fuckyeahlesbianliterature: [image description: two Facebook screencaps. The first is “We Remov

fuckyeahlesbianliterature:

[image description: two Facebook screencaps. The first is “We Removed Something You Posted. We removed the post below because it doesn’t follow the Facebook Community Standards: Sassafras Lowrey posted “at least 2017 has brought us the return of Dykes To Watch Out For (which I didn’t used to read, because I was firmly on the Hothead side of the lesbian comic binary… but now I do?)"” The second screencap is “You’re Temporarily Blocked From Posting: This temporary block will last 24 hours, and you won’t be able to post on Facebook until it’s finished. / Please keep in mind that people who repeatedly post things that aren’t allowed on Facebook may have their accounts permanently disabled.”]

Author Sassafras Lowrey was blocked from posting on Facebook for mentioning Dykes To Watch Out For–or more specifically, for using the word “dyke” at all.

It’s no secret I love social media – and defying all logic, my favorite of the social media platforms has always been facebook.  I had been seeing friends post about new policies where Facebook was blocking people or pulling content that used the word “dyke” as reclaimed and empowering identity language. I continued posting on my facebook like normal, and woke up this morning to discover that not only had a post I’d made yesterday sharing the newest Dykes To Watch Out For classic lesbian comic had been pulled for “violating community standards” but my profile had also been put on a 24 hour hold, and I’ve been reminded/threatened that repeat “offenses” could get my profile deleted.

Because there has been doubt that this is happening, I took screenshots

BLOCKED on Facebook because I’m a #Dyke