The social networking site Tumblr has gone through many incarnations. It was originally a hip blogging site beloved by New York media types; later, it got a reputation for being a hotbed of feminism and social justice activism, particularly beloved by young queer women and other marginalized communities. By the late s, however, Tumblr became increasingly known for two things: Fandom and porn. But now the porn is gone. Yet assigning an algorithm to scrub all porn, from what is now essentially a porn hosting site with a few personal blogs attached, has been predictably disastrous. In case you were wondering if the tumblr ban was explicitly anti-gay, this is the only post on my blog full of kissing that was flagged. Several blogs were reportedly shut down even before the formal adult content ban was announced. In fact, the sheer oddness of all that content, as contrasted against mainstream porn, should stand out to you. Losing Tumblr porn is a big deal in part because its specific audience — young, queer, female — produced a more diverse and femme-centric vision of what was sexy.


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For queer youth, Tumblr had it all, and then some …. Content warning: This article contains brief mention of addiction. Finding it hard to make friends in middle school, she transferred schools in Grade 9. Despite her anxiety and severe ADHD, she was still an outgoing kid who yearned to be social and joke around. She desperately wanted to make friends and meaningful relationships with her peers, but was terrified of coming off as gay. Born and raised in Cobourg, Ont. So, like so many closeted teens do, she turned to the internet, looking to connect with anyone like her or who felt how she did. She has always been someone who loves learning and reading, and wants to experience everything.
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I like this girl, this young woman. So, here we are again. Much has been written in the lead up to today. And much of it grim. I understand, I really do. Hopefully, this will help. And if you have any other tips from your own experience and wisdom please do share them below. Setting boundaries and creating rules that feel reasonable and workable is a real challenge for parents. In recent years, one of the toughest challenges is what to do with all the tech in our homes.
Please refresh the page and retry. Tumblr has always skewed young. In , Business Insider reported that of the 34 million users who reported using Tumblr at least once a month, almost half were in the age bracket, and users spent more time on Tumblr than on both Twitter and Pinterest. Perhaps because of this, women really took to it. This sense of safety to be as weird as you like is both what makes Tumblr so brilliant and, perhaps, has held it back in the eyes of the mainstream. B ut the true beauty of Tumblr comes from the way it allows teen girls and young women to truly, desperately, nerdily obsess over things with strangers from all over the world who also understand them. Users express their passions not only through excited conversation, but through art and writing that builds upon the original in a truly special way. S arah agreed with Rowan that the fan art and fan fiction around media is one of the highlights of Tumblr for her — and also wanted to defend it. Fics can often be the length of novels or longer , have a deep understanding of characters who have a passing personality in the source material itself, and build plots that could slot straight onto TV.