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Cover art I did for the upcoming “Beyond the Stars: At Galaxy’s Edge” anthology, edited by Patrice Fitzgerald. :)
Artist: Digital Blasphemy - Ryan Bliss (digitalblasphemy.com) "Blue Christmas (2002)"
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I've been a fan of Digital Blasphemy since approximately 2005. :] They've sure come a long way. <3 This picture popped up in my Facebook “Memories” section, and I tried seeing if it already existed on Tumblr so I could reblog it. Either the tags aren’t working properly or it wasn’t tagged properly or it’s not on here yet, but whatever, I’m adding it so it is now.
Happy Holidays!
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From my "Memories": https://www.facebook.com/digitalblasphemy/photos/a.93231114104/10152122862064105/?type=3&theater&ifg=1
Original post caption: "I've added 'Blue Christmas (2002)' to my Free Gallery this morning for your #tbt enjoyment. Download the wallpaper at http://digitalblasphemy.com/freegallery.shtml#2002
See the rest of my Christmas wallpapers at http://bit.ly/IYjQYf [http://digitalblasphemy.com/seeall.shtml?y=Christmas&t=0&w&h&r=1&fbclid=IwAR1LXvmnnIt95kEhVDNcoqkZezH90sGLMYJ-e1hq88VjpiQQkeGm3ZNlzlg]
PS: My Gift Certs will be going back to full price soon..." - Digital Blasphemy
2009 Happy Accident Series # 3 #mars1
Artist: Mars-1 a.k.a. Mario Martinez @mars-1 (mars-1.com)
Away from the herd
Stripping citizens of their passports is a precursor to genocide.
It’s what happened to Jews in Germany in 1938 when their passports were declared invalid. That is what is beginning to happen here, now, to Hispanic citizens along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Oh, is it bad to compare the GOP to Nazis? Well, if members of the GOP do not like being compared to Nazis, they should consider not behaving exactly like Nazis.
Hispanic U.S. citizens, some of whom were in the U.S. military, are not being allowed to renew their passports. This is reportedly happening to “hundreds, even thousands” of Latinos, according to a report in the Washington Post. They’re getting letters from the State Department saying it does not believe they are citizens. The government claims their citizenships are fraudulent. “I’ve had probably 20 people who have been sent to the detention center—U.S. citizens,” Jaime Diez, an attorney in Brownsville, told The Washington Post.
The Washington Post also reports on ICE officials coming to citizens’ homes and taking their passports away. This is an escalation from a few months ago, when Americans were detained by ICE officials just for speaking Spanish to one another.
The administration is currently launching an effort to take citizenship from people who they suspect of fraud in obtaining it. Fraud in these cases is exceedingly rare. The last time the government tried to strip people of their citizenship was, according to Columbia Professor Mae Ngai, during The Red Scare of the 1950s. As Ngai remarks, McCarthyism is not typically remembered as a good period in American history.
There is good reason to believe that this could portend still worse things to come for the U.S. Hispanic population, unless people begin to speak out loudly, and fast.
First, they came for the Hispanics and I did nothing.
Then they came for (fill in the blanks) and I did nothing.
Then, when they came for me, there was no one to do nothing.
GUYS.
SILENCE IS COMPLICITY.
IT WILL HAUNT NOT ONLY YOU BUT YOUR CHILDRENS CHILDREN.
DONT BE SILENT. PASS THIS AROUND. Let everyone know it’s happening!
Oh, is it bad to compare the GOP to Nazis? Well, if members of the GOP do not like being compared to Nazis, they should consider not behaving exactly like Nazis.
For some reason, the original link doesn’t seem to work, but here is the correct link for the article:
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/politics/a23010174/stripping-american-citizens-passports-genocide/
Upcoming Shows Through June 2019
We’re pleased to announce our advance schedule of exhibitions through June 2019, including a major show dedicated to the work and life of Mexican modernist, Frida Kahlo; a number of focused and emerging artist presentations; and the first-ever survey exhibition to explore the color work of twentieth-century photographer Garry Winogrand. In addition, and in conjunction with the citywide commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, we will showcase a group of more than twenty contemporary LGBTQ+ artists working in response to the legacy of the riots.
