Dear black woman who threatened to cut out my friend’s braids because she’s only half-back, Dear Spanish woman who threatened to cut out my tongue for speaking Spanish to my cousin’s boyfriend because that’s the only language he speaks, Dear Asian man who yelled at me for squinting because the sun was in my eyes, Dear Native American woman who ripped my dream catcher off my rear view mirror when I was in the store, Dear Person of Color who judged me before they knew anything that this “white girl” was doing before you walked into this conversation and assumed I was appreciating your culture, Take off the uggs and the infinity scarf, put down the pumpkin-spice latte, and step away from the iPhone, because you’re appropriating MY culture. And the next time you call someone a “basic white girl”, think about how you’re putting someone in a pigeon hole before you know them. Signed, A pale, but still Native American, girl who thinks this “ cultural appropriation” stuff is just another way to make white people feel like shit.

hey guys can you help me find that old portrait of a girl holding a little painting of a naked dude and cracking up about it?? I want to say it’s by Rembrandt but that’s probably not right

Introducing: Community Labels

As you know, art and artists make Tumblr what it is. We want everyone on Tumblr to be able to fully express themselves while also having control over what they encounter on their dashboards. That’s why we’re introducing Community Labels, an extension to your “Content you see” settings. Our ultimate goal is to create a more open Tumblr, and this is our first step in that direction. 

As a poster and reblogger, Community Labels are your way to help your followers avoid anything they’d rather not come across on their dashboards.

As a follower, setting your content preferences is a way to adjust your feed to your own comfort levels. 

How does it work?

When creating new posts (or editing old posts), you’ll see controls allowing you to label your post as unsuitable for those filtering certain content types it contains. 

When content is labeled, it will either be hidden, blurred, or displayed normally, based on each user’s preferences.

In your “Content you see” settings, you can now choose to show, blur, or hide content that depicts the following topics:

• Drug and alcohol addiction: Contains discussions of substance abuse or addiction experience.
• Violence: Contains violent or graphic content similar to what you might see in an age-restricted movie.
• Sexual themes: Contains sexually suggestive subject matter, such as erotic writing or imagery.

Some examples of content that would require a community label:

• Fanart of your favorite ship engaging with each other in…a very private moment 
• Euphoria GIFs showing Rue’s substance abuse 
• A movie trailer depicting graphic war scenes 
• A graphic 50 Shades of Grey edit

This doesn’t change our content policies: spam, hate content, and porn bots are still not welcome in the community. It’s also still important that we abide by app store rules, which means we need to make sure that mature content is only accessible to people who are old enough and have opted in to view that type of content. More information about Community Labels is available in the Help Center.

This is an opportunity to work towards a richer, more nuanced Tumblr experience while making sure everyone who enjoys using Tumblr can do so safely. That future we mentioned above? We’re already moving towards it.

a pregnant woman goes into a coma

months later she wakes up, no longer pregnant

“you had twins! ” the nurse exclaims. “your brother named them”

“what did he name the girl?” the woman asks

“denise”

“that’s alright, I like denise. and the boy?”

“denephew”