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My name's Persephone. I'm a writer, illustrator, activist and researcher.
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My Book: Gothic Communism (series promo)
My Book: Gothic Communism (series promo)
This is a copy of my website's one-page promo; i.e., for my 2023 book series, Sex Positivity versus Sex Coercion, or Gothic Communism. It's essentially a copy-and-paste of the original and contains the same basic information (as of 3/24/2025), but to keep things SFW also contains placeholder images for the book covers/model images. If you […]
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Persephone van der Waard: MtF trans woman, Gothic an-Com, they/them or she/her, poly/demi-pan, 39; anti-fash and multi-volume book author and illustrator, sex worker, indie researcher/PhD in Gothic poetics and ludo-Gothic BDSM (who specializes partly in Metroidvania), erotic artist/pornographic historian and invigilator. Loves Amazons. Channel is short-form SFW content I can actually post on YouTube; e.g., react videos, but also essays written elsewhere. Everything is produced by me; I do not use (or endorse) AI. Billionaires suck; Free Palestine (and all colonized lands); Abolish ICE, cops and the state. "It's all in the reflexes!" Disclaimer: All opinions are my own; i.e., as part of my research, conducted alongside my book series, Gothic Communism (2023). The material within is written/speaks about public figures and popular media for purposes of education, satire, transformation and critique, hence falls under Fair Use regarding copyright and free speech regarding defamation.
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