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Domi, 20+ years old. he/they/she. An eclectic collection of content. Aspiring polyglot & anthropologist, attempting to learn the elusive art of R&R, and currently obsessed with Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint and Project Hail Mary

[ratbastarddotfuck]

tumblr userbase is going to become unconscionably insufferable in response to this taste of power I suspect. don't let it go to your heads.

[ratbastarddotfuck]

Lots of talk about "bullying wins" and little talk about power and the flow of capital, which is what matters to the corporate bigheads who approve these things. imo a few things were at play here to make them rescind this.

- It was buggy. Tags not showing up for an OP past even an empty reblog did not appear to be intended (or at least, it was not mentioned in the announcement), and is a MAJOR problem. Specifically, it undoes the major update from around 5 years ago which was heavily praised by the userbase (one of few tumblr updates to actually be widely well recieved) which allowed a poster to see tags in their activity feed. If this was the only problem, they could have launched a bug fix. Same goes for not being able to turn off reblogs.

- Userbase unity? Well, maybe. Specifically - the userbase had a swift, harsh, and overbearing response to this update. Most of the complaints were the same: this will exacerbate harassment, this will disrupt the flow of communication, this will make it impossible for someone to maintain their posts. Big names in the tumblr ecosystem came down hard, fast, and with significant concern: if this stays in place, I will have to leave - this place will not do what I need it to do. Much of the userbase said the same, sharing alternate blog hosting sites and doing the thing we always do when this ship looks like sinking. Additionally, their replies and feedback forms were obviously being flooded. This put real pressure on their workers in the office, which puts financial pressure on the company. I think the most disrupting tactic though, was going offsite. I checked out their instagram and twitter comments; they were flooded. This is something we Don't Usually Do when we're just whining about the newest change. Usually we stay here to complain but we make do with the change. This, I think, is the thing that signified people weren't just whining but were actually for real pissed. And then of course...

- Five hours before the roll-back announcement, an article drops. That kind of bad press is the nail in the coffin for a dying company like tumblr. I imagine several concerned meetings somewhere in those five hours.

What do we learn? The answer is not "bullying works" and "swearing at customer service reps is fun". The answer is to remember that online, we are both the product and the thing that creates the value (similar to but obviously distinct from the actual workers of a corporation; if we vanished overnight they'd have nothing). Brush up on your collective bargaining & try to understand why this happened in this way. And don't try to replicate this for every random update that comes next by endlessly harassing them. Take stock of the little power you have and work out where to put it to use. This is still just tumblr.

[memewhore]

[meltycure-deactivated20210804]

we owe literally no one more on this planet than the woman behind fantasy name generator

[meltycure-deactivated20210804]

her name is emily and and she runs it all by herself

[butchrozanovs]

everyone say thanks emily!!!

[octodaddi]

[brother-genitivi]

THANK YOU EMILY!

[midnight-and-his-melodiverse]

Thank you to Emily at Fantasy Names Generator, for providing all the fantastical names I could ever need for anything!! :D

[byjove]

hares look like nefarious rabbits. hares look like normal bunnies but with malice brimming in their beady little eyes. if you had never seen a hare before, you would look at one and say “wow, this bunny fucking hates me”

[princess-of-phyresis]

they're selling anti-ai slogans on sweatshop-produced t-shirts. i don't need to write the poem for you to get it do i

[indirectcomedian]

xena gave us trans drag lesbianism as a treat

[autisticexpression2]

There are layers to this. Earlier in the episode, Xena discovers her secret while they're sharing a locker room. A woman she has got naked with turned out to be trans. It's the exact scenario terfs are always fear-mongering about, but Xena just shrugs it off.

Also, the kiss was a big deal not just because it was gay but because the trans actress was HIV positive. They wanted to show the world that you can't contract HIV just from kissing someone. Bear in mind, the AIDS crisis was still fresh on people's minds in the 90s.

Happy Pride.

[tpwrtrmnky]

I do think "literally zero evidence indicates that gatekeeping medical transition does anything to prevent regret, but the harm done by gatekeeping is extensively documented" is a much stronger argument than "regret isn't real" cause there's always going to be some anecdote that puts you in a weak-looking rhetorical position for the latter, but the former is pretty unassailable.

[headspace-hotel]

tags from @queerical

[mindblowingfactz]

A Swedish zoo chimp named Santino calmly stockpiled 3–8 stones per cache before opening time—then, later, while agitated, launched them at visitors, marking one of the first instances of unambiguous evidence that an animal, other than humans, can make spontaneous plans for future events.

sources - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 In 1997, at Sweden’s Furuvik Zoo, a male chimpanzee named Santino began calmly collecting stones from his enclosure’s moat, forming caches of 3 to 8 stones each before visitors arrived. Over the next decade, zoo staff observed this over 50 times. When agitated by crowds, he’d hurl the stones at them in dominance displays. A 2009 study in Current Biology hailed this as the first clear evidence of a non-human animal planning actions in a calm state for a future agitated one, showing advanced foresight. Santino even crafted concrete discs as extra projectiles, underscoring deliberate preparation.

