Blog Intimidation...

Yesterday something troubling occurred with “Ronda’s Escape”.  It was shut down for what I think may have been four hours or so. At first, I was thinking hacked. However, a notice stated that the "Blog had been remove due to content", seemed be from Google, my platform. I had no clue what the issue was and the message intimated that the Blog had been removed totally with no recourse.  

First, let me state I am very conscientious about content. I do not pretend to be a counselor, doctor, or anyone other than someone encouraging life's fulfillment. As for a underage stuff (grooming), I do not go there and never will! I have always been careful, even in the support groups I organized. No one under 18 without parent. My blog content is for those over 18 and I sense most of my readers are well past that. I do not have a content advisory warning on my blog.  

Finally yesterday, I was able to get into my blog content manager and starting looking for anything that may have been objectionable. My only find was the “Mother / Daughter” high heel shoe play from a few weeks ago. It was a takeoff on an Etsy Mother’s Day card. Cartoon cute and I framed it as something I had done growing up, “playing with my mother’s shoes”. 

If this offended someone, I wish it had been addressed directly, and I would have been happy to remove it; please. If a google AI bot flagged it, that is more troubling. Bots or someone is watching Transgender Blogs. As Hallie stated on T-Central, “One Hears Rumors”:

Let's start by stating there is no way to tell what the future will bring. There has never been a time when the freedom to have a place like this, to share all of the interesting facets of the T world, has been more under threat. 

Yesterday, I removed the “How It Begins” post and all seemed to return to the new normal. I am troubled. I feel intimated. However, I will continue for now. Our freedoms are under attack, one-by-one. Now is the time to be visible, speak up and let the world know, "we will not be erased!"