Hello again everyone! I have long been absent from this blog, but I have a new Tumblr publication to share! This annotated bibliography of "Tumblr" was created for Oxford University Press as an introductory resource for media scholars about Tumblr. It was written by Allison McCracken (me!), one of your editors for A Tumblr Book and recently published online but unfortunately behind a paywall, so I have made it fully accessible on this blog through the link above. The bibliography offers a useful overview of tumblr scholarship (with some articles by key journalists as well!) from its beginnings through 2025, with an overall introduction and nine different descriptive categories with ten citations each: "Foundational Early Studies," "Major Works," "Industrial and Cultural Positioning," "Structure and Aesthetics," "Fandom," "LGBTQA+ and Genderqueer," "Counterpublics and Subcultures," "NSFW Tumblr and the Adult Content Ban" and "Health/Mental Health." It doesn't contain everything ever written, but it's a good introduction if you haven't read much and there's a lot of wonderful work there! Some of the articles cited are behind pay walls themselves, but send me a message if you have trouble finding one and I can send it on to you. I hope you enjoy!
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