[tiktoksthataregood-ish]

[tiktoks-i-enjoyed]

[wholeheartedsuggestions]

no one is coming to save yo- wrong!! everyone who has ever shown you love and/or care is saving you a little bit.

[lichen-punk]

honestly i think the reason why it’s so common for kids to have the “it’s not a phase, mom” argument in their adolescence is less because they genuinely plan for their current state of being to remain utterly unchanged forever and more because they’re tired of having their interests/self expression/beliefs/etc dismissed as foolish due to being probably temporary

i know that when i was that age i certainly wasn’t thinking about whether or not i’d be into whatever shit i was into then when i was 80, all i knew was that i was sick of feeling like the adults in my life were just rolling their eyes and waiting out everything that was important to me at that moment

[screambirdscreaming]

I think another key thing conveyed by "it's not a phase" is that you won't return to being what they expect. Not necessarily that you're going to be This exact way forever, but that the next thing after STILL isn't gonna be the mold they're trying to put you in.

Whether or not being goth or w/e is a phase, *being your own person with your own priorities and interests* is NOT a phase, and that's what really rankles for people to not get.

[lejardindeschats]

if sinners (2025) taught me anything, it's that it IS actually always about race.

you can be oppressed, and still promote and maintain the very same systems of oppression onto other marginalized people. being oppressed in one dimension doesn't allow you to be exempt from oppressing in other dimensions. the "villain" of the movie, remmick, being from the time period of the english colonization of ireland, all the while wanting to take a piece of sammie's own culture from him, use him for it. and this plot point coming after remmick witnesses the significance of sammie's playing within his culture, for his ancestors and how it would shape Black culture in the future.

even in today's society, ive noticed that people treat Black people like a commodity. our worth is only as much as other people decide it to be, and that's usually dependent on how much the oppressor can take from us. for example, the controversy of"internet slang" and how it is blatantly just AAVE with a bad disguise on

do you listen to Black musicians? do you watch Black movies? do you engage with Black creators? do you defend the racist tendencies you notice in your friends, in your family, or do you stay silent? do you listen when Black people tell you you've said or done something racist? do you actually care about not being racist, or do you just not want to look like you're racist?

i just think people have a very specific take on what racism is, and that if they're not committing KKK-levels of violence on people, then they're not racist. or if you've experienced oppression in one form, you cannot possibly be engaging with oppression in another form. but the ways in which we interact with other people and the world will always be through the lens of race, because that is simply what it means for oppression to be systemic, especially in the US and our current political climate

anyway 10/10 movie. highly recommend

[crypticcuntking]

Melian for @southaway ‘s DTIYS!

I had a lot of fun with this, I love your Melian she’s so beautiful 💙

[whitehairedanimeboyfriend]

Anyway if you all are sick of watching White Lady (and White Dude) Leftist content talking about popular fandoms and internet culture, check out some of these creators on Youtube. Not an exhaustive list, feel free to add your own. I tried to stick to a similar theme, but there is some variation.

Harriyanna Hook, who focuses on nostalgic properties through the lense of a black woman.

Jacob Geller, a Jewish man who does deep dives into various media. Mostly horror and sci-fi.

Kennie JD, a black woman that does this excellent series called bad movies and a beat every week on Saturday. A series where she reviews bad movies (often terrible romantic comedies and bad horror movies) while putting on her makeup.

D'Angello Wallace, a black man that focuses on internet culture, media, and people of interest. Sometimes shorter videos, sometimes deep dives. He used to be an art channel but now focuses more on culture than art.

Xiran Jay Zhao, a Chinese woman in who looks at media and focuses on the tokenism and appropriation of Asian culture.

T1J, who talks about culture, media, and social issues through the lens of a black man. He also has big Dad Energy.

Lady Knight The Brave, a Jewish woman who does deep dives into various media, often ones that have big fandoms attached.

Ada on Demand. A black woman that talks about social issues and culture, with a focus on pop culture.

Reignbot, a Filipino non-binary person that focuses their content on horror and ARGs and true crime.

Tee Noir, who focuses on various media, culture, and social platforms through the lens of a black queer woman.