“We’re incredibly excited for a roster of exhibitions next season that underpin our mission to be a catalyst for courageous conversations about art and our world,” says Anne Pasternak, Shelby White and Leon Levy Director, Brooklyn Museum. “We’ll be showcasing rarely seen aspects of our incredible collection, highlighting iconic twentieth-century master artists like Frida Kahlo and Garry Winogrand, and giving special attention to emerging talents Eric N. Mack and Liz Johnson Artur, who share our values to expand the art historical canon.”
Eric N. Mack: Lemme walk across the room January 11–July 7, 2019 Great Hall, 1st Floor
We spotlight emerging artist Eric N. Mack in his first solo museum show in New York City. Mack will transform our Great Hall with a site-responsive installation of new and existing textile-based works hung, mounted, and draped in rich conversation with the classical architecture of the space. Mack presents painting as a living and multisensory practice. His work explores the boundaries of painting, sculpture, and fashion, and dynamically reflects and reframes everyday experience. Fashion and musical performance components further activate the exhibition.
Eric N. Mack: Lemme walk across the room is curated by Ashley James, Assistant Curator, Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum. This emerging artist is presented at the Brooklyn Museum with the support of Deutsche Bank.
Eric Mack in his studio, 2018. Digital photograph. (Photo: Lula Hyers, © Lula Hyers)
Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving February 8–May 12, 2019 Robert E. Blum Gallery, 1st Floor
Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving is the largest U.S. exhibition in ten years devoted to the art and life of Frida Kahlo, and the first in the United States to display a collection of her personal possessions from the Casa Azul (Blue House), the artist’s lifelong home in Mexico City. The objects, ranging from clothing, jewelry, and cosmetics to letters and orthopedic corsets, will be presented alongside works by Kahlo—including ten key paintings and a selection of drawings—as well as photographs of the artist, all from the celebrated Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of 20th Century Mexican Art. Related historical film and ephemera, as well as objects from our extensive holdings of Mesoamerican art, are also included. Offering an intimate glimpse into the artist’s life, Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving explores how politics, gender, clothing, national identities, and disability played a part in defining Kahlo’s self-presentation in her work and life.
General ticketing is officially open—book your advance ticket now!
As always, Members see it free. Simply purchase a Membership and ticket bundle when reserving to access complimentary tickets.
Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving is organized by Catherine Morris, Sackler Senior Curator for the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, and Lisa Small, Senior Curator, European Art, Brooklyn Museum, and is based on an exhibition at the V&A London. The Brooklyn exhibition is organized in collaboration with the Banco de México Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, and The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of 20th Century Mexican Art and The Vergel Foundation.
Nickolas Muray (American, born Hungary, 1892–1965). Frida in New York, 1946; printed 2006. Carbon pigment print, image: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum; Emily Winthrop Miles Fund, 2010.80. Photo by Nickolas Muray, © Nickolas Muray Photo Archive. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
One: Egúngún February 8–August 18, 2019 Ingrassia Galleries, 4th Floor
Focusing on a highlight from our renowned collection of historical African arts, One: Egúngún tells the life story of a singular early twentieth-century Yorùbá masquerade costume (egúngún). Using new research and multiple perspectives, the presentation emphasizes the global connections and contemporary contexts of African masquerades. Made during the early twentieth century in southwestern Nigeria, this egúngún is composed of over three hundred different textiles from Africa, Europe, and Asia, which swirl in motion during festival dances honoring departed ancestors. Also on view are four distinctive West African textiles and garments that demonstrate the role of cloth in Yorùbá belief and aesthetics. The presentation is accompanied by photographs and footage of Yorùbá masquerade festivals; related textiles; and filmed interviews with Nigerian scholars, contemporary artists, and masquerade practitioners. At their request, this exhibition will honor the name of the Lekewọgbẹ family of Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́—the makers of this mask—by telling the story of their family’s masquerade heritage in their own words, incorporating video filmed at their compound in August 2018.
