not disprove #patriarchy.

    3. Even if women were the ones to complain the loudest about other women going topless in public, men are the ones deciding on the legislation and censorship policies that categorize "female nipples" as "sexually explicit nudity" but not "male nipples".

    #toplessEquality #genderEquality #sexism #malePrivilege #feminism

  7. Seriously though, photos and videos of men flexing their exposed pectoral muscles online and in public on a hot day or around a body of water are a dime a dozen. You know what really sticks out? Not wearing a shirt except for covering just your areolas, the same exact ones that women have but are forced to cover up in any situation that doesn't condone full body nudity. THAT'S what gets people's attention and makes them stop for a second to think how insanely sexist and misogynistic gender-based censorship is.

    #patriarchy #malePrivilege #equalRights #genderEquality #feminism #censorship #freeTheNipple #toplessEquality

  8. CW: Extremely basic cartoon female nipple, misogynistic slur

    No one can accuse anti-topfree equality types of having the capacity for critical thinking (of course, unlike like 50 years ago, these types generally think that female presenting chests are ALWAYS "sexually explicit nudity", even while literally serving their biological purpose of feeding a child)

    #feminism #equality #womensEquality #patriarchy #toplessEquality #freeTheNipple #misogyny #sexism #malePrivilege #rapeCulture

  9. Another quickly drawn "Day in the Life of a Topfree Equality activist" webcomic. Just wondering where the line set by #cis #men that determines what parts of a #woman s body is allowed to be viewed in public and online is?

    #genderEquality #womensEquality #womensRights #malePrivilege #doubleStandards #feminism #intersectionalFeminism #misogyny #sexism #patriarchy #censorship #freeTheNipple #toplessEquality

  10. When I beg y'all who actually do support my fight for anti #censorship #gender #equality (aka #topFreeDom / #toplessEquality) to leave comments of support on my videos and posts where others can actually see them, I swear it's not just because I'm "farming engagement" so my content shows up in recommended feeds and search results (though that is an added benefit). It's that putting dozens of hours of work into creating a video, only to have the only comments/feedback I get on it come from perverts and haters who treat me like a sex doll with absolutely no regard for my arguments is soul-crushingly depressing. Not just that, but only seeing pervy and hateful comments on a video only emboldens the haters to post even more of that deplorable filth.

    I know it's scary to risk having the haters turn their claws towards YOU, but imagine how it feels for me, the current and only target for their insults and belittling. Please be assured that other than community support, I get NOTHING from the countless hours and work I put into Topless Topics--I'm constantly getting banned from every platform that isn't a porn site or extremely niche like the fediverse, which obviously means monetization and sponsorships are an impossible dream for me, and the fact that I DON'T provide sexual content (because that just confuses people when I say "female nipples are not inherently sexual" but then turn around and provide actual sexual content) means that pretty much the only people willing to buy my artistic nude photography prints or donate on Patreon are those doing so for sexual gratification.

    If becoming rich and famous was my own goal, I'd forget the whole "wanting the same exact right to go topless online and in public that only 'people who look male' get" thing and make porn (which even then isn't a guaranteed success, but at least I'd be making SOME money). I really do care about achieving equality, and the only way we can ever do that is if a LOT more people speak up about the hypocrisy, instead if just me vs the legions of haters and perverts who see me as nothing but a walking pair of tits.

  11. Very quickly sketched out #webcomic page idea summarizing the blatantly nonsensical "female nipples are sexual because we treat female nipples as sexual" counter-argument I hear/read so often from #misogynist who want to maintain the #genderbased #censorship status quo established by the #patriarchy.

    #feminism #intersectionalFeminism #topFreeEquality #equalityforall #doubleStandards #sexism #misogyny #womensEquality #genderEquality #transphobia #malePrivilege #topFree #freeTheNipple #toplessEquality

  12. Very quickly sketched out #webcomic page idea summarizing the blatantly nonsensical "female nipples are sexual because we treat female nipples as sexual" counter-argument I hear/read so often from #misogynist who want to maintain the #genderbased #censorship status quo established by the #patriarchy.

    #feminism #intersectionalFeminism #topFreeEquality #equalityforall #doubleStandards #sexism #misogyny #womensEquality #genderEquality #transphobia #malePrivilege #topFree #freeTheNipple #toplessEquality

  13. Very quickly sketched out #webcomic page idea summarizing the blatantly nonsensical "female nipples are sexual because we treat female nipples as sexual" counter-argument I hear/read so often from #misogynist who want to maintain the #genderbased #censorship status quo established by the #patriarchy.