[rurza-burza]

Also Khadija Mbowe! They are black queer creator who makes long video essays (not only about media but mainly)

[lamaladelcuento]

Also look into 

Kat Blaque [social commentary, celebrities, and other topics]

Macdoesit [lots of comedy, but also social commentary]

Salem Tovar [essays, celebrities, all kinds of topics]

Jenna Brown [daily vlogs, social commentary, and other topics]

Miss Darcei [mostly beauty, and commentary about beauty products]

Seasonal Frostbite [doll customizations, just very beautiful art]

Asia Jackson [Beauty and beauty products]

Cheyenne Lin [Video essays, social commentary, entertainment, etc.]

Likelihood Art [digital artist]

Mei Yu [Digital and traditional artist]

LLAG Media [ personal favorite tbvh, p.s. Race, Politics, and Culture]

Thumin [Digital Artist with a bit of commentary here and there.] 

I Am Eloho [As she describes on her channel, Beauty, Storytime, and Magic] 

Oxlack Investigador [Paranormal and etc] [Spanish]

Yalitza Aparicio [wouldn’t you know it, our fave girl has her own YouTube.] 

I follow a lot of POC creators, in an effort to be not only supportive, but also listen to what their perspective is on various subjects, because as a mixed poc, I want to make sure I listen to the correct voices, before I allow ‘public’ opinion influence me. [which it honestly never does, but… let’s go. Let’s see what the fellow mixed, black, non-black poc are saying about subjects that sometimes spark my interest.]

[do-rad-stuff]

Melina Pendulum - looking at media (often superhero cinema/TV) through a Black feminist lens

F. D. Signifier - primarily breaking down toxic masculinity

CJ the X - just. a fucking weirdo

ToonrificTariq - not particularly leftist, but has some sweet takes about cartoons

[samglyph]

Love this list (and so glad someone added cj would highly recommend he has some really strong video essays about media and art) but just so everyone knows Xiran Jay Zhao is not a woman! They’re nonbinary and use they/them.

[chronically-ghosted]

hi i love genuinely am obsessed with hour long video essays from genius people so i’m gonna add a few more (all of these are media/pop culture analysis)

Yhara Zayd: her video on The Day Rue Became Black is incredible.

Broey Deschanel: she watches very different media than me but I thoroughly enjoy her breakdowns

withcindy: where i get all of my booktok drama

Shanspeare: you cannot make a list like this and not have her on it!

Accented Cinema: a focus on foreign films

Kimberly Nicole Foster: her break down of the national exit polls after the election was the only thing keeping me sane for WEEKS

I have a few non-binary and trans folks to suggest too, but I wanted to stick with OP’s goal of providing non-white essayists.

[shawnthewonder]

So I can check this later. Seeing this list kinda makes me want to make YouTube videos again.

[luulapants]

Got into a discussion about emergency response at a professional retreat recently and everyone was going on and on about agility, and I was like, "Okay but what about contingency?"

And they were like "What?"

And I was like, "Agility isn't the ultimate form of preparedness. Contingency is. Agility still requires you to flounder and figure out a solution in the moment, but if you have a contingency plan, all you have to do is implement it."

And they were like "But you can't make contingency plans for every situation!"

And I was like, "Yeah, you basically can if you just identify all of your basic dependencies and contingency plan around the loss of any dependency," and then I gave a few examples.

And they all stared at me like I'm an alien.

Anyway, that's how I figured out I'm Batman-coded and also learned how Batman must feel talking to supposedly professional superheroes who never bothered to run disaster scenarios until I pointed out that it's insane that they don't already have a plan for if Superman turns evil.

[nestofstraightlines]

There’s a phrase that really stuck in my head around this. It was from one of the British divers who enacted the Thai caving rescue, though I couldn’t tell you which one or which interview.

As he described to the interviewer a moment of panic and how he he overcame, the interviewer said, in one of those, summarise-last-answer-given-with-appropriate-levels-of-respect-in-order-to-proceed-to-next-question phrasing’s, “Wow, so you rose to the occasion -“

And the diver said, “No, actually people always get that exactly wrong. In an unexpected and urgent situation you don’t rise to the occasion. You sink to the level of your training.”

[throckmortons-thrussy]

[standwithdaanes]

as much as everyone loves "the power of love won't save us, we need the power of incredible violence" i'm sorry to rain on your parade but we've actually tried that about ten million times as a species, and you'll be shocked to hear the power of incredible violence, without the power of love behind it, is just brutality. the power of incredible violence has been ruling (various parts of, and then the entire) world for the past 5,000 years. ours is not that damn special.

like yes use that gun you found but WHY are you using it? on who are you using it? what would make you stop using it? is your goal to live in a world where every problem is solved by violence, or is your goal to do the violence necessary to live in a world where that necessity is unthinkable?