(( VaginaPagina ))

Heya! I'm writing as a VP maintainer to remind you that VP is a safe space, and that there are a lot of people in this community who don't identify as "ladies" or "girls", even if they might have similar anatomy to you. In fact, people of many different genders (http://wiki.vaginapagina.com/index.php?title=VaginaPagina_FAQ#Is_VP_for_women_only.3F_Is_it_LGBTQQIA-_and_kink-friendly.3F) read and comment here and we don't want to accidentally leave anyone out so we're trying to encourage posters to use more inclusive language. If you're interested, you can read more about the reasoning (http://community.livejournal.com/contact_vp/tag/language).

This is a friendly reminder to please review VP's policies to help us make VP a nicer place for everyone. You can follow these links for more information:

--What are VP's rules? (http://wiki.vaginapagina.com/index.php?title=VaginaPagina_FAQ#What_are_the_rules.3F)
--What is "safe space"? What does "empowerment" mean? What does "accountability" look like? (http://wiki.vaginapagina.com/index.php?title=VaginaPagina_FAQ#Safe_Space)
--What is VP's language policy? (http://wiki.vaginapagina.com/index.php?title=VaginaPagina_FAQ#VP.27s_Language_Policy)

Please don't think we're scolding you or don't want you here. We issue safe space reminders to help our members acknowledge and include everyone, and to help keep VP a safe space for all. We hope you'll continue to participate in VP with this in mind. Safe space means a lot to many of our members, and it's amazing how much we can help just by being a little more careful with what we say.

If you'd like to talk more, your thoughts are welcome in contact_vp or via email (vpteam@vaginapagina.com). However, we just ask that you not discuss your reminder in this VP thread, since it would draw attention away from the original post.

Thanks for understanding.

--alex
for the VP Team (http://www.vaginapagina.com/contact.php)
contact_vp