Meet me on the Internet.
Found the source image for the wings:
I would call this creature Mother of the Internet if that title wasn’t taken by Radia Perlman.
Here is a reddit comment about (I suppose) this screenshot of a tumblr exchange https://www.reddit.com/r/SapphoAndHerFriend/comments/rbbjsh/comment/hnouwxp/. The comment links to this https://artlark.org/2022/06/11/renee-vivien-the-misunderstood-lesbian-sonneteer/ and quotes
wrongly assumed that the love poems inspired by Natalie Barney were written by a man to his mistress. The two women actually attended a public “misreading” of Vivien’s poetry incognito, and according to Barney’s account, were forced to stifle their giggles at the lecturer’s mistake.
Skepticism is as essential as empathy on the internet.
I agree, moderation is important.
How do we keep moderators accountable, so the system continues to function? Is there someone checking them?