    #feminism #intersectionalFeminism #topFreeEquality #equalityforall #doubleStandards #sexism #misogyny #womensEquality #genderEquality #transphobia #malePrivilege #topFree #freeTheNipple #toplessEquality

  14. Very quickly sketched out #webcomic page idea summarizing the blatantly nonsensical "female nipples are sexual because we treat female nipples as sexual" counter-argument I hear/read so often from #misogynist who want to maintain the #genderbased #censorship status quo established by the #patriarchy.

    #feminism #intersectionalFeminism #topFreeEquality #equalityforall #doubleStandards #sexism #misogyny #womensEquality #genderEquality #transphobia #malePrivilege #topFree #freeTheNipple #toplessEquality

  15. TL;DR #introduction post because I'm too prone to verbosity:
    - #toplessEquality / #freeTheNipple #feminist #activist who tries to raise awareness about many other #progressive / #leftist issues using the "clickbait" of my heinous female nipples on my video series Topless Topics (you can search by subject or interviewee at toplesstopics.org to see the #patriarchy -unfriendly version on Peertube or the super- #censorship version on Youtube)
    - also a #videoGame enthusiast, mostly #survivalCrafting but down for anything but sports and realistic shooters, mostly. Also dabble in #tabletop #TTRPG s and other board games but it's hard to find the right balance between "boringly easy" and "so complicated I get too frustrated and give up before the first role of the dice"
    - #artist / crafter, mostly #digitalIllustration but dabbling in a lot in other crafts like #crochet #cosplay #painting #jewelrymaking and a lot else
    - #neurodivergent especially #ADHD and "high functioning" autism (I love to carry on conversations and try my best not to do all the talking, but I have a hard time reading peoples' true emotions so I default to thinking everyone's mad at me all the time 😂 )
    - #animal fan, especially #cat and #reptile s. All pets are good pets tho!
    - #queer #polyamorous #bisexual , pro- #sexWorker though not a sex worker myself (despite all my videos getting categorized as "sexually explicit nudity" 🙄 )
    - love watching movies and shows about #fantasy #sciFi and #horror -- #psychologicalHorror and/or so-called #elevatedHorror rather than guts and jump scares. I used to read a lot of fantasy and romance also, but social media broke my brain so I have a hard time staying focused on books now 😩
    - also love #comics especially #webcomics and #satire . Not really into superhero type comics, unless they're the newer ones like the "New 52". I prefer self-contained series with a little bit of weirdness to them like Saga, Rat Queens, and a bunch others I can't remember the names of right now. Often I'll go to the library and check out a fat stack of whatever comics they have, mostly standalones though since they rarely have multiple comic books in a series available in sequential order.

    Oops I got too wordy again, better cut it off here 😅

    Basically, holler at me if you're a progressive, a gamer, or a parent who is also one or both of the other two things!

  16. Polite reminder that, if you happen to be on an instance that isn't defederated from mastodon.social or mastodon.art, I also have profiles on there and would greatly appreciate follows, boosts, etc to help me galvanize more people to the #toplessEquality / #freeTheNipple cause:

    @[email protected]
    @[email protected]

    #feminism #intersectionalfeminism #patriarchy #equality #gender #genderEquality #genderDiscrimination #sexism #misogyny

  17. Quickly-drawn #webcomic page I made to help those who are confused between "top free equality" and "normalize nudity." Feel free to repost so others can be educated on this (to me, seemingly obvious) distinction. (:

    See more "Day in the Life of a Top Free Activist" webcomic pages here: toplesstopics.org/webcomic

    #feminism
    #intersectionalFeminism
    #genderEquality
    #equalRights
    #gender
    #misogyny
    #sexism
    #transphobia
    #patriarchy
    #censorship
    #banned
    #naturism
    #nudism
    #FTN
    #freeTheNipple #normalizeNudity
    #toplessEquality #topfreeEquality

    image: extremely cartoonish lineart drawing of "breasts" and "genitals"

  18. It's not that I'm only interested in interviewing #kinkEducator s, #sexWorker s, nude #photographer s, nudist/naturists, etc, it's that "mainstream" creators don't seem to be keen on being associated with "adult-only" content that focuses on #activism for the crazy radical notion that #gender based #censorship is BS and either ALL nipples should be banned from mainstream social media and public, or NO nipples 😑

    #feminism #intersectionalFeminism #topFreeEquality #equalityforall #doubleStandards #sexism #misogyny #womensEquality #freeTheNipple #toplessEquality #genderEquality #patriarchy

