Why Do I Believe This Andwho Benefits From Me Believing It Are The First Steps To Decolonization And

“why do i believe this” and “who benefits from me believing it” are the first steps to decolonization and we should all be doing this more

While I by no means want to side with Netflix or any streaming platform really, I will say that something I don't see brought up in the in the Pro-Pirating posts is that, at the very least, the pirating sites I'm aware of, don't have subtitles.

I am not deaf nor hard of hearing, however I do prefer subtitles on whenever I can get them. I am easily distracted and my mind wanders so being able to just see what the characters are saying keeps me from having to rewind a few seconds to hear what they said again.

But unless the site is dedicated to subbed anime, most pirate streaming sites I've encountered don't include subtitles. This is an annoyance to me, but to anyone who's deaf or hard of hearing it makes these sites basically a non-starter.

Places To Post Original Fiction

1.)  Commaful – a friendly and supportive writing community, smaller but denser than Wattpad, and far more active and engaging.

2.)  FictionPress – original fiction’s answer to FanFiction.net.  If you’re familiar with that format, you’ll be familiar with this.  

3.)  Smashwords – an ebook publishing platform that also welcomes short stories, and collections thereof.

4.)  WritersCafe – old-school but solid, with an active community and plenty of contests/challenges to get the creative juices pumping.

5.)  Medium – a place where you can post, essentially, anything and everything.  Articles and non-fiction are its biggest market, but fiction is welcome as well.

6.)  Booksie – less community-based, with fewer interactions and comments.  However, it still attracts great talent, and can be great for authors who are shy and don’t want to get bombarded with interaction.

7.)  RoyalRoad – a rich community, with a strong emphasis on mutual support between authors.  Focuses on web novels, fanfiction, and original stories.

8.)  FanStory – an oldie but a goody.  Don’t be fooled by the name – it seems to be predominantly original fiction, and offers contests with cash prizes. 

9.)  Young Writers Society – as the name suggests, oriented towards writers in their teens and twenties, but is by no means exclusive to authors of this age bracket. 

10.)  Wattpad – Wattpad provides users with the opportunity to post original fiction and gain a loyal following.  It’s not for everyone, but some people swear by it.  

On that note, you can also post original fiction to AO3 and FanFiction, but as they are predominantly for fan works, I decided not to include them on this list.  What’s your favorite way to post original fiction?

Happy writing, everybody!

For fanfiction download - I really recommend Calibre for library management, and the Fanficfare extension! Fanficfare allows for download from multiple sites, and can updated existing ePub files (and you can easily use calibre to change the format to your preferred type)

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Madame Ironside, do you have any resources for a seedling of a punk/anarchist? I came across crimethinc when I was a teen, but I'm not sure of anything similar or whatever.

It's just. With all the shit happening it makes me want to start ripping up conservative campaign signs and seed bombing every place I can. I just don't know where to go or what to do beyond that

Definitely go follow @hater-of-terfs and @solarpunkactionweek and @soul-hammer and check these posts:

I also very recommend joining the One Big Union:

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Joining the IWW - Industrial Workers of the World

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