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Amaltheia ([info]amaltheia) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2006-05-20 10:23:00


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Current mood:Flippant

LJ Abuse vs Boob Nazis
[info]cali4niachef is informed by LJ Abuse her default icon is inappropriate and to cease using it by the 23rd or face having her account suspended.

Boob Nazis. LJ Abuse. Breastfeeding Icons.

I think we can all see where this is going. ([info]booju_mooju first of all it seems.)

Once the anti-breastfeeding comms get hold of this it should really take off.

Edit the first Thanks to [info]quickfade Apparently [info]hardvice is responsible Icons in comments NSFW.

Edit the second Thanks to a mousie. [info]cf_hardcore join the party.

Edit the third Thanks to [info]freezer It hits [info]metaquotes.

Edit the forth [info]stupid_free weigh in. And [info]fuckyoulist makes an appearance too.

Edit the fifth Just how much further can it spread? As far as retarded_icons, blackfolk and feminist apparently.

Edit the sixth [info]hardvice shows solidarity with the [info]boob_nazis. And [info]magdalene74 has a new lj approved breastfeeding icon.

And to think when I originally posted this I was worried it wasn't wanky enough.

Edit the seventh Annnnnnnnnnd here's anti-feminist joining in the fun.

Edit the eighth Predictably - Exposing LJ Abuse




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[info]poisonyoulove
2006-05-21 02:15 am UTC (link)
I have never been happier to state that I was entirely bottle-fed.

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[info]lessis
2006-05-21 02:31 am UTC (link)
I've never asked if I was bottle or breast fed, but was probably bottled fed as my mom ended up staying in the hospital longer then I did due to a staph infection.

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(no subject) - [info]annabelle_lee, 2006-05-21 05:14 am UTC

[info]adora_spintriae
2006-05-21 02:28 am UTC (link)
Wow. Some people are fucking nuts. On both sides.

I look at breastfeeding icons and go "Awhhhhhhh, so cute" so I really don't have much else to say here except I'd totally welcome a Nazi regime of boobies. Mmmm boobies. Heee, cute babies. That is all.

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[info]aerobot
2006-05-21 02:40 am UTC (link)
Heads up, y'all! The wank is spreading!

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(no subject) - [info]radiotrash, 2006-05-21 07:46 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2006-05-21 08:09 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]tronella, 2006-05-21 01:46 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]rosehiptea, 2006-05-21 03:09 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]tronella, 2006-05-21 03:15 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]rosehiptea, 2006-05-21 03:43 pm UTC

[info]khym_chanur
2006-05-21 03:08 am UTC (link)
The boob_nazis have apparently clued into the fact that what LJ is doing isn't illegal, given their responses to LJ's response here. Which kinda disapoints me, because I was hoping for some "It is too illegal, neener neener!" wank.

Also, why the hell does anyone have a breast-feeding icon as their default icon? Did these people get an LJ account soley for the breast-feeding comms?

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(no subject) - iwanttobeasleep, 2006-05-21 04:29 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2006-05-21 08:15 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]v_digitalwytch, 2006-05-21 12:36 pm UTC
(no subject) - iwanttobeasleep, 2006-05-21 05:33 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]gingersnaps, 2006-05-22 12:55 am UTC
(no subject) - iwanttobeasleep, 2006-05-22 12:58 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]gingersnaps, 2006-05-22 01:00 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]gunshou, 2006-05-21 01:02 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]twocorpses, 2006-05-22 12:21 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]rabbitrabbit, 2006-05-22 05:58 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mookie, 2006-05-22 11:03 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]rabbitrabbit, 2006-05-24 08:17 am UTC

[info]v_digitalwytch
2006-05-21 04:42 am UTC (link)
In a very demented way this reminds me of when we get someone calling in screaming that they can't log on and when we look at the account, they've been TOS blocked for saying offensive things in a particular chat (telling those in the GLBT chats that they're disgusting sinners who are going to burn in the Lake of Fire..etc..) and when informed that they're on a block and have to go explain things to the TOS action team to get it removed (we can tell them that much, not specifically what was reported where since we don't have the legal disclaimer script to do that) start up about thier Free Speech/First Amendment rights.

What they seem to forget is First Amendment only goes so far and when it comes to things like ISPs and forums of any sort, the free speech is really only limited to what the company decrees. You can still stand outside on your soapbox and speak out on whatever until you're blue in the face, but online you're always going to be limited.

I'm not seeing what the big deal is with LJ just asking for some icons to not be default, but then when folks have an agenda they feel they've got to wave the banner at any and all chances, even this rather mild request would get them up in arms.

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(no subject) - [info]azawakh, 2006-05-21 04:57 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]lessis, 2006-05-21 05:00 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]v_digitalwytch, 2006-05-21 12:31 pm UTC

[info]airawyn
2006-05-21 04:48 am UTC (link)
[slight tangent]

Or, hey, you know, if it's not appropriate for work, maybe you shouldn't be reading livejournal at work?

