“lol the only people mad about the tumblr announcement just want porn lol”
Yeah, no.
Tumblr blocked the tag “chronic pain” in this mess for no reason
They’re flagging commonly used tags by queer people, sex educators, and artists who make their fucking LIVING on tumblr
They’re gonna take down genuine sex workers because they didn’t curb
the problem with spamming porn bots YEARS ago when tumblr users REPORTED
OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND *OVER* that it was a problem
Tumblr
IGNORED the bots, IGNORED the problems, and honestly treated it like
NOTHING until their app was taken off a store due to it.
They’re
fucking over a shit-ton of REAL PEOPLE who rely on tumblr for community
and/or income because they ignored users’ complaints about shitty porn
bots for YEARS until it had financial consequences
I can no longer even talk about chronic pain without the post being blocked from searches
I have drawn one or two nude pieces on my art tumblr which is 99% safe
for work but now I’m worried the blog will be taken down entirely
because Tumblr won’t bother differentiating between spam and REAL PEOPLE
just trying to live their goddamn lives
And god forbid I want to
talk about bisexuality or sex or kink in just… MY LIFE. As a
normal-ass human being who just wants to TALK ABOUT HUMAN THINGS
No, their solution to nuke a problem they’ve ignored for years is to take us all down at once
So maybe don’t laugh about “oh no not my pornz” because 1. plenty of
that ~porn~ is made by actual humans making their living and 2. WAY MORE
than “just porn” is being targeted
This along with Facebook
continuously upholding white supremacy by letting nazi shit fly by while
they ban people for speaking out against their oppressors and it’s
basically like we’re running out of truly free places to just… BE
Today I was drawing Spinnerella and Netossa and noticed some out-of-place elements to their designs- and upon further inspection, I realized that they are actually very intentional. Let’s take a look at Netossa:
Notice the purple necklace? It kind of clashes a bit with her design. There aren’t any other purple parts to her outfit.
Now, Spinnerella:
Again, a necklace that doesn’t match. Notice that the silver-and-blue design is reflected in Netossa’s armband and boots.
And Netossa’s choker matches the theme of Spinnerella’s design! Like her hairband, here:
They’re obviously objects showing their bond!!! Maybe marriage necklaces, or something?
[TEXT] There are so many marginalized groups that built up sex-positive communities on Tumblr to serve their own needs, expression, and agency that are going to get wiped out and that will never be able to reconstitute themselves. https://twitter.com/brosandprose/status/1069650691143143425?s=21
There are two universal truths on the internet:
1) When a site gets taken down, something ALWAYS comes next.
2) Not everyone makes it to what comes next.
Communities are people, and when they go away, some people lose that forever even if others are eventually able to rebuild.
Laugh all you want, but I’ve seen a lot of really vibrant and supportive pockets of Tumblr that, for instance, give trans people a space to define their own sexuality. That is an incredible power that is going to get taken away from them and a lot of people won’t get it back.
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