One: Egúngún is curated by Kristen Windmuller-Luna, Sills Family Consulting Curator, African Arts, Brooklyn Museum. One Brooklyn is made possible by a generous contribution from JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Yorùbá artist. Egúngún Masquerade Dance Costume (paka egúngún), circa 1920–48. Lekewọgbẹ compound, Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́, Ọ̀yọ́ State, Nigeria. Cotton, wool, wood, silk, synthetic textiles (including viscose rayon and acetate), indigo dye, and aluminum, 58 x 7 x 70 in. (147.3 x 17.8 x 177.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Sam Hilu, 1998.125
Garry Winogrand: Color May 3–August 18, 2019 Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing, 4th Floor
Garry Winogrand: Color is the first-ever exhibition dedicated to the nearly forgotten color photographs of Garry Winogrand (1928–1984), one of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century. The presentation will feature an installation of slide shows comprising more than 400 rarely or never-before-seen photographs that demonstrate the artist’s commitment to and experiments with color. Though primarily known for his black-and-white images that pioneered a “snapshot aesthetic” in contemporary art, Winogrand also produced more than 45,000 color slides between the early 1950s and late 1960s. In 1967 he included a projection of 80 color transparencies in the landmark exhibition New Documents at the Museum of Modern Art, though the installation was removed after the projector malfunctioned and little is known about its content. Our exhibition includes rotating projections of the lush color photographs Winogrand took of New York City and elsewhere in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s. By presenting this group of largely unknown color work, the exhibition sheds new light on the development of color photography before 1970.
Garry Winogrand: Color is curated by Drew Sawyer, Phillip Leonian and Edith Rosenbaum Leonian Curator of Photography, Brooklyn Museum, with Michael Almereyda and Susan Kismaric. Leadership support for this exhibition is provided by Phillip Leonian and Edith Rosenbaum Leonian Charitable Trust.
Garry Winogrand (American, 1928-84). Untitled (New York), 1960. 35mm color slide. Collection of the Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona. © The Estate of Garry Winogrand, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco
Liz Johnson Artur May 3–August 18, 2019 Ingrassia Galleries, 4th Floor
For more than thirty years, Liz Johnson Artur has been creating a photographic representation of people of African descent across the globe. The Russian-Ghanaian artist’s intimate pictures capture the everyday beauty and distinctiveness of individuals and communities that she has encountered on the streets, in restaurants and clubs, or at public gatherings. Johnson Artur’s first solo museum exhibition will present an installation of photographs, sketchbooks, and films drawn from the London-based photographer’s vast “Black Balloon Archive,” which she began during a trip to Brooklyn in 1986.
Liz Johnson Artur is curated by Drew Sawyer, Phillip Leonian and Edith Rosenbaum Leonian Curator of Photography, Brooklyn Museum. This emerging artist is presented at the Brooklyn Museum with the support of Deutsche Bank
Liz Johnson Artur (Russian-Ghanaian, born 1964). Brother Michael Peckham, 2013. chromogenic print, 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.9 cm). © Liz Johnson Artur
“Nobody Promised You Tomorrow": Art 50 Years After Stonewall May 3–December 8, 2019 Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, 4th Floor
“Nobody Promised You Tomorrow”: Art 50 Years After Stonewall presents a group of more than twenty LGBTQ+ artists born after the 1969 Stonewall Uprising and working, five decades later, in the hometown of the riots. Borrowing its title from the rallying words of transgender artist and activist Marsha P. Johnson, “Nobody Promised You Tomorrow” commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the multiday rebellion, which was ignited by a routine police raid on a New York City gay bar, The Stonewall Inn, by exploring its profound legacy in contemporary art and visual culture. The exhibition aims to expand our understanding of the Stonewall Uprising beyond the image of protesters in the streets to consider the everyday acts of care that underpin such public activism. The featured artists form part of the vanguard of queer artistic production, and include Mark Aguhar, Felipe Baeza, David Antonio Cruz, Mohammed Fayaz, Juliana Huxtable, Linda LaBeija, Elle Pérez, Tuesday Smillie, Tourmaline, and Sasha Wortzel, among others.
