April 10th: The bill has been vetoed!
April 2nd: The politicians in Arizona are about to sign into law a bill that would mandate sites like e621 to either impose age verification on all users or be at a risk of lawsuits. Such system would be required to go through third party vendors, who in turn must go through a government database to verify every user's age. This is not only a major violation of privacy, but it also opens up a very real danger of identity theft through phishing schemes and other methods, not to mention that we would not be able to control any of that information to make sure it is permanently deleted after age verification is complete.
Unfortunately, Arizona is the state out of which e621 operates, which means that this law will almost certainly affect us if it is to pass. If want to help us ensure that this site can continue to serve you without being required to know who you are, please ask the Arizona governor to veto this bill.
Please, help us get the word out by letting others know about this issue.
For some further information on what the bill does have a look at https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/arizona-hb-2586/
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Pasiphaë
BlockedIts ok, shi can make more.
Kyvinna
MemberTrue!
Kyvinna
MemberEveryone is entitled to use whatever they are comfortable with. As the person behind both the characters in this picture I'd personally use she because I really dislike "shi" as well, but I'm not going to go apeshit when someone says it.
ThatPeon
Member... Maybe it's a typo?
Kyvinna
MemberShi is a term that people have used to represent female presenting hermaphrodites for a long time in the fandom. It's kind of a portmanteau of she and him.
It came long before the whole modern "social justice" movement of people trying to make up labels for every possible headgender. I just don't like it because it's really distracting and is a pointless label, but I'm not going to complain when others use it.
ThatPeon
MemberWell, I'm not following it.
That right there is a she to me, because she represents the feminine aspect.
Kyvinna
MemberIt's much like how there is a movement today to give labels to a lot of fringe sexualities and gender identities, this was a way to give a label that (IMO) wasn't ever needed. This is why I too use she for both of these characters :P.
Minus
MemberGet out of here kid. "Shi" has been a furry word for decades. 14 years at least. If you're so new to the internet that you think it's a tumblr word, then I doubt you're old enough to be here.
ThatPeon
MemberWhile I agree that it has been around for 14 years, it doesn't mean I have to follow suit. I prefer simpler terms of gender identity instead of more. That doesn't make me dumb, just rational.
your average himbo
Membermiss!? how is that a miss??
Mdf
MemberDang, autocarrot back at it again I guess.
...Speaking of proper pronouns, I wonder if it's included in new yorks list of 31 recognized gender identities? Welp, seems that isn't the case.
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