Intro Post, updated January 16, 2025.
Due to the unfortunate level of scam requests I have received, I no longer reblog donation or fundraiser requests from blogs I do not recognize. Don’t follow me just to submit a signal boost request. I notice, & I will just delete your ask and block you.
No, that doesn’t mean I think you, personally, are a scammer. I just don’t have the hours in my day to sift through the number of asks I get and verify them, so if I don’t recognize someone from prior interaction, I just won’t do it. Yes, I agree. It does suck that shitty people have made this necessary.
I post all other asks as they were submitted, with the exception of fundraisers from blogs I don’t recognize. I answer at my whim and not upon demand. I will never honor requests to answer asks privately or anonymously. Anon is never turned on. These are hard self-care boundaries. Please block the tag “harassment tag” if you don’t want to see to some of the horrible shit I get sent sometimes.
I will only reblog/repost/boost a given fundraiser once every 7 days. Period. Sending me more asks will not change that. If you only interact with me to ask for signal boosts, I’ll just block you with no response. That is the only exception to my “post all asks” policy. I am a person, not a public resource. Don’t make me feel used. It’s exhausting.
If you like what I do, please consider hiring me, buying something from my company, NerdyKeppie, buying me a coffee, becoming a Patron or tossing some money in my PayPal tip jar. I am a disabled, queer, Jewish, non-binary butch, and those sources plus freelance writing are my entire income.
Here is the cast of many of the frequently-mentioned entities in my posts.
I will not debate my identity with anyone. I am a transmasculine non-binary butch lesbian, a cripple, a dyke, and lots of other things, too. You don’t get a vote in that, and if any of those words are words you object to someone using in reference to himself, block me. I won’t censor my identity for your comfort; it took a lot of hard work over decades to become proud of who I am.
- ACAB includes gender/sexuality cops. You aren’t the mayor of Dyketown or the burgermeister of Transberg, so fuck off.
- Mom is a job title to me. I’m okay with being called Mama Spider, but no other feminine terms.
- No, I am not an anti or an anti-anti. Leave me alone.
- No, I won’t DM you.
- No, I won’t answer your question about Israel.
- No, I won’t talk to you about I/P.
- Nothing above the above two things means anything other than that I don’t talk about those things online.
- Don’t project your shit onto me. I do not consent to being your straw man.
- I will not perform Good Jew or Good Queer on demand, whatever that means to you in this instant. Fuck off.
- Yes, I’ve been out for a very long time. No, I’m not interested in being lectured by people half my age over shit that happened when you weren’t alive yet.
- “Man bad/woman good” is regressive TERF/right-wing shit, it doesn’t matter how you dress it up. Knock it off.
Curate your own experiences. If you don’t like seeing what I write, then add ‘vaspider’ to your “filtered content” list, and don’t bother me about it. Tumblr is a 17+ environment, and I am not responsible for you seeing things you don’t like. My daughter and stepkid are both old enough to drink. I raised my kids. I’m not raising you or any other kids.
Anyone who tries to turn you on your fellow workers or trans people or queer people or fellow Jews is doing the work of fascists for them. Act accordingly.
My icon has lore, apparently.
