Patriarchy-safe Youtube Version:
Patriarchy-Unfriendly Peertube Version:
Yes that’s right, after nearly ten full years of constant, arbitrary censorship on Youtube–where I get banned to a degree no one else faces, even having fully clothed videos where I’m merely sitting on my couch talking to the camera about current events banned as “sexually explicit nudity” thanks to the weaponization of false flagging by haters–I’ve finally hit my limit, and this is it.
Until Youtube stops banning me for no reason, and gives me personal assurance that they won’t do it again, I’m not going to post any more videos there–and let’s be honest, they’re never going to do that, so this is effectively the end of my Youtube posting era, completely.
That’s not to say I won’t be making new Topless Topics content at all–merely that I’m not going to bother making super-censored versions for Youtube anymore, since they frequently get banned anyway (:
I’ll also be deleting ALL my other Youtube videos over the next few weeks, since now they’re using AI to scrape WITHIN THE VIDEO ITSELF any mention of links that their algorithm visits and determines is worth a “community guidelines strike,” and since I have links to this very website in almost all my videos, that means every past video could be banned at any time.
So if you want to see any of my old videos, as well as the new ones, you’ll have to check my decentralized/non-corporate-owned social media platforms to find out about them, or search for them directly on this site! (UIploading all my old videos will be a slow and tedious process, so if you think of an old video you remember that I haven’t re-uploaded here yet, message me and I’ll look for it so I can prioritize re-uploading it).
In the meantime, even though -I- won’t be posting to mainstream social media anymore, you can still be a huge help in growing the Topless Topics community–as well as raising awareness about the blatant sexism, misogyny and transphobia of gender-based censorship in general–by sharing links to my content on your own social media pages, so more new people can find out they exist 🙂 You can even gain free access to my sub-only behind-the-scenes livestreams as a thank-you for linking to my content! More info here: https://www.toplesstopics.org/promosquad
Speaking of livestreams, I’ve been doing them a lot more frequently since my dad died in November. My current schedule (as of January 2025) is Tuesdays 12-3pm PST at https://www.joystick.tv/u/toplesstopics (NSFW–video editing, erotic art illustration, adult video games I can voice act, etc) and Fridays 12-3pm PST at https://www.twitch.tv/cerigotgame (SFW game and art streams, so, horrible bloody violence is fine, just no heinous female nipples (: ) And sometimes I stream on other days–follow my social media or join our Discord server for a notification when I do! Finally, you can watch the VODs of my streams (both NSFW and SFW) at https://www.toplesstopics.org/livestream – Joystick subscribers, Patreon donors, and Promo Squad members get immediate access, while everyone else can watch for free a month after the stream happens.
That’s about it for now! Fuck Youtube, fuck Meta, fuck Tiktok, fuck Twitch, and fuck every other patriarchy-pandering mainstream social media/video hosting platform–enough is enough!
Links mentioned in video:
Join the Fediverse to keep up with Topless Topics on platforms that aren’t constantly banning my posts!
Pink News: “Yes, trans women can breastfeed too. Here’s why it’s safe, healthy and good for both mum and baby” https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/28/trans-women-breastfeeding-explainer-research/
The Week: “What is the dead internet theory?” https://theweek.com/media/what-is-the-dead-internet-theory
Psychology Today: “The Dead Internet Theory: Why Being Online Feels Empty” https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/silicon-psyche/202501/the-dead-internet-theory-why-being-online-feels-empty
Business Insider: “The 10 most popular YouTubers at the beginning of the decade — and where they are now” https://www.businessinsider.com/youtube-2010-popular-channels-where-they-are-now-nigahiga-fred-2019-12?op=1
Thinkific: “10 Ways You Can Make Money on YouTube” https://www.thinkific.com/blog/making-money-on-youtube/
Backlinkoo: “What Is Audience Retention?” https://backlinko.com/hub/youtube/retention
The Things: “YouTube’s OG Creators: Where Are They Now?” https://www.thethings.com/youtube-og-creators-where-are-they-now-ryan-higa-jenna-marbles/
Salon: “Where is the YouTube left? There, elsewhere and unfocused” https://www.salon.com/2017/08/13/where-is-the-youtube-left-there-elsewhere-and-unfocused/
Youtube Help: “Nudity & Sexual Content Policy” https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2802002?hl=en#zippy=%2Cother-types-of-content-that-violate-this-policy
Promo Squad Use Images
(read about how to help Topless Topics grow here! https://www.toplesstopics.org/promosquad/ )
Best Ways to Contact Cleo in Order of Preference:
- join our Topless Topics chatroom here: www.toplesstopics.org/chat
- Mastodon: @toplesstopics@eldritch.cafe
- (If you’ve never heard of Mastodon, here’s a great little intro video to the concept: https://youtu.be/IPSbNdBmWKE ) In the future I’m hoping to set up my own mastodon instance focused on progressive activists and creators, and their supporters, called the “Outcast Creator Collective.” You can read up more about that here: https://www.toplesstopics.org/outcast/
- Uncensored videos: https://videos.trom.tf/c/toplesstopics
- Patriarchy-approved Censored Videos (NO LONGER BEING UPDATED BECAUSE I’M TIRED OF ALL THE NONSENSE BANS): https://www.youtube.com/@toplesstopic
- DELETED: the Topless Topics Twitter account, because fk Elon Musk!!!
- Patreon: www.patreon.com/ToplessTopics
- Artistic nude digital photography: https://toplesstopics.gumroad.com
- Instagram: @toplessTopics https://www.instagram.com/toplesstopics/
- Alternate slightly-less-shadowbanned Instagram: @toplessTopicsOfficial instagram.com/toplesstopicsofficial/
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/toplesstopics.bsk
- Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/toplesstopics