Does that merit a bingo chip or anything? Every frakking time there's an argument over stuff that may or may not be NWS, someone says that. You know, there are *some* jobs where it's appropriate to read your flist at work and yet still not appropriate to look at boobies/hentai/half-naked, well-oiled men/[insert subject here].

Also, the NWS/NSFW label isn't *just* about work. It's for people who don't want to look at boobies/hentai/... etc. at home or while visiting Grandma or at the local Starbucks. It's not censorship, it's just letting people choose what *they're* comfortable with.

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(no subject) - [info]rosehiptea, 2006-05-21 05:13 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kittikattie, 2006-05-21 07:44 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]v_digitalwytch, 2006-05-21 12:35 pm UTC

(Anonymous)
2006-05-21 07:03 am UTC (link)
I never cease to marvel at how worked up people get about stuff on the internet.

I was breastfed, but my Mom was able to stay at home with me when I was a baby and not all mothers can do that. I don't agree with guilting mothers into breastfeeding. I don't plan on giving birth (though I might adopt one day) so I won't be breastfeeding if I do have children. I understand that there are benefits to it, and I don't have a problem with a woman breastfeeding in public, but it's LJ's site and LJ's Terms of Service and it doesn't affect anyone's right to breastfeed in real life.

I don't have a problem with toddlers breastfeeding, though the articles that pop up once in a while about mothers continuing to breastfeed their elementary school age children (read one where the little girl was seven and the older sister got breastmilk for her birthday O_o) are pretty odd. The thing about breastmilk banks struck me as a bit strange and I don't think I'd do it just because I'd still be concerned about disease and so forth even with the screening (call me paranoid, I guess). However, I am aware that in the past (and I've heard in some areas today) it has not been uncommon for a woman to breastfeed another woman's child.

My biggest concern would be that with all the perverts on the web, I wouldn't want to post pictures of a child (especially a toddler because they're easier to recognize whereas babies change very quickly) breastfeeding for the same reason I wouldn't post a picture of my little brother in the bathtub. Actually, I'd be cautious about posting any pictures of a kid, even fully clothed, just because I know there are sickos online. (Once again, you can call me paranoid, but my Mom worked as an investigator for Child Protective Services not too long ago and she dealt with a lot of abused children.)

Well it's three in the morning, so let's see if this makes any sense tomorrow.

-JabberwockyPie

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(no subject) - [info]chibikaijuu, 2006-05-21 07:36 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2006-05-21 08:38 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2006-05-22 01:00 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]chibikaijuu, 2006-05-22 07:19 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2006-05-21 08:17 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2006-05-21 08:45 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2006-05-21 08:45 am UTC

(Anonymous)
2006-05-21 12:44 pm UTC (link)
Why are these mother so bored that they feel the the need to sit around posting for the perrrrrrrfect titty-feeding shot and making icons out of said shots, anyway? Shouldn't they be...oh, I dunno...making sure Junior doesn't ram a knife through an electrical outlet?

You can breast feed and public without a blanket over anyone's head and no one be any the wiser. I've seen it done. I went to reach for my nephew once and my sister was all OMGNOIMFEEDINGHIM!!!! And to this DAY, I have no idea how, because you couldn't see a thing.

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HAHAHAHA! BURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRN!!!!
(Anonymous)
2006-05-21 12:54 pm UTC (link)
Finally, please be aware that write-in campaigns are never effective in swaying the opinion of the Abuse Team or LiveJournal administrators, or in focusing attention on a particular issue. A flood of requests concerning the same issue only serve to slow down the responses given to valid inquiries such as your request for policy clarification.

Regards,
Carson
LiveJournal Abuse Team


Thank God SOMEBODY said it!

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Re: HAHAHAHA! BURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRN!!!! - (Anonymous), 2006-05-22 02:10 am UTC

[info]toph
2006-05-21 03:15 pm UTC (link)
It's gone over to _retarded_icons now too.

http://community.livejournal.com/_retarded_icons/387572.html

I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend your right to say it
and i may think your icon is retarded ... but i still believe you should have every right to use it

ljabuse is making nursing mothers take down their babysuckingboob icons as defaults
wtf is up with that?

urge everyone that thinks this is absolutely retarded in the noniconic sense to email ljabuse and tell them such.

and for more coupleretarded/knockedup retarded/breast feeding retarded (and i'm sure eventually "my child is an honour student retarded") check out just about every user in [info]booju_mooju



So.. the icons are retarded.. and they suck.. but email ljabuse so they can keep them? Yeah, uhm. Who gives a shit?

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(no subject) - [info]azawakh, 2006-05-21 07:07 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]toph, 2006-05-21 10:04 pm UTC

[info]freezer
2006-05-21 03:49 pm UTC (link)
The madness... She spreads. Now [info]blackfolk has picked up the story.

