I really loved this site and it meant a lot to me for a long time. It still does! I love you all and I’m really glad I met so many good people through Tumblr. I learned a lot and found a lot of cool new stuff. My tastes and interests grew because of Tumblr. I want to keep posting (very sporadically, as I have been) after 12/17 but I wonder how much of my archive will be lost. Images that were inspirational, beautiful, goofy, sexy, stupid. Images that helped me process the world and my feelings. Every once in a while I’ll look through my own archive to get a sense of what I was thinking about, photographing, and reblogging ten years ago: in college, after college, into grad school, after grad school, after my 20s. It feels a little bit dramatic to write this, but that’s always been the appeal of Tumblr! Tips for Health and Beauty 2009–? Love you. -Ben
PS: I left IG this year but twitter is @bbbenjamin






















