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Life Update- FOSTA and the long dark night of the internet.

Added 2018-04-23 22:16:09 +0000 UTC

IMPORTANT PLEASE, PLEASE READ. There is a possibility, due to the recent FOSTA legislation, that my web presence will be deleted or banned. This hurts for many reasons, and means I may not being able to share my work whether it’s erotic or nude or lingerie or clothed.

This is unacceptable.

Although I love Patreon and feel confident that they will stand up for their creators, they may not have a choice in the matter. This law is supposedly to fight sexual trafficking but in actuality is designed to hold third party sites accountable for the content of its users, which in theory could affect us here, as well as social media. As a result some sites (like Backpage) are being shut down and other sites could potentially eject anyone they fear could be considered “immoral” ie. those engaged in sex work or pornography, for fear of litigation.

In a nutshell, preventative measures are needed, because we don’t know what’s going to happen. Frankly, I’m fucking scared. My life, my business, and many of my joys are online. I would be devastated to loose you.

I am not going to sit around and let this happen. My solution: create a safe space to share, without middlemen, in the form of a (completely free) mailing list! The result would be my work directly to you, from me, in the event that I am forced to vanish. With your permission, I am going to add your Patreon email to my list, which ultimately will be saved to a secure, offline place. (Please let me know if this is something you do NOT want, and I will not add you.) I pinky promise to never send you spam, and to keep your information close to the vest.

Thank you so much for hearing me out. The future is a frightening place, but at least if I have you I won't feel like a castaway left out to sea.

-Nicole Vaunt

// photo by Aydin Ghajar