  19. A variation on the #webcomic page I've drawn before, focused especially on #twitch for recently finally allowing "nonsexual nude art" only to reverse the decision 24 hours later "because their AI #censorship bots can't tell the difference between photography and realistic paintings". (and somehow the exact same pose and composition stops being porn the second it's slightly less than photorealistic, even if it's just painted by a really, really good artist). And as we all know, Twitch rules being designed by #patriarchy - worshipping tech bros like all mainstream #socialMedia are, "nudity" includes "female looking nipples" but not "male looking nipples" 🙃

    Still waiting for the day that enough people call out this insanely blatant #sexism and #misogyny enough to force these platforms to think they'll make more money off #toplessEquality than their current #doubleStandards (see how they've been shilling under the guise of supporting #lgbt / #lgbtq / #queer equality for the last decade, especially during Pride month... Except in red states, of course). It's so blatantly sexist, yet so few people even notice it? How do I wake more people up??

    #feminism #intersectionalFeminism #communityGuidelines #banned #genderEquality #equalityforall

  20. Preview image of the upcoming video I'm almost done editing- Topless Topics Interviews TammyJo Eckhart: ancient historian, kink educator, and erotic/"edgy" fiction author. I'll announce when the full video goes up--early uncensored access for Patreon donors, patriarchy-friendly mainstream version on Youtube whenever I have time to finish censoring out my heinous female nipples! Become a donor here: patreon.com/toplesstopics

    Even after ten years of making videos like this, it's still so crazy to me to stop every now and then and look at the video and marvel at how something like this gets banned on every single platform that isn't explicitly a porn site as "sexually explicit nudity," just for having nipples on a "person who looks female" visible. It doesn't matter how incredibly boring or mundane the topic is, or the fact that I'm just SITTING THERE, doing nothing at all with my body but talking--but because I "look female," my upper torso is always and automatically thrown into the same category as hardcore porn. Meanwhile anyone who "looks male" can LITERALLY BE DOING A STRIP TEASE, or "comedically" playing with his nipples, and HE is left up, patriarchy-safe, unbanned.

    How does this not infuriate more people?? Almost every time I bring the subject up of gender-specific #censorship to anyone my age or younger (and occasionally those before my generation), they agree that banning nipples only on those who "look female" is #sexist #misogynist and absurd, and yet year after year, the status quo just...doesn't change. All these platforms performatively claim to support #LGBTQ / #queer equality (especially in June) yet this blatantly unfair demonstration of oppression against those who "look female"--I phrase it that way because it doesn't matter what you identify as, what you were assigned at birth, none of that--only whether algorithms and legislators think you "look male" or "look female"--stays in place, unchallenged and unabated.

    Sorry, same old rant..back to video editing. Maybe someday we'll crack the code to forcing these companies to pretend to support #genderEquality re:censorship 🙃

    #feminism #equalRights #freeTheNipple #toplessEquality #topFreedom

    Image: nonsexual female nipples partially visible under a text layer

  21. Lamenting with my #photographer friend how effing stupid and nonsensical the rules for places like #stripe and #paypal are for what counts as "porn" or not (not to mention the #patriarchy version of #censorship as it applies to #freeTheNipple )

    #topFreedom #topFreeEquality #toplessEquality #feminism #genderEquality #equalrights #equalityforall #sexism #misogyny

  22. Just a lil reminder that my feminism-and-other-progressive-activism video series Topless Topics is "constantly banned from every platform you've heard of and some you haven't,"

    so if you'd like to help me try to convince new people (and someday far in the future, the platforms themselves) that enforcing different levels of censorship based on "what gender you look like" is absurd and blatantly sexist,

    please consider widely sharing, reblogging, and posting your own reply content (or just shouting out my channel) to my own posts, to help me get out of the shadowban-void I'm constantly fighting against (when my content isn't banned outright, as happens almost daily)

    I have to change social media accounts fairly often as they get banned (always and only for the heinous unforgiveable sin of "female nipples") but here they are as of me writing this post:

    (see the most up-to-date contact list at toplesstopics.org/contact )
    Best Ways to Contact Cleo in Order of Preference:

    Discord DM: @CeridwenRoth (previously Ceridwen#6967)

    join our Topless Topics chatroom here: www.toplesstopics.org/chat

    Mastodon: @toplesstopics

    In the future I'm hoping to set up my own mastodon instance focused on progressive activists and creators, and their supporters, called the "Outcast Creator Collective." You can read up more about that here: toplesstopics.org/outcast/

    Uncensored videos without descriptions: videos.trom.tf/c/toplesstopics

    DELETED: the Topless Topics Twitter account, because fk Elon Musk!!!

