My Goodreads account was banned for being gender critical! by Applecat in GenderCritical

[–]Applecat[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, I discovered that when I searched my Goodreads name.

This just goes to show that no matter how tiny and insignificant you may think you are, there are people out there watching.

My Goodreads account was banned for being gender critical! by Applecat in GenderCritical

[–]Applecat[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you. It's something I wish none of us had to do. But I refuse to remain silent.

My Goodreads account was banned for being gender critical! by Applecat in GenderCritical

[–]Applecat[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The author calls herself 'transmasc' so it's obviously quite a personal issue for her. I feel sorry these young women are suffering, but their blatant denial of reality helps no one. If calling women female is now hate speech, I dread to think what the future will bring.

Warning: Dropping the T is not allowed on Goodreads. My lesbian and gender critical account was banned. by Applecat in LGBDropTheT

[–]Applecat[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Most likely. I wonder how long your review would stay up before they deleted it.

And it was never my intention to hurt any of these young women, even if they deny their female reality. They are still women. They are still my sisters. But they are grooming children. I cannot remain silent when I know the damage they are doing.

Warning: Dropping the T is not allowed on Goodreads. My lesbian and gender critical account was banned. by Applecat in LGBDropTheT

[–]Applecat[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

At least this serves as a warning to others! I'm glad you downloaded your information and would also encourage everyone else to do so.

I'm still shocked. I was never even given a warning. Friday everything was fine, and Saturday my account was deleted.

My Goodreads account was banned for being gender critical! by Applecat in GenderCritical

[–]Applecat[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It was probably my downfall that my whole account was dedicated to gender critical and radfem topics.

My Goodreads account was banned for being gender critical! by Applecat in GenderCritical

[–]Applecat[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Also see here:

https://twitter.com/EmeryLeeWho/status/1332857595854393345

One of the authors was definitely offended.

My Goodreads account was banned for being gender critical! by Applecat in GenderCritical

[–]Applecat[S] 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I was able to retrieve one of my reviews, which had been archived on another site:

When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff

Sad, confusing, and regressive story of a little girl who is presented to the world as a boy simply because she does not identify with sexist stereotypes. It's a depressing trend in modern picture books. A young child no than four or five years old is presented as not liking stereotypical things associated with their biological sex. These preferences are then used to support the idea that in fact the child is not their biological sex at all. In this story young Aidan doesn't feel like a girl. What it means to feel like a girl is never explained. Why a female child is not allowed to have masculine interests, masculine clothing, a short haircut, or a boyish bedroom without being told she is a boy is a mystery to this reader. 'They changed his bedroom into a place where he belonged. He also took much better care of his new clothes.' The fact that a little girl can have a boyish bedroom is never acknowledged. The fact that a little girl can wear clothes bought in the boys' section of a store is never acknowledged. Instead these things are presented as proof positive that this young child, again a girl of preschool age, is somehow a literal boy. There is no indication this child hates her body, only that her feminine name, clothing, and bedroom don't feel right to her. Not conforming to sex role stereotypes is presented as a valid reason to say to the world that a child is a member of the opposite sex and should have been born as the opposite sex. I simply do not understand how these messages are passing for progressive. As a committed feminist of many years, women have spent decades fighting the idea that there is only one way to be a girl. It's very sad that young female children today are being told that if they are insufficiently feminine they may actually be transgender instead of their biological sex.

I'm glad to find it because this was, in fact, my only in-depth review. At one point, it was one of the most popular views for this book. It had at least 11 likes, which just goes to show that many readers are not buying into this ideology being pushed on children.

My Goodreads account was banned for being gender critical! by Applecat in GenderCritical

[–]Applecat[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I never would have expected it. I was so shocked yesterday.

My Goodreads account was banned for being gender critical! by Applecat in GenderCritical

[–]Applecat[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, that's why I began compiling these titles. I thought it would be helpful to parents and teachers to know how far gender ideology has infiltrated the world of children's literature. The number of transed child characters has simply exploded in recent years.

My Goodreads account was banned for being gender critical! by Applecat in GenderCritical

[–]Applecat[S] 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If you had told me things would be like this 20 years ago, I would never have believed you. It feels like we are living in a dystopia.

My Goodreads account was banned for being gender critical! by Applecat in GenderCritical

[–]Applecat[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you. I still need the find the password for the burner email I used to sign up for Goodreads, so I haven't contacted them yet.

I am not on Twitter, but feel free to spread this news far and wide. Maybe Goodreads can be shamed into reversing their decision. People should know they are censoring members and will delete accounts without even a warning. I went to log in yesterday, and it said my password was incorrect. Then I tried to visit my profile, and it was gone.

