I've written before about how those telling us to 'get help' can get fucked. Such comments tend to be directed at anyone not ashamed of their feelings, regardless of whether there is any intention of acting on them.

I stand by what I said, but I do feel there is a need to emphasize the diff...

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When discussing any MAP-related issue, it surely won’t be long before a 'victim of abuse' steps in to ‘set the record straight’. They will inevitably use their experience to condemn a very broad range of feelings and actions, whether or not that experience is in any way applicable. In this artic...

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As I mentioned in a prior article, someone calling himself a cybersecurity researcher recently discovered that many of the clearnet MAP sites share a common hosting platform. His technical analysis was correct, relying on public information that can be interpreted by almost anyone vaguely fa...

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One of my core arguments, as a MAP activist and someone who loves children, is that child protection policies are really not very good at protecting kids. To that end, I have presented my own arguments and anecdotes, along with evidence that has been hidden and censured by those who feel a need...

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The NCMEC are frequent readers of my site. Seriously, those guys never miss a Brian Ribbon post! However, should anyone in law enforcement be interested in "talking" to me, please note that I have nothing but an anonymous e-mail address for my interviewee, and I'm not interested in talking with ...

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OK, I'm going to be honest. This one is kind of a troll. But it's not a troll for the sake of trolling; it's because I'm just so incredibly angry about the suffering of a MAP acquaintance I'm counseling right now. I feel that the harder people push us, the harder we should push back. So take a sea...

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