this is one of my favourite webworms from you David. it takes a big person to admit that they were doing something that was shitty/doesn’t represent who they want to be so i really appreciate it. i’m not a big astrology fan (especially not when i’m a scorpio which is basically the worst sign lol) but it’s made me think about how many things are mocked simply because women/gay people/BIPOC etc are the main audience/participants. Something that comes to mind immediately is romcoms which cop so much shit simply because women enjoy them, why are they treated worse than action films for example? both are fun and enjoyable for people who like them! we need to spend less time mocking people for harmless stuff that they enjoy and more time focusing on the big issues in the world right now
Thanks for sharing this David. As someone who often struggles with self-acceptance it can really hurt when people dismiss my thoughts or interests as stupid just because they’re not the same as everybody else’s. Your Webworm today made me realise that perhaps they were simply expressing a view they’d been conditioned to believe. So maybe I’m not being foolish. After reading this today I felt better about myself. Acceptance of ourselves and others will make this world a much kinder place. Your piece today encourages that. What a gift! Thanks 😊
People confuse star signs vs. wider astrology meanings & brand it as hoaxy bullsh*t. A lot of people too have jumped on this craft for money & made a mockery of it - there's a lot more to it when you delve in. Plus each to their own is really all that matters in life, let's not tear people down because they connect with something you don't. Let people be people & roll on Struck in the app store!
What a nice and sad post at the same time, hope Apple will change their policy or whatever and launch your app into the AppStore! Cuz I want to try it! I thought of developing a dating app by my own after reading this article https://litslink.com/blog/how-to-create-a-hit-dating-app-like-tinder, but now I don’t know if I should try and invest so much time and energy into this project
Are there religion based apps on the App Store? Astrology is sort of similar to a religion so does Apple consider religion to be spam?
My mum left a book called “love through the stars” or something on my bed when I was a teen. I read it (and kept as a joke/to show people how crazy my mum was) but was never took any of it into practice. I don’t even know what star sign my partner is!
David! You cannot imagine my excitement! There I was, already deep inside Webworm (gross), reading some of your first pieces, growing sad that I'd almost read them all. And then! A new email telling me about this one! What a great Wednesday. Haven't even read it yet I'm just excited
I’m a bisexual woman and I’ve always gotten something from Astrology, whether I actually believed in it or not. This was really insightful and has helped me get my head around why I went from enjoying something as a kid, rejecting it as a teen (prime years for a bit of internalised misogyny) and back again now.
Really sorry to hear the app, and marginalised creators, have been unfairly penalised as people would’ve gotten a lot from it.
P.S. Virgos aren’t all trash, I’m a total catch and you’d be lucky to have me, Jean.
A few years ago, Tiffany Haddish talked about using turpentine for its health benefits. Turpentine is toxic, and should not be consumed. Sadly, a lot of black people use it as a home remedy. Why? Because medical science has treated black people like garbage, and because black people are often excluded from the healthcare system. As a result, unproven and potentially dangerous home remedies are common.
But the solution here is not to give more turpentine to black people, that only amplifies the harm. Instead, the solution is to fix the way society in general, and science in particular, treats minorities.
While I think that Apple should publish this app, because it doesn't offer an alternative way of publishing apps, and because similar apps have been allowed into the store, the fact is that this won't help anyone except Apple. The predominantly white cishet men at Apple now get to make even more money off the financial exploitation of minorities.
Since religious apps are allowed, Apple's decision to ban seems arbitrary and unfair to the developers.
There's other reasons to disagree with astrology however, that aren't necessarily rooted in misogyny. For example, I hate it because it's wildly inaccurate at explaining the reality around us, much like religion.
What I'm afraid of is that labeling criticism on astrology as misogyny and hate towards minorities, effectively makes astrology immune to any valid arguments against it.
I think it is worth looking into high-level misogyny more closely. I often wonder if the conspiracy theories that float around about Soros, UN, WHO + the fear of 'collectivism' and the double-think attacks on democracy is a direct result of women and minorities gaining more seats in power and influencing the direction of these institutions that advance the human legal rights of women and minorities across the planet. They (the patriarchy?) sure as hell wanna keep us out of those corporate institutions where the real money and power lie... How dare she have a great idea, for her community, that might make alot of money, outside of their realms.
