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alecblushed

shia watching the even stevens movie

champagnepuppies-deactivated201

caseymeeks

I never, ever want context for this.

boredpanda

when a professor says he isn’t sure what the criteria for the assignment is and gives you feedback with only one negative aspect then gives you a low B.

OKAY COOL.

superheroesincolor

I Am Mixed (via Stranger Comics)

“…we will dance with the twins through a book that explores what it is to be of mixed ancestry, proving that a child is more than the sum of their parents. “I Am Mixed is an invaluable teaching tool that all children from all races can learn from.” – Halle Berry

Written by Garcelle Beauvais & Sebastian A. Jones

Art by James C. Webster, Layouts by Darrell May

Available here

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The sigh I just let out of my body shook my soul.

miraniel

An open letter to the Tumblr Staff from the blogger you just screwed over

Okay, staff, I am super freaking pissed about the update and here’s why.

I cannot read your new format.

I’m not trying to be whiny or nitpicky or over-dramatic. I can appreciate that you were attempting to make things look more organised/less confusing/whatever. I also expect the new format is a great improvement for people who have screen readers. That’s great. That’s fine.

I just cannot freaking read this. I have dyslexia, and my dyslexia is set off by pictures, bold, italics, anything that is more “interesting” to my brain than plain, unadorned text.

Like this monstrosity:

Look at it. Just look at it. The pictures get in between the lines of text, there’s distracting colors and pictures everywhere. The names are bolded when they’re really not the most important thing. Looking at this, I see everything except what I’m supposed to see, that cheesy series of puns. (No pun intended.)

You literally couldn’t have made a worse format for me if you’d tried.

The thing is, your format was what made me really like Tumblr in the first place. It was super clear who was writing something new, because look, there was a freaking line pointing right to it. Unless someone started writing in all caps or bold or whatever, all the text in a post had the same amount of emphasis. Finally, SOMETHING ON THE INTERNET I COULD READ.

And now, now I can’t read any of it at all.

So yeah, I’m pissed.

Like, I know that you’re not going to change it back, because you never seem to listen when anyone on your site complains about anything. I’m not sure why I bothered writing this to you guys, given your track record.

But now’s your chance to prove me wrong. Seriously, the least you could do is give us an option here. You’ve still got the old code. Just stick a button somewhere to revert to the old format so I can enjoy my text posts in peace.

Sincerely,

Dyslexic Blogger

bookwyrmshoard

SIGNAL BOOST because I really hope Tumblr pays attention to this. I’m sure Miraniel’s not the only Tumblr blogger/reader in this position.

nonespark-blog

staff this is what i’ve been saying. i literally cannot read it without 10x the mental effort to try to do so.

jaisontodd

“which river is most powerful?” zeus yells to the gods. “the styx,” hades calls out. “nothing compares to hate. it powers sisyphus still.” “the acheron,” ares insists. “pain will bring down even the strongest of warriors.” “the cocytus!” aphrodite wails. “its waters are swimming with lost love and lamentation.” “the phlegethon,” hera says, head held high. “because it reminds us that life and pain go hand in hand.” “the lethe,” whispers hestia, and no one hears her speak. “when you forget that which you stood for, you are gone. “you are nothing.”

our power comes not from what we are, but from what we were [em] (via azulah)

marauders4evr

Remember that time, at the end of their fourth year, when Hermione pulled out a jar with a cockroach in it and said, “And…now…back to this bitch that had a lot to say about me the other day in the press; RIta Skeeter, what’s good?”