And I can assure everyone I was on my very best behavior. I never contacted any of these authors. I did not leave comments on other people's reviews. I did not join any groups. I had my privacy settings set so that no one could message me or leave comments on my reviews, as I did not want to be drawn into debate. All I did was rate and shelve books. I also posted 3 or 4 reviews, but I was very measured and said nothing that could remotely be construed as a slur. All I did was correctly identify the characters' and authors' sexes.

Warning: Dropping the T is not allowed on Goodreads. My lesbian and gender critical account was banned. by Applecat in LGBDropTheT

[–]Applecat[S] 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, I will. I can post it here and on GenderCritical. Yesterday I got up to about 30 books and quit. I still need to find and relabel the rest of them.

I used to be a fan of YA, but it seems like gender ideology is creeping into everything. It's such a shame, and so far from how I thought the direction of feminism was going. I could never have predicted this 10 years ago.

Warning: Dropping the T is not allowed on Goodreads. My lesbian and gender critical account was banned. by Applecat in LGBDropTheT

[–]Applecat[S] 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I was able to retrieve one of my reviews, which had been archived on another site:

When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff

Sad, confusing, and regressive story of a little girl who is presented to the world as a boy simply because she does not identify with sexist stereotypes. It's a depressing trend in modern picture books. A young child no than four or five years old is presented as not liking stereotypical things associated with their biological sex. These preferences are then used to support the idea that in fact the child is not their biological sex at all. In this story young Aidan doesn't feel like a girl. What it means to feel like a girl is never explained. Why a female child is not allowed to have masculine interests, masculine clothing, a short haircut, or a boyish bedroom without being told she is a boy is a mystery to this reader. 'They changed his bedroom into a place where he belonged. He also took much better care of his new clothes.' The fact that a little girl can have a boyish bedroom is never acknowledged. The fact that a little girl can wear clothes bought in the boys' section of a store is never acknowledged. Instead these things are presented as proof positive that this young child, again a girl of preschool age, is somehow a literal boy. There is no indication this child hates her body, only that her feminine name, clothing, and bedroom don't feel right to her. Not conforming to sex role stereotypes is presented as a valid reason to say to the world that a child is a member of the opposite sex and should have been born as the opposite sex. I simply do not understand how these messages are passing for progressive. As a committed feminist of many years, women have spent decades fighting the idea that there is only one way to be a girl. It's very sad that young female children today are being told that if they are insufficiently feminine they may actually be transgender instead of their biological sex.

I'm glad to find it because this was, in fact, my only in-depth review. At one point, it was one of the most popular views for this book. It had at least 11 likes, which just goes to show that many readers are not buying into this ideology being pushed on children.

Warning: Dropping the T is not allowed on Goodreads. My lesbian and gender critical account was banned. by Applecat in LGBDropTheT

[–]Applecat[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you so much. I was able at least to find a handful of titles that way.

My "transing children" shelf was most important to me. I won't bother to rebuild the others.

Warning: Dropping the T is not allowed on Goodreads. My lesbian and gender critical account was banned. by Applecat in LGBDropTheT

[–]Applecat[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

At the moment I can't remember or find the password I used for my burner email to sign up for Goodreads, but I will do so as soon as I can.

Warning: Dropping the T is not allowed on Goodreads. My lesbian and gender critical account was banned. by Applecat in LGBDropTheT

[–]Applecat[S] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I've certainly learned that the hard way. And I agree, no matter how small or insignificant you may think your account is, someone is probably out there waiting to pounce.

I had no idea people were monitoring me.

Warning: Dropping the T is not allowed on Goodreads. My lesbian and gender critical account was banned. by Applecat in LGBDropTheT

[–]Applecat[S] 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oh, thank you, I wasn't sure.

I can assure everyone I never interacted with people on Goodreads. I never commented on people's reviews or in groups. I set my privacy settings so that no one could message me or leave comments on my reviews because I didn't want to be subject to abuse or drawn into fruitless debates.

Warning: Dropping the T is not allowed on Goodreads. My lesbian and gender critical account was banned. by Applecat in LGBDropTheT

[–]Applecat[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I know, it's so ridiculous. What on earth could I be planning? Not to mention I hadn't even rated her book. It hasn't come out yet, and I don't rate something unless I've read it. All I did was put it on my want-to-read shelf and catalogued it, in my view, appropriately.

Why was she scanning to see what shelves the book was on in the first place? I didn't suppose authors were so obsessive as to go through the pages and pages of readers' shelves. Like most of these women who've transed themselves, she seems very young. I'd feel sorrier for her if she wasn't grooming the next generation.

Warning: Dropping the T is not allowed on Goodreads. My lesbian and gender critical account was banned. by Applecat in LGBDropTheT

[–]Applecat[S] 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm too wary to try create more GC social media, but maybe if I can find a trustworthy domain, I can eventually get my list published there. Or at least disseminated around gender critical sites.

