Popular Press
Major Popular press articles about Tumblr, published between 2008 and 2020
2008
Andrews, Robert. “Tumblr raises $4.5m second round; staffs up, preps premium model.” The Guardian. December 12, 2008. https://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2008/dec/12/startups-blogging
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Doty, Cate. “Is the Main Character Missing? Maybe Not.” The New York Times. June 2, 2008. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/02/business/media/02garfield.html
2010
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Barnes, Rachel. “A Question of X Appeal.” Campaign. November 24, 2010.
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Bruno, Anthony. “Tumblr 4 Ya.” Billboard. November 12, 2010: 9.
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2011
Bell, Melissa. “Tumblr Ignites Protest Support.” The Washington Post. October 17, 2011. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/social-site-ignites-groundswell-of-support-for-the-protest-movement/2011/10/17/gIQAJgVa3L_story.html
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Caramanica, Jon. “Tumblr Soul, Rocker Country, Teenage Tartness.” The New York Times. March 13, 2011. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/arts/music/releases-from-frank-ocean-aaron-lewis-etana-and-sky-ferreira.html
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Catt, Dan. “The SXSW Tumblr tracker.” The Guardian. March 14, 2011. https://www.theguardian.com/info/developer-blog/2011/mar/14/sxsw-tumblr-tracker
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Cutler, Jeremy. “Missing E Browser Extension for Tumblr.” missing-e.com. March 4, 2011.
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Frean, Alexandra. “Branson buys into blog site.” The Times. September 27, 2011. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/branson-buys-into-blog-site-m7dt38sljb7
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Gray, Richard. “Take a tumblr.” The Times. November 27, 2011. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/take-a-tumble-mzc07t6jcbk
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Jeffries, Adrianne. “Missing E Developer Keeps Trying to Work with Tumblr but Tumblr Isn’t Having It.” Observer. September 6, 2011. https://observer.com/2011/09/missing-e-developer-keeps-trying-to-work-with-tumblr-but-tumblr-keeps-trying-toshut-him-down/
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Parker, Ashley. “Kill the Alarm and Rev Up the Vespa.” The New York Times. September 18, 2011. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/nyregion/for-david-karp-tumblr-founder-no-alarm-sundays.html
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Schaefer, Kayleen. “Where Fashion Gazes at Itself.” The New York Times. September 11, 2011. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/fashion/on-tumblr-a-community-for-style-ny-fashion-week.html
Weinstein, Adam. “’We Are the 99 Percent’ Creators Revealed.” Mother Jones, October 7, 2011. https://www.webcitation.org/63I8ygR8Z
“What to Say About Tumblr.” The Times. December 24, 2011. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/what-to-say-about-tumblr-rdlk8wspbfq
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Wortham, Jenna. “Lady Gaga Tests Tumblr’s Waters.” The New York Times. July 4, 2011.
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2012
Adewunmi, Bim. “You can hack it, you can bash it, but Tumblr’s still got it.” The Guardian. December 4, 2012. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/dec/04/hack-tumblr-microblogging-gnaa
Agnew, Roisen. “Tumblr’s ‘porn ban’ will leave its marginalized users with no safe haven.” The Guardian. December 11, 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/11/tumblr-porn-ban-heteronormative-silicon-valley-sex-lives
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Arthur, Charles. “Twitter blocks Tumblr: the neutron bomb approach to social networking.” The Guardian. August 23, 2012. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/aug/23/twitter-tumblr-neutron-bomb
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Arthur, Charles. “Twitter blocks Tumblr: the neutron bomb approach to social networking.” The Guardian. August 23, 2012. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/aug/23/twitter-tumblr-neutron-bomb
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Bellafante, Ginia. “Never Mind the Bubble, Some Can’t Buy Groceries.” The New York Times. July 22, 2012.