    Patreon: patreon.com/ToplessTopics

    Artistic nude digital photography: toplesstopics.gumroad.com

    Patriarchy-friendly versions of my videos: @toplesstopics youtube.com/c/ToplessTopicsTV

    Instagram: @toplesstopics instagram.com/toplesstopics/

    Alternate slightly-less-shadowbanned Instagram: @toplessTopicsOfficial instagram.com/toplesstopicsofficial/

    Tumblr: tumblr.com/toplesstopics

    And for receipts of just a few hundred or so times I've had my content banned, here are some screenshots:
    hhttps://www.toplesstopics.org/banned

    #censorship #tumblr #banned #shadowbanned #patriarchy #feminism #equalRights #toplessEquality #freeTheNipple #genderEquality #doubleStandards #communityGuidelines #bannedVideos

  23. BTW you can see more pages of my "day in the life of a #topfree equality #activist" #webcomic at toplesstopics.org/webcomic

    I haven't drawn a lot of pages lately, but I'm hoping to change that, now that I'm livestreaming 4 times a week (visit our Discord for each week's schedule - toplesstopics.org/chat )

    #feminism #genderEquality #sexism #misogyny #bodyEquality #intersectionalFeminism #toplessEquality #freeTheNipple

  24. CW: Rant about nudists VS topless Equality, cartoon lineart drawing containing female breasts

    A (quickly drawn) page for my "Day in the Life of a #Topfree Activist" #webcomic about the aggravation of dealing with #nudist / #naturist s who try to co-opt my fight for anti #censorship #genderEquality into normalizing FULL BODY nudity... I don't know how much is ignorance and how much is deliberate.

    I think the disconnect comes from a place of self-centeredness, especially from cis men... It's such a revolutionary concept to try to see the world from the viewpoint of someone without their same #privilege that they HAVE to twist the argument around to something that they, themselves can benefit from as well. And since men ALREADY get to go topless anywhere in public and online that they like without getting #banned or arrested for "sexually explicit nudity" then it's only freeing their lower parts that also interests them... Because that's currently a privilege NONE of us enjoy (except of course for the handful of places that allow nonsexual nudity, which tend to be very ableist and economically privileged to even get to.

    They just can't see how the fight for #toplessEquality is about giving the same rights to all #gender s, not just men... Simply the #misogynist #sexist (and indeed #transphobic) #social societal standard that says "female-looking nipples are 'sexually explicit nudity' while 'male-looking nipples' are not." does that make sense?

    Inb4 "not all #nudists " and/or #NotAllMen - - search the web the "not all..." fallacy if you want to know why that's a bs deflection from the argument. I don't have time to keep belaboring that point.

    #feminism #intersectionalFeminism #doubleStandards #bodyEquality #topFreedom #socialJustice #freeTheNipple

  25. Today's #YouTube #tiktok #Instagram short video:

    (again) why women don't go #topless even where #toplessEquality is legally allowed"

    youtu.be/SXxK7cr15XM

    tiktok.com/t/ZT8jGAuoQ/

    instagram.com/reel/CxUPmouL-U4

    Description:

    I wanted to reprise this subject for those who haven't seen my previous videos about it--even in the very few areas in the #UnitedStates that allegedly have legalized #topFreeEquality, there's no guarantee cops won't arrest you anyway. Even if they don't, it's guaranteed aye-holes around you will record you on their phones and put the footage online without your consent, opening yourself up to all sorts of consequences for daring to have "female looking nipples" visible in public, from losing your job or getting ostracized by family, to getting stalked, or worse. Of course, if #mainstreammedia #socialMedia platforms like #tiktok #Instagram #facebook #YouTube #tumblr etc-forever allowed #femalePresenting #women like me to go topless on these platforms EXACTLY LIKE ANY "MALE-LOOKING PERSON CAN," but I'm not holding my breath on that ever happening. If you happen to be a male presenting person who supports topfree equality, I implore you, use your #malePrivilege by recording yourself without a shirt (which WON'T get banned as" sexually explicit nudity ") to point out how insane the #misogynist #sexist #puritanical #doubleStandards #hypocrisy of #gender based #censorship, and maybe someday we can galvanize enough others to speak out about the blatant sexism that we convince the mainstream social media platforms that they'd make more money if they DIDN'T apply #censorship "based on what gender you look like". (and once we establish topfree equality online, establishing it in public meatspace will follow)

  26. And if you want to know more about me (Cleo) specifically, I'm the creator of #ToplessTopics, a #videoSeries featuring #socialCommentary and #interviews about #freethenipple #toplessEquality, #feminism, #sexwork decriminalization, #normalizeNudity, #houseless advocacy, #racialEquality , #mentalHealth, #bodyPositivity, and many other #progressive issues. 😃

    You can find most of my content at toplesstopics.org (at least the videos I've since reuploaded to Peertube, since they've been banned from everywhere else for "the heinous, unforgiveable sin of nonsexual female nipples" 😏 ) and here are my Mastodon accounts:

    Topless Topics-related-only posts:
    @[email protected]

    My main account that I also post personal thoughts to:
    @[email protected]

  27. Now that my kids are FINALLY in school again, I'm tentatively starting to schedule some long-delayed #interviews again for my #toplessEquality / #feminism / #mentalHealth / #sexwork decriminalization / #racialEquality / #LGBTQ and #queer advocacy / #antiCapitalism / many other #progressive issues-focused video series #ToplessTopics !

