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So apparently we can go from

Scans_Daily: No warnings

No_Scans: One warning (for making a joke about what to call a Captain America/Red Skull ship)

To…

Scans_Daily: Banned

No_Scans: Banned

For…

Scans_Daily: Using the term 'mind-rape' to refer to… mind-rape. (Note: The mod,

schmevil, was actually just looking for an excuse to ban me. I know this because she… said she was looking for an excuse to ban me. Like, directly to me. You can go over to Scans_Daily and read it for yourself right now. No, I have no idea what the "sexualized metaphor for female characters" is referring to. First time I've heard about it is when I'm getting banned for it. Good mod)

(Alternate punchline: I LEARNED IT FROM WATCHING YOU, ALRIGHT? I LEARNED IT FROM WATCHING YOU!)

No_Scans: Nothing.

Yes, that's right. I was on first strike and the mods decided to just go ahead and ban me, disregarding their own rules. Which is satisfying, in its own way. I wanted them to just 'fess up and admit they had banned me for no reason, so banning me for no reason fits the bill in a Megaforce "deeds not words" sort of way. Although I don't think the PM with two solid paragraphs of… shall we say "unladylike language"?... was necessary. A simple "The ban stands" would do, but hey, how many chances do you get to just cuss someone out in polite society? Not many. So I hope that was cathartic for

aliasjack. Of course, she didn't manage to answer one of the six questions I'd asked (ranging from "When exactly did I get all these supposed warnings?" to "What is the non-triggery nomenclature for referring to mind-rape which you're inventing just now anyway?"), so I guess she cared enough to write an essay about my lacking ancestry and surplus of personality defects, but not enough to come down on whether or not "Dr. Rape" is an acceptable nickname for Dr. Light.

Of course, maybe you can get two separate warnings for asking about warnings, which I think is the point where you are officially a Franz Kafka character. No, no one's turning into a cockroach, he wrote other stuff.

But hey. At least I'm in good company. Take a look at what Gail Simone had to said about these folks.

To put the “wave of complaints” in perspective, I got maybe two emails of complaint, compared to hundreds that loved it, with one of the highest percentages of female respondents ever. To put THAT in perspective, I get more letters of complaint on average over Huntress’ belly being exposed (which I hate, too, and we’re getting changed back), per DAY. And unsurprisingly, almost all of the public complaining came from a small clique (mods and their close friends) from one website. The same website that goes crazy with joy if I show Catman naked. Take a step back, guys. This is a little silly.

Rejected by your patron saint. Don't know if ol' Kafka ever wrote about that. Seems like his territory, though.

And if it's not too late to play the sexism card, using the whole "triggering/safe space" thing as a bully pulpit from which you can punish people you don't like? Super classy. Maybe I act like an asshole sometimes, but at least I never say I'm doing it on behalf of rape victims.

In case you were ever wondering why some women don't call themselves feminists, meet the reason.