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Casserly, Meghan. “#Whatshouldwecallme Revealed: The 24-Year-Old Law Students Behind the New Tumblr Darling.” Forbes. March 29, 2012. http://www.forbes.com/sites/meghancasserly/2012/03/29/whatshouldwecallme-revealed-24-year-oldlaw-students-tumblr-darling/
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Ewing, Tom. “Why blogging strikes a chord on Tumblr.” The Guardian. January 5, 2012. https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/jan/05/tom-ewing-tumblr-music-blogs
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Halliday, Josh. “David Karp, founder of Tumblr, on realising his dream.” The Guardian. January 29, 2012. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/jan/29/tumblr-david-karp-interview
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Halliday, Josh. “Times Opinion Tumblr launches outside paywall.” The Guardian. June 13, 2012. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/jun/13/times-launches-tumblr-opinion-blog
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Holpuch, Amanda. “Tumblr hit by cyber worm from group engaged in ‘anti-blogging’ campaign.” The Guardian. December 3, 2012. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/dec/03/tumblr-cyber-worm-anti-blogging
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Jeffries, Adrianne. “Tumblr Says Browser Extensions Are A-OK, Despite Changes to Terms of Service.” Observer. March 6, 2012. https://observer.com/2012/03/tumblr-says-browser-extensions-are-a-ok-despite-changes-to-terms-of-service/
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Machell, Ben. “The supergeek: David Karp, the man behind Tumblr.” The Times. April 14, 2012. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-supergeek-david-karp-the-man-behind-tumblr-c3gvts9rltx
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Orsini, Lauren Rae. “Tumblr’s Wrath for Missing E Actually Helps Promote It.” The Daily Dot. January 3, 2012.
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Stelter, Brian. “Blogging Site Tumblr Makes Itself the News.” New York Times. February 2, 2012. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/business/media/tumblr-hires-writers-to-cover-itself.html
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Tedeschi, Bob. “Three Varied Tools for Blogging With a Hand-Held.” The New York Times. May 31, 2012. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/31/business/three-varied-tools-for-blogging-with-a-hand-held.html
Tumblr Staff. “Follow- up: Tumblr’s New Policy against Pro- Self- Harm Blogs.”Tumblr. 2012. https://staff.tumblr.com/post/18563255291/follow-up-tumblrs-newpolicy-against
Walker, Rob. “Can Tumblr’s David Karp Embrace Ads Without Selling Out?” The New York Times Magazine. July 12 2012. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/magazine/can-tumblrs-david-karp-embrace-ads-without-selling-out.html
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2013
Ahmed, Murad, and David Robertson. “Marissa Mayer stakes all on a billion dollar punt.” The Times. May 21, 2013. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/marissa-mayer-stakes-all-on-a-billion-dollar-punt-779c8b6lqjx
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Alfonso, Fernando. “167,000 Tumblr Users Sign Petition to Stop Yahoo Deal.” The Daily Dot. May 20, 2013. https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/tumblr-users-petition-167000-signatures/
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Arthur, Charles. “Boot up: Chinese hackers, Lumia buildup, life at Tumblr and more.” The Guardian. May 22, 2013. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2013/may/22/china-hacking-tumblr-lumia
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Baker, Stephen. “Can Social Media Sell Soap?” The New York Times. January 6, 2013. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/06/opinion/sunday/can-social-media-sell-soap.html
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Ahmed, Murad. “Dropout Whiz behind Tumblr Greets $1.1bn Deal with a Four-Letter Yahoo!” The Times. May 21, 2013.
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Caramanica, Jon. “Not Like the Old Boss: Hip-Hop’s Spirit Guide.” The New York Times. January 27, 2013. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/arts/music/asap-yams-partner-to-hip-hops-asap-rocky.html
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de la Merced, Michael J., Nick Bilton, Nicole Perlroth, Andrew Ross Sorkin, and Jenna Wortham. “Seeking Flair, Yahoo Agrees To Buy Tumblr. (Cover Story).” The New York Times. May 20, 2013. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/technology/yahoo-to-buy-tumblr-for-1-1-billion.html
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“David Karp: A billion dollar brain goes tumbling upward.” The Times. May 26,
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Dredge, Stuart. “US intelligence services go ‘on the record’ with new Tumblr blog.” The Guardian. August 22, 2013. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/22/us-intelligence-community-tumblr-surveillance
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Feifer, Jason. “Obama’s funeral selfie is a fitting end to my Tumblr - Selfies at Funerals.” The Guardian. December 11, 2013. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/11/obama-funeral-selfie-tumblr-mandela-teens
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Wolfe, Alexandra. “David Karp— The 20- Something Tumblr CEO on His ‘Awesome’ New Boss and Becoming a Multimillionaire.” Wall Street Journal. July 13, 2013: C11.
