opposite of depression nap. depression awakeness. refreshing the same three websites over and over. there’s nothing new on any of them. eight seconds have passed and it feels like a century
i know literally nothing about great gatsby but i know tumblr and with that knowledge i am 500% sure that jay gatsby hits some motherfucker with his car
That’s me as “community coordinator,” which isn’t a title I ever officially held, on a vintage Tumblr “About” page! This photo has been retired for some time, and now it seems so must I.
This was the best place to begin my career. Tumblr is so special, y’all. Shoutout to @david for leading the charge and staying true to Tumblr’s values. Freedom of expression as a corporate platform—do y’all know how rare that is? The catered lunch and free tampons and all that was great, but it was the creative, open, progressive community that made me excited to get out of bed and go to work in the morning, and as an Editor on the content team, I got to see the vastness of what that means. I’m so proud of what the team has built, and the community that thrives because of it.
Also, I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for @strle, the woman who encouraged my growth here the most. Shoutout to all my Tumblr #heyladies, while we’re at it.
I had no idea what was in store when I showed up in August 2010 as an intern (Tumblr’s first! And I believe second or third female?) but I was so excited to work at my favorite social media platform. And then I stuffed Meetup envelopes for six months.
But things progressed! Below is a list of various titles I held officially and unofficially as well as projects I worked on over the course of my 6+ years.
Community Intern ★ Meetups Manager ★ Spotlight Curator ★ Organizer (and host!) of the second iteration of Tumblr Reads, also known as Tumblr Reads About Music, and Tumblr Reads Chicago and LA ★ “Arts Evangelist” ★ Founder of the blog formerly known as tumblropenarts ★ The world’s greatest powerpoint no one will ever see of best practices for Tumblr ★ The Worlds First Tumblr Art Symposium with @hyperallergic ★ Moving The Still: A GIF Festival with @paddle8 at Art Basel Miami Beach ★ @summerfridays with @artinfo ★ @nextartspaceartist collab with Artspace ★ @fitzandco collab to developing a Tumblr Theme geared towards cultural institutions called ReadyMade ★ Paddles On Auction and Paddles ON! London with @phillipsauction and curator Lindsay Howard, the first of its kind! ★ theme garden manager for a hot minute when it was suddenly orphaned ★ Content Team formerly known as “Communitorial” Editor ★ Radar Curator ★ Trending Tags and Blogs Editor ★ Answer Time producer ★ EditorialTakeovers ★ Launched Tumblr’s social media strategy ★ Wrote a bunch of weirdstuff on Tumblr’s Twitter account ★ Made magic all along the way? ★
Six years later, this is still my favorite place on the internet. I won’t be far!
And isn’t that what we keep doing in this country, over and over again? We get scared so badāabout the communist menace or illegal immigration or AIDS or pornography or violent crime, some damn scary thingāthat we hurt ourselves. We take the odd notion that the only way to protect ourselves is to give up some of our freedomājust trim a little, hedge a bit, and we’ll all be safe after all.Ā Those who think of freedom in this country as one long, broad path leading ever onward and upward are dead damned wrong. Many a time freedom has been rolled backāand always for the same sorry reason: fear…Ā
So keep fightin’ for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don’t you forget to have fun doin’ it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce. And when you get through kickin’ ass and celebratin’ the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was.
Don’t cook the books either Donald. We all know your event was dry. No matter how many times CNN anchors repeat majestic or peaceful transition of power. The world can see America divided and the chaos in the streets. Barack we love you but it would’ve been equally presidential if you would’ve just walked on out while Donald got through that struggle speech trashing your career. The majority knows man, we know you did good. We see it. The majority sees Donald for who he is too. He ain’t slick. And it’s too bad the majority doesn’t count. In any event, a first family that I can relate to will be missed. Really though.
when you spend enough time looking at unnecessarily gendered products it starts to become clear that the only two real genders are pink and black, so from now on i’m going to ask heterosexual couples which one of them is the stuart semple and which one of them is the anish kapoor