“Nobody Promised You Tomorrow”: Art 50 Years After Stonewall is curated by Margo Cohen Ristorucci, Public Programs Coordinator; Lindsay C. Harris, Teen Programs Manager; Carmen Hermo, Associate Curator, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art; Allie Rickard, Curatorial Assistant, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art; and Lauren Argentina Zelaya, Assistant Curator, Public Programs, Brooklyn Museum.
Tuesday Smillie (American, born 1981). S.T.A.R., 2012. Watercolor, collage on board, 9 ½ x 11 in. (24.1 x 27.9 cm). Courtesy of the Artist. © Tuesday Smillie
Rembrandt to Picasso: Five Centuries of European Works on Paper June 21–October 13, 2019 Robert E. Blum Gallery, 1st Floor
Marking more than a hundred years of collecting European works on paper, we celebrate masterworks from our collection—many on view for the first time—in Rembrandt to Picasso: Five Centuries of European Works on Paper. Ranging from spontaneous preliminary studies to fully realized compositions, the works on view will feature intimate portraits, biting social satire, fantastical visions, vivid landscapes, and more, arranged thematically to emphasize affinities and ruptures across centuries of artistic practice. The exhibition will include over 120 works by William Blake, Rosa Bonheur, Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Albrecht Dürer, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Paul Gauguin, Francisco Goya, Vincent van Gogh, William Hogarth, Kathe Kollwitz, Édouard Manet, Berthe Morisot, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, among others.
Rembrandt to Picasso: Five Centuries of European Works on Paper is curated by Lisa Small, Senior Curator, European Art, Brooklyn Museum.
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973). Head of a Young Man (Tête de Jeune Homme), 1923. Grease crayon on pink Michallet laid paper. Brooklyn Museum; Carll H. de Silver Fund, 39.18. © 2018 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
One: Titus Kaphar June 21–October 13, 2019 Robert E. Blum Gallery, 1st Floor
Opening in conversation with Rembrandt to Picasso: Five Centuries of European Works on Paper is Titus Kaphar’s large-scale painting, Shifting the Gaze, famously completed live onstage during a TED talk in April 2017. The work is based on a seventeenth-century Dutch painting by Frans Hals, and powerfully reconsiders the representation of Black people in the history of Western art. In completing the work, Kaphar painted over a Caucasian European family in broad white strokes, thereby shifting our focus onto a young Black servant and drawing attention to those who have traditionally gone unseen and unheard. One: Titus Kaphar is part of our ongoing One Brooklyn series, in which each exhibition focuses on an individual work chosen from our encyclopedic collection, revealing the many stories woven into a single work of art.
One: Titus Kaphar is curated by Eugenie Tsai, John and Barbara Vogelstein Senior Curator, Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum. One Brooklyn is made possible by a generous contribution from JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Titus Kaphar (American, born 1976). Shifting the Gaze, 2017. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum, William K. Jacobs Jr., Fund, 2017.34. © Titus Kaphar. (Photo: Courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery)
See you soon!
Top Image: Frida Kahlo (Mexican, 1907–1954). Self-Portrait with a Necklace, 1933. Oil on metal, 13 ¾ x 11 in. (35 x 29 cm). The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of 20th Century Mexican Art and the Vergel Foundation. © 2018 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Ironic of Tumblr to put Frida Kahlo on their radar since a piece of Frida Kahlo’s that I reblogged recently got flagged by Tumblr’s new BS censorship policy.
NOTE: For all latest, breaking news related to Tumblr adult content ban as well as its alternatives, head here. Update (December 09): For all latest updates on the ongoing Tumblr adult content ban episode, head here. Update (December 09): We have stumbled upon two more platforms – Explicitr and Suffra – that are also pitching […]
For anyone trying to save all their old data
Unfortunately, this didn’t work for me. Neither the exporting data or downloading buttons worked in settings for me. The downloading failed each time. What do I do? Take screenshots of all my NSFW posts? I’m panicking. Fuck you, Tumblr.
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NOTE: For all latest, breaking news related to Tumblr adult content ban as well as its alternatives, head here. Update (December 09): For all latest updates on the ongoing Tumblr adult content ban episode, head here. Update (December 09): We have stumbled upon two more platforms – Explicitr and Suffra – that are also pitching […]
For anyone trying to save all their old data
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REBLOG IF NAZIS OFFEND YOU MORE THAN NIPPLES.
