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Regarding Patreon // Discord server link
🕑 Added 2020-03-15 08:55:37 +0000 UTCHello friends, so, there's been some drama with Patreon recently regarding anime content, Allegedly, Patreon has been banning artists for posting anime content for being "child like" regardless of the character's age or body, and while in an official statement they are denying it, there's plenty of evidence out there that proves the suspensions and reasons for them are indeed because of the content simply being anime. If true, (which everything so far points towards it being true) I do believe this is indeed very discriminatory and racist like many other artists have pointed out, because there's no denying that Anime and Manga are recognized by Japan as part of its culture, denying anime is basically the same as denying for example Mexican folk music from this website, or even French cuisine, because regardless of the nature of these concepts, they are all cultural expressions of different countries.
I want to be very honest here; ever since Patreon became very strict last year, I don't feel at ease when I use this website, I'm in a constant state of stress over it and I wish It didn't have to be like this but this website is my primary source of income and there's not a single alternative to this site that works in my country, so I'm basically stuck here. If something ever happens to my page then I'm basically going to be homeless in no time due to how bad the job situation and wages are in this country. This really stresses me out since I feel like I haven't been as active as I want due to their ridiculously unfair policies and fear of getting cut from my only big source of income, this is why I had stopped uploading content directly to the site (the only exception being this month due to problems I had with google drive and patreon).
My original content can be seen as very controversial, and that's what scares me the most. People just don't understand the artistic value of my pictures, they see an anime guy being naked and associate it with a kid, ignoring the fact that this is my character, that it's accurately based on myself, that I'm 25 years old, that the reason behind the sexually provocative content is the expression of what my family repressed by forcing me to follow extremely conservative religious activities and traditions from which I broke free; but no, "who cares about artistic merit and meaning? this character has big eyes and looks cute, so it's bad, bad artist! banned!".
This is honestly getting out of hand, and I hope a free global alternative that doesn't trample on our rights, hopes and dreams opens soon. In the meantime I'll continue posting content here until something happens, because as I said, I have nowhere to go. I also opened a Discord server so we can stay in touch while I figure out an alternative if something ever happens to my page, the link can be found below, I'm also working right now on capturing all of my Patreon Analytics so I can keep track of your rewards such as tickets for future reference in case I lose access to them.
I hope things take a turn for the better, and I'll be back later today with a new picture. Thank you all for your support, you're all amazing people.
Discord Server:
https://discord.gg/jJAGeEb
