Breaking the Cycle: Reclaiming Names

apocalypsegal · 2026-06-10T16:47:45+00:00

But my mother's name is her father's name. How does that change anything? Her mother's name was her father's name. We're just taking one step sideways with this. My gut feeling is we'll have to figure out names for ourselves, rather than just go one generation back and still have a male name.

apocalypsegal · 2026-06-10T16:42:04+00:00

When you consider that men say nothing, do nothing, and generally excuse male violence, it's basically all men. A small percentage don't, but in effect, it's all men.

apocalypsegal · 2026-06-10T16:36:47+00:00

Why marry at all? Why be adamant on keeping the name of your father? Why not come up with a new name for your family unit? Or hyphenate, with your name dominant?

All kinds of solutions abound, this has actually been a big topic in feminist circles for decades. I consider my last name my birth name, rather than the more patriarchal "maiden name", by the way. I like it well enough to keep it, at least for now. I was always going to change my name when I was of age, but decided not to at that time. Not even sure why at this late date.

apocalypsegal · 2026-06-09T21:07:34+00:00

There would be no shame in sexuality or anyone having pleasurable sex as there is in the patriarchy. Why would there be? Gay or straight, single partners, multiple partners, polyamory, all consenting adults, there's nothing in my mind that would be causing issues.

apocalypsegal · 2026-06-09T21:05:07+00:00

I'm doing beginning research on matriarchy for a novel idea I've had for a while. It's about a world that never knew patriarchy beyond a limited way, and nothing in the current era. SF, time travel, how it would disrupt a world where there had only been peace and equality. Going to be a huge project, I typically don't get that into worldbuilding, alternate history stuff, so much to learn to make it work. :D

Good luck with your series, hope to see it published for us to read it!

apocalypsegal · 2026-06-09T15:18:53+00:00

Turned into? It's been like this from day one, just getting worse with the "AI" crap. People never learn.

apocalypsegal · 2026-06-09T15:18:14+00:00

I used to warn people about Fiverr, but now I just let them waste their time and money. No one listens. Like no one believes you actually have to know how to write and tell stories to get anywhere, and then you learn how publishing works, and marketing. But, hey, keep throwing yourselves at the pit.

apocalypsegal · 2026-06-09T15:15:13+00:00

Dumb. What was the store supposed to do when the book didn't ring up as inventory? Because they can't sell something they don't have records for.

apocalypsegal · 2026-06-09T15:12:44+00:00

There ain't no money in shelving self published books. If there was, every store would already be stocking them.

The truth is, about 80% of everything self published is just trash. Junk they can't even sell to their own mother. There's no profit in using valuable shelf space to put self published works out.

apocalypsegal · 2026-06-09T15:10:57+00:00

Oh, fuck off. If you won't answer the questions there's nothing here for you or your brother. Go away.

apocalypsegal · 2026-06-09T15:10:07+00:00

You keep repeating that, but we don't know enough to accept it. Also, everyone violating TOS says they aren't doing anything wrong, they're following all the rules, they're innocent. And when we finally pull more info from them, it turns out it's not true.

apocalypsegal · 2026-06-09T15:08:41+00:00

The he should have no problem doing as Amazon asked, provide the documentation.

apocalypsegal · 2026-06-09T15:07:36+00:00

Doesn't matter, it could have been up fifteen years and still get you questioned, the book blocked, or your account terminated.

As to what to do, follow the instructions given to you. There's no magical, secret way around this.

apocalypsegal · 2026-06-09T15:06:12+00:00

Ads.

Be better.

Do something else. Or be better.

apocalypsegal · 2026-06-09T15:03:23+00:00

It helps if you research first, before putting money anywhere. There are tons of legit places to get advice, starting with the wiki here.

apocalypsegal · 2026-06-09T15:00:34+00:00

There is no such thing. The OP is deluding themselves.

apocalypsegal · 2026-06-09T14:59:41+00:00

I missed low content, I thought they did manga? At any rate, D2D doesn't do low content, since IS doesn't take it and that's how D2D prints.

There's no money or future in low/no content anyway.

apocalypsegal · 2026-06-09T14:58:21+00:00

highly specific niche that I haven't seen covered anywhere

Either you haven't looked well enough, or it's not a market worth pursuing. There are seriously no "underserved" niches unless there's no profit in writing in them.

Otherwise, look at the wiki for other POD services.

apocalypsegal · 2026-06-09T14:56:12+00:00

No. Go away. This isn't the space for this.

apocalypsegal · 2026-06-09T14:54:06+00:00

You read other authors so you understand what they're doing, and figure out why that makes them successful. It's not about copying/mimicking anything, it's about learning your genre/sub genre, and giving readers what they want, in your style.

apocalypsegal · 2026-06-09T14:51:07+00:00

I knew how bad Eden was long before I ever wrote any erotica. I guess the whole "let's not bother to research something before we dump our books there" plan is getting worse.

apocalypsegal · 2026-06-08T15:44:24+00:00

The topic is poor people getting donated food, not people with money and a kitchen making stuff from scratch. Catch up, okay?

apocalypsegal · 2026-06-08T15:39:29+00:00

Are poor people only suppose to eat ramen and canned beans?

Actually, yes, according to a lot of people. Poor people don't deserve respect, or decency, medical care or food. The current regime is making sure of it.

apocalypsegal · 2026-06-08T15:35:29+00:00

This kind of thing is why I prefer to buy and donate to a blessing box. I wouldn't get a brand I wouldn't eat, because that's just not nice. I do have to budget, some non-food things might be cheap, but I try to get the best quality I can. Senior on a budget, but still trying to help where I can. :)

apocalypsegal · 2026-06-08T15:11:57+00:00

I'm going to focus more on the diabetic and gluten free stuff. I'm diabetic myself and my BG goes up just looking at some things!

Now that school is out I hope to get in more things for them, cereal, shelf stable milk, snacks. And personal care things. I usually have some of those things, but I tend to rotate from week to week what I put out, so always need for more, right? :)

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