Kidding aside, I also have a friend here in London whom I helped design a dating app (since I was a software engineer) that helps people with medically-diagnosed OCD (like me) find a date by matching them with how “tidy” and “clean” they are (don’t ask me about the metrics, as he did the psychoanalysis of it all - I just help with the backend of it). But It got also rejected by Apple.
this is one of my favourite webworms from you David. it takes a big person to admit that they were doing something that was shitty/doesn’t represent who they want to be so i really appreciate it. i’m not a big astrology fan (especially not when i’m a scorpio which is basically the worst sign lol) but it’s made me think about how many things are mocked simply because women/gay people/BIPOC etc are the main audience/participants. Something that comes to mind immediately is romcoms which cop so much shit simply because women enjoy them, why are they treated worse than action films for example? both are fun and enjoyable for people who like them! we need to spend less time mocking people for harmless stuff that they enjoy and more time focusing on the big issues in the world right now
hope your week is going well David :)
Thanks for sharing this David. As someone who often struggles with self-acceptance it can really hurt when people dismiss my thoughts or interests as stupid just because they’re not the same as everybody else’s. Your Webworm today made me realise that perhaps they were simply expressing a view they’d been conditioned to believe. So maybe I’m not being foolish. After reading this today I felt better about myself. Acceptance of ourselves and others will make this world a much kinder place. Your piece today encourages that. What a gift! Thanks 😊
I love astrology even though im always being DRAGGED
People confuse star signs vs. wider astrology meanings & brand it as hoaxy bullsh*t. A lot of people too have jumped on this craft for money & made a mockery of it - there's a lot more to it when you delve in. Plus each to their own is really all that matters in life, let's not tear people down because they connect with something you don't. Let people be people & roll on Struck in the app store!
It is a pity that the application was banned. I made apps for these guys https://ragnaryacht.com/destinations-arctic/ and it got banned as well. I didn't even understand why
What a nice and sad post at the same time, hope Apple will change their policy or whatever and launch your app into the AppStore! Cuz I want to try it! I thought of developing a dating app by my own after reading this article https://litslink.com/blog/how-to-create-a-hit-dating-app-like-tinder, but now I don’t know if I should try and invest so much time and energy into this project
Thank you! I will never again hate on astrology. This article and interview are mind-expanding in more ways than one.
Are there religion based apps on the App Store? Astrology is sort of similar to a religion so does Apple consider religion to be spam?
My mum left a book called “love through the stars” or something on my bed when I was a teen. I read it (and kept as a joke/to show people how crazy my mum was) but was never took any of it into practice. I don’t even know what star sign my partner is!
David! You cannot imagine my excitement! There I was, already deep inside Webworm (gross), reading some of your first pieces, growing sad that I'd almost read them all. And then! A new email telling me about this one! What a great Wednesday. Haven't even read it yet I'm just excited
I’m a bisexual woman and I’ve always gotten something from Astrology, whether I actually believed in it or not. This was really insightful and has helped me get my head around why I went from enjoying something as a kid, rejecting it as a teen (prime years for a bit of internalised misogyny) and back again now.
Really sorry to hear the app, and marginalised creators, have been unfairly penalised as people would’ve gotten a lot from it.
P.S. Virgos aren’t all trash, I’m a total catch and you’d be lucky to have me, Jean.
I'm not engaged with astrology at all but it definitely seems unfair to me that Struck would be rejected from the app store pretty much arbitrarily
A few years ago, Tiffany Haddish talked about using turpentine for its health benefits. Turpentine is toxic, and should not be consumed. Sadly, a lot of black people use it as a home remedy. Why? Because medical science has treated black people like garbage, and because black people are often excluded from the healthcare system. As a result, unproven and potentially dangerous home remedies are common.
But the solution here is not to give more turpentine to black people, that only amplifies the harm. Instead, the solution is to fix the way society in general, and science in particular, treats minorities.
While I think that Apple should publish this app, because it doesn't offer an alternative way of publishing apps, and because similar apps have been allowed into the store, the fact is that this won't help anyone except Apple. The predominantly white cishet men at Apple now get to make even more money off the financial exploitation of minorities.
Since religious apps are allowed, Apple's decision to ban seems arbitrary and unfair to the developers.
There's other reasons to disagree with astrology however, that aren't necessarily rooted in misogyny. For example, I hate it because it's wildly inaccurate at explaining the reality around us, much like religion.
What I'm afraid of is that labeling criticism on astrology as misogyny and hate towards minorities, effectively makes astrology immune to any valid arguments against it.
I think it is worth looking into high-level misogyny more closely. I often wonder if the conspiracy theories that float around about Soros, UN, WHO + the fear of 'collectivism' and the double-think attacks on democracy is a direct result of women and minorities gaining more seats in power and influencing the direction of these institutions that advance the human legal rights of women and minorities across the planet. They (the patriarchy?) sure as hell wanna keep us out of those corporate institutions where the real money and power lie... How dare she have a great idea, for her community, that might make alot of money, outside of their realms.
is there anything we can do to help out?
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Ahh, so you are single after all. 🥳🥳🥳
Kidding aside, I also have a friend here in London whom I helped design a dating app (since I was a software engineer) that helps people with medically-diagnosed OCD (like me) find a date by matching them with how “tidy” and “clean” they are (don’t ask me about the metrics, as he did the psychoanalysis of it all - I just help with the backend of it). But It got also rejected by Apple.