Plantifa, Lil Pistons, and others built a little digital world committed to warmth with fellow veterans, solidarity with those whom war has harmed, and creativity while trying to disarm the threat that militarization can have on young people’s lives.

When I first met May, a young content creator who launched an effort to “Stop Internet Censorship” through the power of her fanfiction community, I was worried I’d stumbled upon a story of digital NIMBY-ism – it was the opposite.