    You don't have to be focused on any of the above topics, just have something interesting to say, and a decent webcam to record with (unless you live near #Portland and want to record an interview in person!) Bonus points if you're willing to appear nonsexually topless on screen with me, but definitely not required. I'm also happy to blur your face out or whatever else you need, if you want to keep your identity anonymous.

    We can start the process of setting up an interview if you'd be so kind as to fill out the #collaboration form I have here: toplesstopics.org/contact/coll

    And if you'd like to check out previous interviews I've done, you can see them here: toplesstopics.org/interviews/ (please keep in mind some of these are really old when I was a lot worse at conducting interviews, I think they're better now 😅 )

  28. Today's #YouTube / #Instagram / #tiktok #shorts #video :

    Trying to explain, yet again, to men that "female nipples" aren't "sexually explicit nudity" if "male nipples" aren't, and we shouldn't have to #normalizeNudity for the entire body just for female-presenting people (and/or anyone onlookers and algorithms categorize as "female") to be granted the same #genderEquality that male-presenting people get. IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE.

    youtube.com/shorts/sKexbQOWRWY

    instagram.com/reel/CxI6evsJHZ0

    tiktok.com/t/ZT8j6pabk/

    #feminism #intersectionalFeminism #equalrights #doubleStandards #toplessEquality #topFreeEquality #freeTheNipple

  29. CW: Screenshot of a YouTube comment, the word "Topless"

    Me, an anti #censorship #genderEquality activist: *posts a short video expressing frustration that so many #nudist / #naturist men completely ignore my fight for THE EXACT SAME PUBLIC TOPLESS RIGHTS THAT THEY HAVE to jump to "we should normalize full body nudity (so that my ween can be as free as my male nipples)!"

    A man: "or, let's normalize full body nudity 😜"

    Why are men

    #feminism #freeTheNipple #toplessEquality #topFreeEquality #equalRights #nudity #naked

  30. Today's #YouTube / #Instagram / #tiktok #shortVideo :

    Describe to the class which of these illustrated nipples is female and therefore sexually explicit nudity, and which is male, and therefore entirely social media and public-safe!

    youtube.com/shorts/4M7QEqdb_GA

    instagram.com/reel/CwS-9EyJdYj

    tiktok.com/t/ZT8FC1tbE/

    Description:
    Welcome back to #patriarchy approved #genderStudies , everyone! Please describe for the class which of these nipples is "female" and therefore "s*xually expl*cit nudity" and therefore must be #banned on every mainstream #socialMedia platform, and in public, and which one is "male" and therefore considered entirely #SFW, allowed everywhere online and anywhere in public that does not specifically ban EVERY topless person!

    #feminism #genderEquality #sexism #misogyny #bodyEquality #equalrights #patriarchy #censorship #toplessEquality #topFreeEquality #inequality

  31. I have NO interest in having my every day whatever-posts on my main #fediverse accounts opened up to the exclusively #meta #threads users (I've hated #facebook for way longer than it's been en vogue)

    But I would b free curious to see some smaller servers opened with the INTENT of posts being open to threads, to try to encourage basic users to see the kinds of (non-nazi) content by limiting themselves to meta's platforms. Specifically, figure out how to let them know my #freethenipple videos exist, beyond putting up super-pre- #censored posts on existing centralized platforms that go "if you're curious about this video, type in this link* to see it uncensored on my #peertube account!" that will just get #banned and #shadowbanned anyway (see toplesstopics.org/banned for hundreds of screenshots of proof)
    *I have to break the hyperlinks to my own website, aka" go to toplesstopics(dot)org to see my videos" rather than "go to toplesstopics.org" or #YouTube will hit me with yet another strike for "linking to porn"... On my own website... Merely for having "female looking nipples" visible in my topic-based vlogs and interviews. Hence the whole need to highlight the hypocrisy of gender-based censorship, aka #toplessEquality

    But back to meta/threads/etc, is that even possible? I'm one of the ten people on mastodon who joined before the November Twitter exodus who isn't a programmer (lol) so I barely understand what "activitypub" etc means, but until something like a server that allows all nipples, not just male nipples, to be visible-but NOT porn, which is currently my only option for posting my content outside of mastodon, where more than ten people might find it--gets specifically defederated by meta, is there a chance threads users might stumble onto, or dare I even hope, SHARE a post about one of my videos to other threads users?