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oh god what is going on now
guys calm down, you can still draw fictional people naked
#just not fucking.#I can live with that.#honestly this is slightly irritating but not ‘THE SKY IS FALLING’
Yyyyyeah except they’ve already:
purged the ‘chronic pain’ tag
purged the ‘top surgery’ tag
made ‘trans’ tag inaccessible to non-functional
deleted a bunch of chronic illness blogs
deleted a bunch of chronic pain and chronic illness posts from blogs they’ve left (like mine)
This isn’t just about ‘oh no you can’t look at people fucking anymore’ (even though lots of sex workers are losing their means of supporting themselves). This goes a lot further, with a lot more chilling effects.
The sexualizing of things like ‘top surgery’ or declaring all ‘trans’ tagged things to be … sexual… is really, REALLY fucked up. Never mind the fact that ‘chronic pain’ had NOTHING to do with sexiness, and we’ve been given no explanation as to why disabled people were considered acceptable collateral damage.
ALSO I had a post flagged earlier today for a cartoon picture of Mario in a bathing suit. Mario, from Super Mario Brothers.
Someone else reported a picture of a cartoon scorpion with a hard hat on being flagged as pornography. Tagging things as ‘queer’ or ‘gay’ gets them flagged NSFW. (Hey, guess what I’d been tagging my t-shirts, because they’re pride stuff? Oh right. Queer. Gay. Pride.)
This is a fucking problem, let’s not blow it off.
I know some people are too young (or simply weren’t involved in fandom back then) to remember what went down with livejournal and a couple of other sites “back in the day”, but it all started out as “it’s okay, we’re just removing the nasty porn”, and then “okay well, just make sure you put your porn behind a cut, no, wait jk you need to host it externally, a link is fine, maybe” and pretty much devolved swiftly into “actually sweety, LGBT content is inherently NSFW by default because it might make the kiddies gay if we expose them to it, so y’all need to leave now byyyeeee”.
Like…that happened. And it took nearly a decade for the fandom spaces to recover and stabilize and to get to the point where LGBT content creators could host their content without being told “you’re not welcome here” and I’m just sitting here, watching as youtube demonetizes LGBT content creators, and Facebook flags up LGBT ads as “inappropriate” and now tumblr is going through the queer and gay tags and just mass blanketing it as inappropriate, while actual pornbots and nazis wind up in my recommended feed.
Like I am uncomfortable y’all. I am looking around at everything I’ve built and all the friends I’ve made and I know we’re all looking for the next safe space to jump to while hoping we don’t lose each other overnight like “the olden days” where you’d wake up and your fave blogger was just gone.
And usually it was because they’d drawn or written something as simple yet explicit as a kiss. It was just the wrong kind of kiss.
So yea, the sky is not falling, but the ice under our feet sure is making worrying sounds.
@vaspider the only (and weakest) explanation that I’ve seen for the chronic pain tags being purged was that they were concerned about drug deals happening within the tag. Which is absolute garbage.
This isn’t just about porn. This is a warning sign, and those of us that have lived through or learned fandom history know what the fuck is up.
Yeaaaah no.
A better, more positive Tumblr
Since its founding in 2007, Tumblr has always been a place for wide open, creative self-expression at the heart of community and culture. To borrow from our founder David Karp, we’re proud to have inspired a generation of artists, writers, creators, curators, and crusaders to redefine our culture and to help empower individuality.
Over the past several months, and inspired by our storied past, we’ve given serious thought to who we want to be to our community moving forward and have been hard at work laying the foundation for a better Tumblr. We’ve realized that in order to continue to fulfill our promise and place in culture, especially as it evolves, we must change. Some of that change began with fostering more constructive dialogue among our community members. Today, we’re taking another step by no longer allowing adult content, including explicit sexual content and nudity (with some exceptions).
