The work for the writer is just to write the manuscript and run `distribute.py` once. After that, it spreads automatically. I built this pipeline in 3 days and have been using it since the first ...

Rumors of a Tumblr comeback have been bubbling for a couple of years—think a pair of Doc Martens here, a splash of pastel hair dye there. Now, Gen Z is embracing the platform as a refuge from an ...

Fifteen years ago, Tumblr changed the internet forever. Generation t examines its complex, colorful legacy. When porn performer Arabelle Raphael entered the adult industry over a decade ago, she found ...

In November 2014, someone on Tumblr submitted an anonymous question to the popular blog Se7enteenblack. “Describe the color black without using the word,” the user wrote, presenting more of a test ...

Frilly scraps of lace embroidered with the words "Heaven Sent." Esoteric photos shot with a digital camera. Side-by-side comparisons of a ballerina’s beautiful pink slippers and their battered feet.

The modern-day discussions about the Tumblr Girl focus heavily on her Tumblr outfits and her Tumblr aesthetic. Fashion magazines have been running headlines since 2022, promising the return of “Indie ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Like so many millennials, my teenage years on the multimedia microblogging platform, Tumblr, introduced me to feminist politics, which inspired my burgeoning interest in gender and feminism at ...

Matt Mullenweg, CEO of Tumblr owner Automattic, is supposed to be on sabbatical. Instead, he’s arguing with Tumblr users over an individual content moderation decision, which has sparked communitywide ...

If you were on Tumblr during the 2000s, you’ll know that among the pseudo-artsy black and white photography, memes, and scene hairstyles, the platform had an issue with self-harming content. In fact, ...

In 2020, I wrote that “reports of Tumblr’s death have been greatly exaggerated.” An infamous ban on adult content in 2018 had sent users fleeing the platform, but it continued to be a safe haven for ...

Off the top of my head, I couldn’t remember exactly why my fellow Tumblr users were predicting the platform’s death in November 2018. The adult-content ban, a monumental event in the site’s history ...