Warning: Dropping the T is not allowed on Goodreads. My lesbian and gender critical account was banned. by Applecat in LGBDropTheT

[–]Applecat[S] 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I learned that the hard way! I still can't believe these censors touched me directly. Truly no one is safe.

I'm spending the rest of today rebuilding my "transing children" list. By God, I'll reidentify all 115 titles even if it takes me all day and night.

Warning: Dropping the T is not allowed on Goodreads. My lesbian and gender critical account was banned. by Applecat in LGBDropTheT

[–]Applecat[S] 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Very likely. Too much forbidden information out in public for the 'normies' to find. They wouldn't want people wondering why there have been over 115 books released with transed child characters.

Warning: Dropping the T is not allowed on Goodreads. My lesbian and gender critical account was banned. by Applecat in LGBDropTheT

[–]Applecat[S] 19 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 0 fun20 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I believe I only wrote 3 or 4 reviews. All the rest of my activity was just rating and shelving.

If Goodreads objected to a review, it would make sense if they had deleted that, but not my entire account. I'll do some more investigation. I have to find the password for my burner email to see if I was even sent a message.

Warning: Dropping the T is not allowed on Goodreads. My lesbian and gender critical account was banned. by Applecat in LGBDropTheT

[–]Applecat[S] 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm not going to create another Goodreads account, but I am going to rebuild my list and disseminate it on gender critical sites. I want people to be aware of what's out there. They can't silence us, no matter how hard they try.

Warning: Dropping the T is not allowed on Goodreads. My lesbian and gender critical account was banned. by Applecat in LGBDropTheT

[–]Applecat[S] 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Also here:

https://twitter.com/EmeryLeeWho/status/1332857595854393345

One of the authors was definitely offended.

Warning: Dropping the T is not allowed on Goodreads. My lesbian and gender critical account was banned. by Applecat in LGBDropTheT

[–]Applecat[S] 21 insightful - 1 fun21 insightful - 0 fun22 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I had never posted anything on Goodreads beyond criticism of transgender ideology.

Warning: Dropping the T is not allowed on Goodreads. My lesbian and gender critical account was banned. by Applecat in LGBDropTheT

[–]Applecat[S] 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I even had my profile only available to Goodreads users.

I had no idea anyone would notice a tiny account like mine. The only thing I did there was shelve and rate books. And unlike some, I never rated a book I had not read.

Warning: Dropping the T is not allowed on Goodreads. My lesbian and gender critical account was banned. by Applecat in LGBDropTheT

[–]Applecat[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It says none of them were archived, unfortunately.

Warning: Dropping the T is not allowed on Goodreads. My lesbian and gender critical account was banned. by Applecat in LGBDropTheT

[–]Applecat[S] 18 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 0 fun19 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I assumed the opposite. Most likely no one would have reported a shelf for "lesbian separatism" but they sure would have for "transing children."

Warning: Dropping the T is not allowed on Goodreads. My lesbian and gender critical account was banned. by Applecat in LGBDropTheT

[–]Applecat[S] 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you. I'll survive, but I wish there was some way to retrieve my shelves. Does any tech savvy person know to access them? They were publicly available on Goodreads. There must be a cached version somewhere.

Warning: Dropping the T is not allowed on Goodreads. My lesbian and gender critical account was banned. by Applecat in LGBDropTheT

[–]Applecat[S] 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I truly had no idea. I knew Twitter would ban people, but I never had heard of Goodreads doing so. I should have been smarter. At least I should have archived the information.

Warning: Dropping the T is not allowed on Goodreads. My lesbian and gender critical account was banned. by Applecat in LGBDropTheT

[–]Applecat[S] 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I still don't know why. I'm going to try to access my burner email to see if they sent me a message.

They could have gotten rid of me for a number of reasons, but I also had shelves for "female authors" and "male authors" and categorized people according to their biological sex. Many some of the authors were offended and reported me. Who knows. I shouldn't be surprised, I guess, but I'm just so upset. I'm still shaking. All that research down the drain.

Warning: Dropping the T is not allowed on Goodreads. My lesbian and gender critical account was banned. by Applecat in LGBDropTheT

[–]Applecat[S] 26 insightful - 1 fun26 insightful - 0 fun27 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I wonder. I truly thought Goodreads was safe. Stupid, stupid me. I didn't even think to archive my shelves in case something like happened.

I found out just today that it appears I may have been specifically targeted:

https://bookriot.com/goodreads-homophobia

I just love how they label this homophobia when many of my shelves were lesbian oriented!

My Goodreads account was banned for being gender critical! by Applecat in GenderCritical

[–]Applecat[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Doing further research, it appears I may have been specifically targeted:

https://bookriot.com/goodreads-homophobia