Let’s first be unequivocal about something that should not be confused with today’s policy change: posting anything that is harmful to minors, including child pornography, is abhorrent and has no place in our community. We’ve always had and always will have a zero tolerance policy for this type of content. To this end, we continuously invest in the enforcement of this policy, including industry-standard machine monitoring, a growing team of human moderators, and user tools that make it easy to report abuse. We also closely partner with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Internet Watch Foundation, two invaluable organizations at the forefront of protecting our children from abuse, and through these partnerships we report violations of this policy to law enforcement authorities. We can never prevent all bad actors from attempting to abuse our platform, but we make it our highest priority to keep the community as safe as possible.
So what is changing?
Posts that contain adult content will no longer be allowed on Tumblr, and we’ve updated our Community Guidelines to reflect this policy change. We recognize Tumblr is also a place to speak freely about topics like art, sex positivity, your relationships, your sexuality, and your personal journey. We want to make sure that we continue to foster this type of diversity of expression in the community, so our new policy strives to strike a balance.
Why are we doing this?
It is our continued, humble aspiration that Tumblr be a safe place for creative expression, self-discovery, and a deep sense of community. As Tumblr continues to grow and evolve, and our understanding of our impact on our world becomes clearer, we have a responsibility to consider that impact across different age groups, demographics, cultures, and mindsets. We spent considerable time weighing the pros and cons of expression in the community that includes adult content. In doing so, it became clear that without this content we have the opportunity to create a place where more people feel comfortable expressing themselves.
Bottom line: There are no shortage of sites on the internet that feature adult content. We will leave it to them and focus our efforts on creating the most welcoming environment possible for our community.
So what’s next?
Starting December 17, 2018, we will begin enforcing this new policy. Community members with content that is no longer permitted on Tumblr will get a heads up from us in advance and steps they can take to appeal or preserve their content outside the community if they so choose. All changes won’t happen overnight as something of this complexity takes time.
Another thing, filtering this type of content versus say, a political protest with nudity or the statue of David, is not simple at scale. We’re relying on automated tools to identify adult content and humans to help train and keep our systems in check. We know there will be mistakes, but we’ve done our best to create and enforce a policy that acknowledges the breadth of expression we see in the community.
Most importantly, we’re going to be as transparent as possible with you about the decisions we’re making and resources available to you, including more detailed information, product enhancements, and more content moderators to interface directly with the community and content.
Like you, we love Tumblr and what it’s come to mean for millions of people around the world. Our actions are out of love and hope for our community. We won’t always get this right, especially in the beginning, but we are determined to make your experience a positive one.
Jeff D’Onofrio CEO
I already wrote this on my own blog, but I didn’t realize Tumblr made their own post about it until now, so I’m replying in hopes they’ll read it (ha).
I’m so depressed about the new no-NSFW policy Tumblr is implementing, I didn’t even write a blog post about it yesterday, and I still am too depressed and don’t have the energy to write a coherent and comprehensive blog post about it today.
But yeah, it sucks.
Maybe I’ll write more later. But I’m pissed about Tumblr (owned by Yahoo!, which is owned by Verizon - Verizon is also responsible due to their Oath unit - more information about that here) and Apple (they flagged the Tumblr app in their store) doing this and hurting sex workers - especially by making the policy officially going in place on December 17, Sex Workers Day or The International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers - as well as hurting other communities by accident (collateral damage), such as the LGBTQ+ community and the disability community (and I imagine it will hurt the cannabis community as well - I’m bi, chronically ill, and both a medical and recreational cannabis user). Whoops, run-on sentence.
See the related attached image that I got from the Facebook page Sailor Scouts Against Fascism that is a screenshot of two Tumblr comment replies written by @vaspider . Unfortunately, I don’t have the energy to put an image description, but you can see their original comment replies on this post.
I’m actually afraid to put tags on this post for fear it will be automatically flagged by Tumblr. Ughhhh. Fuck you, Tumblr.
Also, fuck you, Tumblr, for not just doing a better job of preventing porn bots from following minors or preventing child porn in the first place. When are you going to ban racists and neo-Nazis, though, huh?
I will probably still blog here, but there is definitely a chance I may also start blogging elsewhere. This is draconian and ridiculous, and I hate it. I’ve been on Tumblr pretty much since I graduated college in May 2010, and I don’t want to move. If I move or open any new blogs, I will post the link(s) here.
I feel so helpless and hopeless.
