So...I had a weird thought today when I was responding to an email from someone, in that I found myself assuming the person I was responding to was a woman. Which, granted, I try not to do (usually I obliquely try to hint/ask) but usually end up doing anyway for efficacy's sake.

But that led me to wondering and then realizing, yeah, of course, there must be some guys out in slash fandom who might not want to identify themselves as male even if they are, because they might get treated as oddities or alien, and it's easy to be anonymous online.
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It has become clear to me recently, due to the present ongoing discussion re: warnings, that I've made some assumptions as a writer that were unfair to readers who might have triggers. So, to clarify: I always warn for any non-consensual sex, or rape, torture, character death or disability that appears in my stories (I've added a note in my profile to indicate as much.) I thought that was *normal*. The warnings will always be linked to in the header of the story.

In addition, I'm about halfway through adding "Warnings: none" to the headers of all of my stories that don't require any warnings, just so that anyone happening upon them will know there are no (anticipated) triggers in those stories.

If there are other things you as a reader feel I should warn for, let me know. I do occasionally warn for something else, such as blasphemy (sexual) or violence to innocent little animals (hey, bug!John needed to eat), but that's for squick, not for triggers. I don't write incest or suicide, and I don't even know what chan is, so they're not on my list. But if you're ever reading one of my stories and are disturbed and upset and didn't feel warned, please do let me know.

This is my responsibility as a writer, as a person who gives a damn about the people who are trusting me with their minds. That's what I think, anyway.

I don't know why I never saw this before (maybe because I joined the fandom when it was almost over? :) but this is hilariously cute: in 2007 SGA won the Spacey for fave TV show in Canada, and Joe, et alia recorded a really funny acceptance speech. \Team/ + David Nykl!

So I had an awful day--worked my Sunday away--but I got a sweet reward because afterward I rode my bike to visit monkey_junkey at her work, where she gifted me with the pound of Fair Trade beans that I'll be mailing to merrilily as a prize for naming Rodney's blend in Möbius.

But first I have to make John's Fair Trade logo and slap it on there. :)



ETA: The logo!