    I mean, I don't have the resources or knowledge to start my own instance, and I would much rather the instances I'm already on not federate with meta so that all my past posts suddenly become viewable to those who refuse to try out non-Facebook platforms. But a new instance that's specifically intended to federate with and prosletyze to "the plebs" who have remained unreachable so far.

    I just can't imagine meta not immediately defederating from anything like my content, though. So why they even say they want to federate in the first place doesn't make sense to me. Why would they want to connect with sources of posts they can't control?

  32. CW: poorly illustrated nipples on a quickly sketched webcomic page

    a very quickly drawn #webcomic I drew pointing out the hypocrisy of standard #American #puritanical standards that consider "female-looking nipples" to be "fully nude" while "male-looking nipples" are not. the guys are supposed to look identical, I drew them fat to make the point that it's not the size of the breast area that determines if they have to wear a shirt or not, just the presumed anatomy under their pants that does. the "clothed" woman is wearing a tiny bikini top with the sides and underside of her boobs busting out underneath, with only the nipple itself covered, and a g-string thong style bottom bikini, while the "naked" woman is wearing a conservative boxer-style bottoms and only her flat chested nipples visible on her front. inspired by us going to the beach today, where my husband and sons are allowed to go without a shirt but I am not.

    #feminism #equalRights #genderEquality #nudism #naturism #normalizeNudity #topfreeEquality #toplessequality #freethenipple #patriarchy #misogyny #sexism #doubleStandards

  33. CW: discussing when/why I might switch to a female-nipple-friendly but not sex worker or nudist-focused instance

    so far I've been happy on @eldritch.cafe (even though I don't speak French, the people and mods on here have been decent, and the 5000 character limit on posts is much appreciated.) but as you'd expect from a smaller instance, I get very few or no results for many tags that are important to me, like #contentCreator #youtube #twitch #livestream #videoInterview #vlogger #videoEssayist #socialCommentary #thepatriarchy and many similar tags.

    so it might be useful for me to try out another, more content creator-inclusive server sometime. but I'm not sure there's really a perfect fit out there.

    for one thing, character count is important to me, and so many instances (I presume founded by Twitter users) leave theirs at the default 500, which I find stifling. even 1000 is frequently irritating, when I've gotten used to 5000. I also don't understand the appeal of tight character limits, since people just then write out long, rambling threads of posts, that can easily be taken out of context to warp their whole argument and leave them rife for misinterpretation (see: "quote tweeting")

    beyond that, while my videos focus on so many #progressive causes I care about, like #feminism #lgbtq #queer #equalRights #genderdiscrimination #genderEquality #houselessness #mentalHealthcare #transRights #racialEquality and many other #leftwing #USpolitics, because I do my videos topless, there are basically no platforms I can host my content until I can somehow convince sponsors to pay me so I can set up my own hosting-- @tio is kind enough to let me post my uncensored videos to his #peertube server, but there's no real searchability within peertube (as evinced by how many people suggest I post my content to peertube, which I already have been for years...) and putting censored videos of my videos on mainstream platforms that tell people to visit my website to see my uncensored videos doesn't work well, both because of how often my content gets #banned even when it's fully censored (thanks, haters), and because many people are a little, well... 😏 I can only say "follow the link written on the video" (because I'll get banned for "linking to porn" if I put a clickable link in my video description or social media post) so many times.

    back to switching instances, the main reason I picked Eldritch Cafe several years ago is because, being French, they don't have the same blatantly misogynistic puritanical views towards "female nipples" being unacceptable viewing outside of explicit sexual situations. they just want them placed under a content warning, as you'd expect on basically every server. but alas, like I said, there just aren't really any other content creators that I've found on here, especially not vloggers/social commentary/video essayists like me (idk what the distinction is, really). that's why it might make more sense for me to move instances, much as I've come to feel comfortable here.

    but then the crux of the problem arises--I am, first and foremost, a #toplessequality activist. I want "the same rights for 'female looking nipples' that 'male looking nipples' get." while I was raised a nudist, and for a little while there I did a fair amount of content catering to nudists (talking about #nudism / #naturism , being fully naked instead of just topless, etc...) but I've really been finding the urge to distance myself from nudists lately, for reasons I go into detail here: toplesstopics.org/nomorenudism the tl;dr version is that just talking about nudism all the time is boring to me, and I resent how so many of the (straight cis male) nudists who would exchange my videos amongst themselves would skim right past my whole "fight for gender equality" and just use me as a (more culturally appealing than yet more straight white cis male) nudist figurehead. a lot of nudists are also very anti-sex worker, which goes against my morals- I fully believe that #sexWorkIsWork, and any #consensual #sexWork is fine by me.