Wolff, Michael. “Yahoo buying Tumblr is not a turnaround story.” The Guardian. May 20 2013. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/may/20/yahoo-buy-tumblr-last-ditch-effort
Wortham, Jenna. “A Flashy Bet for Yahoo On a Shift in Social Media.” The New York Times. May 21, 2013. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/technology/social-media-is-moving-into-creativity-like-tumblr.html
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Halliday, Josh. “David Karp: Tumblr founder could be worth up to $220m after Yahoo deal.” The Guardian. May 20, 2013. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/may/20/david-karp-tumblr-yahoo-deal
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Horton, Ophelia. “Opi’s world.” The Times. March 3, 2013. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/opis-world-vgj3tmj7zs9
“How to Become a Tumblr Girl.” wikiHow. http://www.wikihow.com/Becomea-Tumblr-Girl
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Kaufman, Leslie. “Tumblr to End Storyboard And Dismiss 3 Employees.” The New York Times. April 11, 2013. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/11/business/media/tumblr-to-end-storyboard.html
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Lee, Timothy B. “Yahoo’s Dilemma and Big Gamble.” The Washington Post. 2013, 5AD.
Leroux, Marcus. “Cure for itchy feet: Yahoo! pays $81m to keep Tumblr founder David Karp.” The Times. August 10, 2013. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cure-for-itchy-feet-yahoo-pays-dollar81m-to-keep-tumblr-founder-david-karp-f8drrmrgqlm
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MacMillan, Douglas. “Yahoo Is Ready to Pay $1.1 Billion for Tumblr, According to Report.” The Washington Post. Winter 2013, 5AD.
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Maffero, Lauren. “What brands should know about Tumblr users - infographic.” The Guardian. June 20, 2013. https://www.theguardian.com/media-network/media-network-blog/2013/jun/20/brands-know-tumblr-users-infographic
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O’Leary, Amy. “You Can Follow U.S. Spy Agencies.” The New York Times. August 26, 2013.
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Perez, Sarah. “Tumblr’s Adult Fare Accounts for 11.4% of Site’s Top 200K Domains, Adult Sites Are Leading Category of Referrals.” TechCrunch. May 20, 2013. https://techcrunch.com/2013/05/20/tumblrs-adult-fare-accounts-for-11-4-of-sitestop-200k-domains-tumblrs-adult-fare-accounts-for-11-4-of-sites-top-200k-domainsadults-sites-are-leading-category-of-referrals/.
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Robertson, David. “Tumblr’s David Karp is King of the billion dollar Bloggosphere.” The Times. May 18, 2013. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tumblrs-david-karp-is-king-of-the-billion-dollar-blogosphere-8rkm70h0sf2
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Romano, Aja. “Tumblr Is Having a Love Affair with a Web Developer.” The Daily Dot. December 13, 2013. https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/fandom/xkit-guy-tumblrfandom/
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Sorkin, Andrew Ross. “But Wait. Didn’t Yahoo Try A Deal Like This Before?” The New York Times. May 21, 2013. https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/but-wait-didnt-yahoo-try-a-deal-like-this-before/
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Tumblr: a big blank canvas in the world wide web.” The Guardian. May 20, 2013. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2013/may/20/tumblr-world-wide-web-yahoo
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Wortham, Jenna, Nick Bilton, Nicole Perlroth, and Michael J. de la Merced. “Before Tumblr, Founder Made Mom Proud. He Quit School. (Cover Story).” The New York Times. May 21, 2013. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/technology/david-karp-quit-school-to-get-serious-about-start-ups.html
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2014
Ahmed, Murad. “Cuts, blood and a diary of self harm.” The Times. January 24, 2014. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cuts-blood-and-a-diary-of-self-harm-7rz7gjbgtlm
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Ackerman, Spencer. “How the US intelligence community attempts to rebrand itself - on Tumblr.” The Guardian. March 14, 2014. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/14/intelligence-community-on-the-record-james-clapper-nsa
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Bannerman, Lucy, Kaya Burgess, and Murad Ahmed. “The ‘toxic digital world’ that killed girl, 15.” The Times. January 23, 2014. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/the-toxic-digital-world-that-killed-girl-15-77qjc92rj5l