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(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2006-05-21 04:03 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]freezer, 2006-05-21 04:10 pm UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2006-05-21 04:16 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]freezer, 2006-05-21 04:34 pm UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2006-05-21 04:56 pm UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2006-05-21 05:39 pm UTC
*BOGGLES* - (Anonymous), 2006-05-21 08:05 pm UTC
Re: *BOGGLES* - [info]greenling, 2006-05-22 06:29 am UTC
Re: *BOGGLES* - (Anonymous), 2006-05-22 12:49 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]azawakh, 2006-05-21 07:15 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]aerobot, 2006-05-22 05:29 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]karnythia, 2006-05-23 06:06 pm UTC

[info]tao_tao
2006-05-21 04:41 pm UTC (link)
... That's the most retarded wank I ever heard of. How hard is it to take a picture of your baby while it's is not directly attached to your sacred tit, make that one your default icon and STFU.
Is this honestly a political and ethical cause for this people? I despair, in an amused sort of way.

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(Anonymous)
2006-05-21 06:20 pm UTC (link)
Just wait... (http://community.livejournal.com/feminist/2537443.html)

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(no subject) - [info]jrs1980, 2006-05-22 01:48 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2006-05-22 02:52 am UTC

iwanttobeasleep
2006-05-21 09:20 pm UTC (link)
Am I the only person who thinks the desexualization of breasts, in all contexts, is a bad thing? I like my sexy breasts, damnit!

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(no subject) - [info]andra_dodger, 2006-05-21 09:28 pm UTC
(no subject) - iwanttobeasleep, 2006-05-21 09:31 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]azawakh, 2006-05-21 09:59 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]aegflota, 2006-05-21 10:51 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]chibikaijuu, 2006-05-21 10:33 pm UTC
(no subject) - iwanttobeasleep, 2006-05-21 10:36 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]chibikaijuu, 2006-05-21 11:29 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]andra_dodger, 2006-05-22 12:01 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]chibikaijuu, 2006-05-22 12:10 am UTC
(no subject) - iwanttobeasleep, 2006-05-22 12:17 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]chibikaijuu, 2006-05-22 12:27 am UTC
(no subject) - iwanttobeasleep, 2006-05-22 12:30 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]taktuk, 2006-05-26 12:26 am UTC

[info]aegflota
2006-05-21 10:35 pm UTC (link)
...to be fair, though, 99.9999999999999% of those icons are damn ugly. Yay MS Paint!

Also, I'm afraid of babies, but that's my own problem & nobody else's.

Er. *parades icon*

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[info]lidane
2006-05-21 11:38 pm UTC (link)
After reading all of this, I guess I'm a bad woman and an even worse feminist, since I don't see the issue here at all.

LJ has never told people to get rid of their breastfeeding icons. Ever. They just ask all of their users to choose defualt icons ("default" being the key word) that are relatively worksafe, just because the defaults show up everywhere -- interests pages, searches, etc. Why is that such a horrible thing?

No one is saying that you can't breastfeed. No one is saying that you can't have icons of your child attached to your boob and sucking away. They just ask for default icons that don't have any sort of nudity.

I just don't understand why all the brouhaha. It really doesn't seem like that big of a deal to me. After all, LJ is a private company. They're allowed to make their own rules, and to ask people to follow them.

*shrug*

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(no subject) - [info]andra_dodger, 2006-05-22 12:02 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]lidane, 2006-05-22 12:18 am UTC

[info]dar
2006-05-22 12:26 am UTC (link)
Ahahaha uncut_diamond. Ahahahaha. Every time I see him post anything I just crack up.

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[info]oxydosic
2006-05-22 01:27 am UTC (link)
God, sometimes i think certain groups just aren't happy if they can't feel persecuted. I breastfed and it doesn't bother me at all what LJ asked her to do; it's not like she has to get rid of the freaking icon altogether and she could still use it in every damn post if she wanted to.

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[info]jrs1980
2006-05-22 01:54 am UTC (link)
It's consuming all of el-jay.

Soon like, comms dedicated to KISS will be featuring this.

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[info]luthe
2006-05-22 04:35 am UTC (link)
*eyes comments to this post* Can y'all take it to [info]fandom_discuss? You're getting wank in my boobies and snark.

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[info]azawakh
2006-05-22 03:19 pm UTC (link)
All I can say to the sixth edit is... magdalene74, oh god. For reference about the nature of her escapades, just check out the userinfo.

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(no subject) - [info]influencethis, 2006-05-24 05:02 am UTC

(Anonymous)
2006-05-22 05:27 pm UTC (link)
LOLs all over....

http://ljabuse.blogspot.com picks up the story

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(no subject) - [info]gingersnaps, 2006-05-22 08:20 pm UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2006-05-23 01:41 am UTC

redwarrior
2006-05-22 07:44 pm UTC (link)
This would have been funnier if it were about yaoi fangirls and LJ Abuse taking down their precious boysmexing default icons.

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(no subject) - [info]gingersnaps, 2006-05-22 08:19 pm UTC

[info]limeysugar
2006-05-23 06:12 am UTC (link)
I'm just wondering why a 100 x 100 picture of one's tit with a kid attached is so impressive that it has to be one's default icon.

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(no subject) - [info]lessis, 2006-05-23 06:35 pm UTC


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