discoursekitty:

artists have the right to ask that their art not be tagged as kin/me, and that should absolutely be respected in the sense that people shouldn’t then knowingly tag said art as kin/me

however. 

when those artists are open – and many are, whether they realize it themselves or not – about the fact that they’re asking it due to anti-kin sentiments (including ‘not wanting to have to acknowledge kin and fictives/fictional introjects exist near them’)?

then they’re assholes at best. most likely worse, considering how often anti-kin sentiment is rooted massively in ableism (and particularly involves ideas harmful to psychotic people, even if the specific people being targeted may not be psychotic themselves).

their wishes should still be respected and their art should still not be tagged kin/me, and it shouldn’t necessarily be assumed that not-explicitly-kin artists making that request are doing it out of anti-kin sentiment (especially because not everyone who’s kin is open about it).

but when artists make it clear that they are making the request for that reason? don’t act like kin and fictives/fictional introjects aren’t allowed to be mad. don’t act like we’re not allowed to judge them for the beliefs that caused them to make that request.

particularly when the person in question is psychotic and you’re not. do not talk over psychotic people about rhetoric so often rooted in ableism that targets us in particular. just. don’t do that.