Notices by Erotic Mythology 💘 (aimeemaroux@mastodon.social)

"Book publisher #HarperCollins said it will start translating romance novels under its famous Harlequin label in France using AI, reducing or eliminating the pay for the team of human contract translators who previously did this work."

@404mediaco reports:

https://www.404media.co/harpercollins-will-use-ai-to-translate-harlequin-romance-novels/

#NoAI #writingcommunity #translation #france

@fesshole Good for you, mate!

@SJAsh_03 @light I think Herakles wearing female clothes and do "women's work" is just supposed to be funny. Kinda the same vein as Hulk Hogan as a babysitter. Or if Superman had to wear a dress and do housework.

Graeco-Roman paganism had mystery cults with a "special" afterlife, the most well-known is Orphism. Early Christian writers slammed the pagan gods as horny and immodest. Not sure if consent of women was a priority for early Christians, it certainly isn't for recent ones.

New story up sponsored by my subs: #Herakles discovers that she is a #trans woman when Queen Omphale makes her wear female clothes.

Happy Pride!

https://eroticmythology.com/fiction-herakles-omphale-trans-mtf?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

@smutstodon @mythology @lgbtbookstodon #erotica #ftm #transjoy #mythology #lesfic #sapphic #LGBTQ

Have a courageous Day of Ares aka Mars' Day aka Tuesday 🗡️

‘Bronze will come together with bronze, and #Ares [war] will redden the sea with blood.'
Herodotus, Histories 8. 77. 1

🏛 Detail of Ares on a two-handled jar depicting the birth of Athena, Attic black figure ceramic, 540 BCE

@antiquidons @mythology
#DayOfAres #GreekRomanArt #mythology

It's #LesbianVisibilityDay tomorrow, so I give you a rare #lesbian cunnilingus on a Roman oil lamp this beautiful #FannyFriday 👌

@antiquidons #GreekRomanArt #LDV25 #LGBTQ

@br00t4c It makes another conservative media company look progressive and is free advertisement for them through the buzz?

🎶 All aboard the hate train 🎶

@bruces @ErosBlog The amount of people on this platform sucking CD's dick is remarkable.

The preliminary results of Germany's election are in and 20% of Germans voted for the far right party AfD and 28% for conservative party CDU, joining France and Italy in strengthening the far right and conservatives in Europe.
Once again the majority votes against their own best interests. Both conservative and far right parties make policies for the rich, not for the majority and not for the poor.
Please, #Europe, don't repeat the 1920s! 🤮

#DEpol #EUpol #BTW25

Several generic porn accounts following me lately.

What I love, instant follow:

- People being sexy on their account, i.e. posting suggestive and nude images of themselves and their consenting partner(s)
- People horny posting on their account with actual articulation of horny thoughts
- People promoting their own adult creations of all kinds where I can see that it is actually made by the same person

What I don't love:

- Generic porn accounts posting unattributed porn showing other people

This is how you do justice to "both sides":

#LGBTQ #transgender #trans

It's the #DayOfHelios / Sol's Day / #Sunday! ☀️

Last night was the longest night of the year in Greece, so #Helios had his shortest work day.

"At the winter solstice, the sun would seem to be a little child like that which the Egyptians bring forth from a shrine on the appointed day, since the day is then at its shortest and the god is accordingly shown as a tiny infant."
Macrobius, #Saturnalia

🏛️ Helios, Antalya Museum

@antiquidons
#DayOfHelios #GreekRomanArt #mythology #solstice

Enjoy this #NativeArt from #Peru for this week's #PhallusThursday. The Romans would have loved this.

Rhyton frm Peru, Moche civilization, 100 BCE - 500 CE

@darlingofinana I just mention it because the concept of race was obviously all over Europe 100 years ago.

But not gonna lie, I always get whiplash when I see progressive people use the word "race". Race is not even a useful concept in zoology. It's time to let it go.

I spoke to a friend this weekend who claimed that I am the only woman he knows who (says she) has experienced people not taking her seriously or questioning her competence because she's a woman. This man works with female engineers and software developers. If really zero of his female colleagues have experienced this I am happy for them but I find that hard to believe.
Any #WomenInTech wanna weigh in on that? I have a STEM degree but I have never worked in dev.

@ErosBlog It's possible that person was European. Here, going to the ER is free and the advice to go and get checked just to be safe makes sense.

@thomasfuchs This happend in Germany too where an Israeli woman was arrested for criticising her own country:

https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/freedom-for-the-one-who-thinks-differently/

#WritersCoffeeClub 18 April: How important is social media in promoting your work?

I do get the occasional sale without promotion but I see an increase whenever I'm posting a link online. This was very noticable before the social media diaspora when I was very active on #Twitter. Nowadays #Mastodon is my main platform and I *think* some of you guys bought a book and became patrons of my work? But since Mastodon doesn't show up in analytics I just don't know 😂

I made a thing.

@smutstodon #pornocalypse #meme #mastercard #nsfw

I wrote a #guide for all my fellow creators starting out on #Mastodon:

https://www.eroticmythology.com/mastodon-for-creators/

Feedback is extremely welcome. This is a loving document, it can only be honed and get better with loving input from other users. What are your best tips for #creators?

#RIPTwitter #TwitterDown #TwitterMigration #twitter #Fediverse #fedi #introduction #NewHere #creator #WritersOfMastodon #ArtistsOnMastodon #musician #writer #artist #feditips #MastodonMigration