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Tumblrpocalypse Special, Part 13

Our final scholarly reaction to the Tumblrpocalypse comes from Allison McCracken, DePaul University. Allison is a co-editor of A Tumblr Book: Platform and Cultures (forthcoming 2019). I first went on Tumblr in 2010, because I was a Glee fan. As

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Tumblrpocalypse Special, Part 12

Today’s (still today in the UK, sorry for everyone east of me for the delay!) scholarly reaction to the Tumblrpocalypse comes from Jess Allen at Fantasia, from a Twitter thread reposted with permission. “While it’s not specifically targeting #fandom, the

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Tumblrpocalypse Special, Part 11

Today’s scholarly reaction to the Tumblrpocalypse was a response to my own musing (which you can find in yesterday’s post). Rachel Aparicio (@rachelawrites considers how fannish production is shaped by the platforms that host us. “This is actually something I

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Tumblrpocalypse Special, Part 10

Today’s scholarly reaction to the Tumblrpocalypse comes from Fanhackers’ very own elmyra, originally posted in a short Twitter thread. Just a (non-exhaustive) list of things that Tumblr gave birth to, or nurtured, that we’re going to lose. “Further thoughts on

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Tumblrpocalypse Special, Part 9

Today’s scholarly reaction to the Tumblrpocalypse comes from Katherine E. Morrissey, who is an Assistant Professor at San Francisco State University. It’s from a Twitter thread, reposted with permission. “Some fans are using Tumblr’s new content restrictions as a call

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Tumblrpocalypse Special, Part 8

Today’s scholarly reaction to the Tumblrpocalypse comes from a locked thread on Twitter by JSA Lowe, reposted with permission. Read on for some delightful musings on the difference between “art” and “porn”. what a nightmare—seriously, @tumblr? seriously?? in the year

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Tumblrpocalypse Special, Part 7

Today’s reaction to the Tumblrpocalypse comes from Jordan T. Thevenow-Harrison, who is a learning designer who makes things to help people teach themselves. You can find Jordan at jtth.net. “I learned more about identity through queer & POC teens on

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Tumblrpocalypse Special, Part 6

Today’s scholarly reaction to the Tumblrpocalypse comes from Emily Roach. “One of my big concerns is where fan communities will actually migrate to if Tumblr does end up driving huge parts of fandom away and/or deleting blogs. Dr Casey Fiesler

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Tumblrpocalypse Special, Part 5

We continue with our countdown to the Tumblrpocalypse, today with Elise Vist, PhD candidate at the University of Waterloo. Tumblr’s recent “no female-presenting nipples” rule, which bans NSFW content from its platform, is yet another sign that it is no

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Tumblrpocalypse Special, Part 4

We continue to collect reactions from fan studies scholars and Tumblr researchers to the unfolding Tumblrpocalypse. Here are some thoughts from Casey Fiesler, originally published on Twitter and reproduced with permission and minor edits. (Do check out the original Twitter

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