    what I resent is that, when it comes to mainstream platforms, only being allowed to post my uncensored female nipples on platforms that allow explicit sexual material. I am NOT a sex worker, I DO NOT do anything actually sexual in my videos-- I have interviews with #adultFilm actors, #camgirls, #kink educators, etc, but it's discussion only, we don't DO anything sexual, or go into graphic detail about sexual acts. but because of puritanical American society, the only places I can simply be topless-while-female is on places like Onlyfans, Mewe and Joystick.tv - - places already overflowing with porn.

  34. CW: extended thoughts about searchability on the fediverse

    Meme I quickly made about responses to the ongoing discussion about #searchability on the #fediverse. As a #contentCreator and #activist for #toplessEquality--which gets me banned repeatedly on all mainstream platforms even when I DO censor out my heinous female nipples (see toplesstopics.org/banned for receipts!), a primary motivator for me to use platforms like #mastodon is to be able to spread the word about #GenderEquality anti- #censorship among more potential supporters. But the lack of #searchability on Masto makes this very hard. I'm dependent on existing followers to boost my posts so others following -them- can see it, etc, but for whatever reason very few of my existing followers do. I also can't really find posts by other people outside of my instance and the people I'm following--like I've never seen another post about #vidcon besides my own, so I have no idea if anyone else on the fediverse is even messaging about it.

    #Consent is of course a cornerstone of the fediverse experience, including someone consenting to whether or not they want a certain kind of content to pop up in their feeds. And having #contentWarnings and #altText encouraged if not required by most instances makes this place leagues more of a safe space for marginalized and/or traumatized people in a way that they cannot experience on mainstream platforms. But this can be very time-consuming and cumbersome, both remembering to add CWs and Alt Text to everything, coming up with custom text every time, and also on the end of it--when you follow enough people (or check out the public timelines) pressing "show content" over and over and over on each post gets REALLY annoying. But again, I'd rather have that tedium then have to subject myself to content that I find really triggering (for me, it's pretty much anything to do with kids and #gunViolence...I live in America where my kids are at risk of getting shot every day they go to school, and while I want to stay informed, I also need some mental prep before I look/read too much about it). And I know for others who have even more triggers, especially around things that the majority of people wouldn't find triggering (like pictures of food), then again, the fediverse is leagues better than the "normal" sites.

    But back to searchability, as a veteran Twitter user (I cold-turkey quit in November, don't worry) I am well versed in how dealing with reactionary bullies who can take a tweet out of context and share it with their thousands if not millions of followers to dunk on you all at once. It can also open you up to a lot of haters in general, who will search out content like yours to leave hateful comments (like the comment sections of my Tiktok/Instagram/Youtube posts any time I mention #gunControl ...) BUT, even for content that I WANT people to find--primarily my topless equality content--again, it only shows up if followers of mine boost it to their own followers, and that's a very small niche. The only way we can ever hope to normalize gender-equal topless rights is if there are enough people putting pressure on social media sites and lawmakers to change their policies, and that requires a groundswell of support that's just not possible in isolated communities like Masto currently is. So I would LOVE some more methods for searchability, for people outside of my instance to find my content--and for me to find theirs.

    I'm not a programmer, so I don't know how difficult this would be in reality. But the solution seems to me to be creating a searchable index, but making it opt-in only--accoounts like mine can opt-in to be found by people searching for #topless (who thereby might be influenced to think about topless equality, not just searching for porn), while others who want to keep their content protected (maybe searchable among their followers who they already trust, but not to the world wide web) can stay in the default opt-out status until they choose otherwise.

    I've seen a few mentions of projects in the works LIKE this, but haven't seen one that's all the way working yet. If there's one that's mostly in working order, please recommend it! I'd love to give it a try.

  35. CW: fully clothed video expressing my frustration over pornbots obsessing over my nipples in particular

    new short:
    tiktok.com/t/ZTREeTxnD/?t=1

    instagram.com/reel/CsY-eGmJU6c

    youtube.com/shorts/VI0XlZr-jzU

    caption:

    I've been making #toplessEquality content for a full decade now and I will never understand why all these pornbots are so pathetic that they keep slithering all over and reuploading MY nipples in particular. why? why? why? it's not like it's hard to find boobs on the internet! WHY DO THEY ALL KEEP OBSESSING OVER -MINE-?

