Membership & Story Ratings

Story Ratings

Membership

Membership is open to adults only. Stories with a rating of M(R) and MA(NC-17), and their respective reviews, are restricted to members. All members are required to agree to an age-compliance statement (implemented on Oct 15, 2005) before being able to access the adult-rated stories.

No membership is needed to access the K(G), K+(PG), and T(PG-13) rated stories or their reviews. No membership is needed to leave a review on these stories, but please note that IP addresses are logged for anonymous reviews as a means to enforce our Terms of Use. No other identifiable form of identification is gathered on reviews, other than the pseudonym a person chooses to identify him/herself with. This is in keeping with the terms of COPPA.

Cookies

The Remember Me function on the login page will place a cookie on your computer. The Petulant Poetess gathers no information from you whatsoever with this cookie. The system simply checks for the cookie the next time you visit, and automatically logs you in. If you have your browser set not to accept cookies, this will not work for you. You can always create an exception within your browser settings to accept cookies from certain websites only. This is highly recommended.

If you choose to change your password, be sure to logout and log back in using the new password and re-checking the Remember Me box. If you do not do so, your new password will not be stored within the cookie.