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Bennett, Rosemary. “Calls to curb a dark, online world.” The Times. January 24, 2014. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/calls-to-curb-a-dark-online-world-qmfmqxlvnpf
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Burgess, Kaya. “16 year old overdoses after self harm website visit.” The Times. February 6, 2014. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/16-year-old-overdoses-after-self-harm-website-visit-5ncxs6flnsr
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Burgess, Kaya. “Drug death girl’s family condemn ‘web of darkness’.” The Times. February 12, 2014. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/drug-death-girls-family-condemn-web-of-darkness-w6zxcngjfvz
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Wortham, Jenna. “No Regrets for the Founder of Tumblr After Yahoo Sale.” The New York Times. May 5, 2014. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/05/technology/no-regrets-for-the-founder-of-tumblr-after-yahoo-sale.html
Wortham, Jenna. “Still Starting Up.” The New York Times. April 28, 2014. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/28/business/still-starting-up.html
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Diem, Noel. “Ferguson and the Effect of Social Media Activism.” Law Street Media. December 4, 2014. https://legacy.lawstreetmedia.com/issues/entertainment-and-culture/ferguson-and-the-effect-of-social-media-activism/
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Dredge, Stuart. “Tumblr growing fast but teens are ‘bored’ with Facebook - Open thread.” The Guardian. November 27, 2014. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/nov/27/tumblr-growing-teens-bored-of-facebook
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Eaton, Kit. “Mobile Blogging Options Simplify Storytelling on the Go.” The New York Times. June 12, 2014. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/technology/personaltech/mobile-blogging-options-for-storytelling-on-the-go.html
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Eilperin, Juliet. “Less Paper, More Tumblr: White House’s Tech Makeover.” The Washington Post. July 2014, 7AD.
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Kaufman, Leslie. “Yahoo’s Tumblr Teams Up With TV Shows to Reach Their Audiences.” The New York Times. October 20, 2014. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/20/business/media/yahoos-tumblr-teams-up-with-tv-shows-to-reach-their-audiences.html
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Hamburger, Ellis. “Tumblr declares war on the internet’s identity crisis.” The Verge. May 6, 2014. https://www.theverge.com/2014/5/6/5684212/tumblr-declares-war-on-the-internets-identity-crisis
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Kasperkevic, Jana. “Obama responds to college queries: ‘Sometimes you have to take a detour’.” The Guardian. June 10, 2014. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/jun/10/obama-student-debt-executive-order-tumblr-college-questions
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Lednicer, Lisa Grace. “Want a Tech Job? Study This Advice from the Bosses at Mozilla, Reddit, Tumblr.” The Washington Post. 2014, 7AD. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/want-a-tech-job-study-this-advice-from-the-bosses-at-mozilla-reddit-tumblr/2014/07/30/41443afe-06f0-11e4-bbf1-cc51275e7f8f_story.html
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Jenkins, Henry. “A Meme Is a Terrible Thing to Waste: An Interview with Limor Shifman (Part Two).” Confessions of an Aca- Fan. February 19, 2014. http://henryjenkins.org/blog/2014/02/a-meme-is-a-terrible-thing-to-waste-an-interview-with-limorshifman-part-two.html
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Perez, Sarah. “XKit, The Tumblr Client For Power Users, Arrives On iOS.” TechCrunch, July 11, 2014. https://techcrunch.com/2014/07/11/xkit-the-tumblr-client-forpower-users-arrives-on-ios/
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Robertson, Adi. “Inside Tumblr and the battle for net neutrality.” The Verge. September 12, 2014. https://www.theverge.com/2014/9/12/6137619/as-the-wheel-turns-inside-tumblr-and-the-battle-for-net-neutrality
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Safronova, Valeriya. “Millennials and the Age of Tumblr Activism.” New York Times. December 19, 2014. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/style/millennials-and-the-age-of-tumblr-activism.html#:~:text=The%20company’s%20internal%20surveys%20show,the%20eyes%20of%20their%20elders.