    #feminism #genderEquality #censorship #creeps #perverts #thepatriarchy #equality #topfreeEquality #progressive #liberal #leftist #leftwing #sexism #misogyny #sexualHarassment

    (clarification for those new to my content: I am entirely pro- #sexWorker, I have several interviews with sex workers in fact, I'm just anti- having-all-female-nipples-classified-as-sexually-explicit-nudity-at-all-times 🤬)

  36. new tiktok for the day. why does it blow cis men's fragile little minds to understand why women would want the same protection from censorship that they enjoy? tiktok.com/t/ZTRn5pygt/

    and a second tiktok on why getting One banned video of mine restored means absolutely nothing regarding getting other videos (or even the same exact one that was just restored) from getting banned. tiktok.com/t/ZTRn5wCPu/

    also available on YouTube (until they get banned):

    youtube.com/@ToplessTopics

    #feminism #intersectionalFeminism #genderEquality #toplessEquality #topfreeEquality #freethenipple #normalizeNudity #sexism #misogyny

  37. quick little new video on tiktok, Instagram and YouTube. I'm eagerly waiting to see which platform bans me first for briefly including a screenshot of Bustle's own Instagram post.

    video description:

    reading #sexist #misgynist #transphobic #bodyShaming #antiFeminism #hate on #toplessEquality because #internalizedMisogyny is everywhere and even #femme identifying #queer people often perpetuate the same harmful #genderEquality issues perpetrated by #thePatriarchy without even realizing they're only hurting themselves (and everyone else)

    tiktok.com/t/ZTRnkY411/
    instagram.com/reel/Co-_lPtuXE9
    youtu.be/qDfE4bxPzBk

  38. Decided I'm going to spend today's livestream going through and preparing my old #artistic #nudephotography photoshoots to sell as four-packs on Etsy. I sold them on etsy before, but I hated that etsy takes a large cut, and costs money every month just to have the listing up. But since I have yet to find an affordable, reliable, trustworthy #webDeveloper to install an #eStore straight to my website and I can't figure out how to #webCode to do it myself, then it's the only option I see to make any income at all, since of course all my #feminist #freeTheNipple / #toplessEquality videos are banned from #monetization (when they're not #banned and #censored entirely) and sponsors won't touch me with a ten foot pole.

    It's all so exhausting and ridiculous but thinking about my #newYearsResolution I really don't see how I can in good faith keep up this fruitless pursuit of #contentCreation, when I can't make any money off of it (to break even, let alone afford to hire outside help), I can't grow, and 90% of my audience remains pornbots who only follow my #genderEquality #activism to whack off.

    So maybe if I can't at least break even by the end of 2023, that'll officially be it... I may continue to put up very low quality #vlogs now and then for fun, but no more FTN, no more interviews, no more trying to treat this like a career. Because it's just not #proCapitalism #adFriendly enough to ever make it worth putting yet another 15+ years into it, as I've already done.

    (sorry for the hashtag spam, but I remain ever committed to actually finding new supporters and community members, because I grow weary of the vast majority of my audience just using me as jack-off material...)

  39. CW: eye contact, censored-out female nipples, uncensored male nipples

    Updated my #toplesstopics social media header for the new year, all the way from "uncensored male nipples" to "censored enough for Patreon" (read about that shizzle here: toplesstopics.org/patreonban/ )

    Sure does feel good to know that the fight for #ToplessEquality / #TopfreeEquality / #genderequality #anticensorship / #freethenipple is only getting MORE oppressive towards #femalepresenting (or simply "judged to be female by algorithms" people 🙃

    EDIT: forgot to add alt text but it doesn't seem to work in edit mode x.x So here's the alt text instead:
    Four different versions of the Topless Topics social media banner, all of which say "Because it's 2023 yet social media platforms remain terrified of female chests" with previous years scratched out under the "2023," and a photo to the left, featuring a topless long-haired woman holding a paper notepad over her nipples that says "Sensitive media" "pornographic" "mature media" with a symbol for female written next to it, and a topless long-haired man with a hairy chest holding a sign UNDER his nipples (exposing them) with arrows pointing to his nipples and the words "somehow totally fine?!" along with the symbol for Male. Behind the couple peeks out a fully clothed infant with a curious expression :p

    The four versions have an increasing level of censorship over them, with the "least censored" having a physical paper sign covering the woman's nipples while the man's nipples are visible; then a version with a red box and black text that says "censored for the patriarchy" placed over both sets of nipples; then a large, stretched oval Topless Topics logo covering both figures from chin to the bottom of the frame; then a version with the logo covering each person entirely, except for a very small uncensored part allowing their eyes to peek through (including just the baby's eyes)