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Sun, 09 Dec 2012 08:40:34 -0500

Every time I watch Skins Series 3 & 4, I realize just how badly I want a relationship like Emily & Naomi's . . .

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 08:38:04 -0500

rckrchica03:

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Sun, 09 Dec 2012 08:36:07 -0500

nuevetresnueve: ♥!

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 08:34:46 -0500

nuevetresnueve:

♥!

ROBOTS OR DINOSAURS?

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 20:43:59 -0400

Robots

w-horeny: lolzzzzzzzzz change the source and i’ll eat your...

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 19:30:23 -0400

w-horeny:

lolzzzzzzzzz

change the source and i’ll eat your babies. legit.

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Fri, 20 Jul 2012 19:30:07 -0400

Fuck it

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:47:16 -0400

Fuck it

The things that'd piss me off the most at school:

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:33:42 -0400

anneinnerscream:

The girls/guys who always try to fight:

The people that ask stupid questions:

The kids who get their swagger on in front of me and make me late:

The couples who make out in the middle of the hall:

The boys/girls who think they’re hot shit:

The ghetto girls who always scream at each other:

Everyone else:

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Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:51:46 -0400

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Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:50:43 -0400

when words fail to speak put your head phones on, turn the world on mute and sit back and look at the sky !

:3

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:43:36 -0400

Follow-up: Tumblr’s New Policy Against Pro-Self-Harm Blogs

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:11:43 -0400

staff:

Last Thursday, we posted a draft of a new policy against blogs that actively promote self-harm, along with some PSA-style language to appear next to searches associated with self-injury. The reaction was overwhelming. The post itself provoked more than 25,000 likes, reblogs, and replies; and more than 2,500 of you sent in comments by email. Thank you.

By far, the most common comment was some variation on this:

This is really great, but what about people who just talk about it? They aren’t promoting it in any way, but like some of us just express ourselves through posting about it. I don’t promote self-harm or eating disorders or anything, but I do talk about my experiences with these things. Do those count as something that’s going to be banned?

That’s an important concern, so we want to be totally clear: While we won’t allow blogs dedicated to triggering self-harm, we will not act against blogs engaged in discussion, support, encouragement, and documenting the experiences of those dealing with difficult conditions like anorexia, bulimia, and other forms of self-injury. We absolutely want Tumblr to be a place where people struggling with these behaviors can find solace, community, dialog, understanding, and hope.

We will apply this policy on a blog-by-blog basis. There won’t be any wholesale suspension based on tags or text. We’re not under the illusion that it will be easy to draw the line between blogs that are intended to trigger self-harm and those that support sufferers and build community, but, thanks to the tireless efforts of our amazing Support team, we will do our best.

With the benefit of all your input, we’ve written a new draft of this policy, changing some wording and adding some clarifying language:

Promotion and Glorification of Self-Harm. Don’t post content that actively promotes or glorifies self-harm. This includes content that urges or encourages readers to cut or injure themselves; embrace anorexia, bulimia, or other eating disorders; or commit suicide rather than, e.g., seeking counseling or treatment, or joining together in supportive conversation with those suffering or recovering from depression or other conditions. Dialogue about these behaviors is incredibly important and online communities can be extraordinarily helpful to people struggling with these difficult conditions. We aim to sustain Tumblr as a place that facilitates awareness, support and recovery, and to remove only those blogs that cross the line into active promotion or glorification of self-harm.

In addition, we got some helpful suggestions from the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) to improve the language that we’ll start showing alongside searches for tags associated with the promotion of self-harm, such as “pro-ana”, “pro-mia”, “thinspiration” and “thinspo”. Here’s an example of the revised language:

Eating disorders are not lifestyle choices, they are mental disorders that when left untreated, can cause serious health problems, and at their most severe can even be life-threatening. For treatment referrals, information and support, please contact the National Eating Disorders Association’s Helpline at 1-800-931-2237 or www.nationaleatingdisorders.org.

We’re working with other health organizations to help us craft similar language around pro-cutting and pro-suicide search terms.

After the jump, we’ve pulled out several thoughtful messages from the community on both sides of this issue:

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Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:05:48 -0400

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Every time I watch Skins Series 3 & 4, I realize just how badly I want a relationship like Emily & Naomi's . . .

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nuevetresnueve: ♥!

ROBOTS OR DINOSAURS?

w-horeny: lolzzzzzzzzz change the source and i’ll eat your...

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Fuck it

The things that'd piss me off the most at school:

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music

:3

Follow-up: Tumblr’s New Policy Against Pro-Self-Harm Blogs

:’)!