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2015
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“A Book That Does Justice to Tumblr’s Favorite Justice.” The Washington Post. 2015. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/11/02/how-ruth-bader-ginsburg-became-notorious-rbg/
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Alter, Alexandra. “Web Poets’ Society: New Breed Succeeds in Taking Verse Viral. (Cover Story).” The New York Times. November 8, 2015. https://thepoetslist.com/2015/11/09/web-poets-society-new-breed-succeeds-in-taking-verse-viral-via-ny-times/
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Zimmerman, Jess. “How do we tell when helpful interventions online are just creepy surveillance?” The Guardian. April 8, 2015. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/08/tumblr-intervention-searches-creepy-surveillance
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Christakis, Nicholas A. “Friends in New Places.” The New York Times. August 2, 2015. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/education/edlife/making-friends-in-new-places.html
“Community Guidelines.” last modified June 19, 2017. https://www.tumblr.com/policy/en/community
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Falcone, Dana Rose. “Tumblr’s Most Reblogged ‘Ship 2015: One Direction’s Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson.” EW.com. December 8, 2015.https://ew.com/article/2015/12/08/tumblr-most-reblogged-ship-2015-harry-styles-louis-tomlinson/
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Frizzell, Nell. “#Arthoe: the teens who kickstarted a feminist art movement.” The Guardian. August 19, 2015. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/aug/19/arthoe-teens-kickstart-feminist-art-movement-instagram-tumblr
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Isaac, Mike. “New Ad Idea From Tumblr.” The New York Times. January 26, 2015. https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/22/tumblr-taps-its-community-to-work-with-advertisers/
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Mahler, Jonathan and Tara Parker-Pope. “The Dress That Melted The Internet.” The New York Times. February 28, 2015.https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/28/business/a-simple-question-about-a-dress-and-the-world-weighs-in.html
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Mohan, Isabel. “Story of Their Life: The Rise and Fall of One Direction.” The Telegraph. August 24, 2015. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/11495353/Story-of-their-Life-The-rise-and-fall-of-One-Direction.html
Murphy, Tim. “Identity- Free Identity Politics.” New York Times Magazine. October 27, 2015. https://www.magzter.com/article/Lifestyle/New-York-magazine/Identity-Free-Identity-Politics​
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Ortved, John. “Tumblr: Still Stylist After All These Posts.” The New York Times. September 11, 2015. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/11/fashion/mens-style/the-stylish-men-of-tumblr.html
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Rogers, Katie. “Meet Tumblr’s Secret Keeper.” The New York Times. December 6, 2015.https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/01/style/meet-tumblrs-15-year-old-secret-keeper.html
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Runestele. “Tumblr: Updates.” Runestele.tumblr.com. April 9, 2015.
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Sottek, T.C. “Tumblr raises the alarm for net neutrality.” The Verge. February 3, 2015. https://www.theverge.com/2015/2/3/7972523/tumblr-net-neutrality-explainer
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Wigmund. “Everytime Tumblr Updates.” Wigmund.tumblr.com. December 10, 2015.
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2016
Dean, James. “For sale: 425m social media passwords.” The Times. June 1, 2016. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/for-sale-425m-social-media-passwords-trbzmtk3s
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Goel, Vindu. “Yahoo Edges Toward Sale With a Limp.” The New York Times. July 19, 2016. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/technology/yahoo-revenue-falls-15-percent-and-profit-drops-64-percent.html
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Hern, Alex. “More than 65m Tumblr emails for sale on the darknet.” The Guardian. May 31, 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/31/tumblr-emails-for-sale-darknet-65-million-hack-passwords
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Holpuch, Amanda. “‘I Just Feel Less Alone:’ How Tumblr Became a Source for Mental Health Care.” The Guardian. May 19, 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/may/19/tumblr-mental-health-information-community-disorders-healthcare
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Mann, Olly, and Matt Shore. “Inside Liftblr: when blogging meets shoplifting - Chips with Everything tech podcast.” The Guardian. September 2, 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/audio/2016/sep/02/inside-liftblr-when-blogging-meets-shoplifting-chips-with-everything-tech-podcast
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McCormick, Rich. “Tumblr’s new Labs program lets users test experimental features.” The Verge. May 11, 2016. https://www.theverge.com/2016/5/11/11655050/tumblrs-new-labs-program-lets-users-test-experimental-features
Padilla, Kalani Nicole. “Studyblr: How Tumblr Became the Uninspired College Student’s New Best Friend.” Odyssey. August 16, 2016. https://www.theodysseyonline.com/studyblr-tumblr-is-college-students-best-friend
Poynter: The Washington Post is launching a crowdsourced Black history project on Tumblr.” The Washington Post. June 27, 2016. https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/wp/2016/06/27/poynter-the-washington-post-is-launching-a-crowdsourced-black-history-project-on-tumblr/
Revanche, Jonno. “Tumblr was my saviour. It made me see I wasn’t monstrous and unloveable.” The Guardian. August 23, 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/24/tumblr-was-my-saviour-it-made-me-see-i-wasnt-monstrous-and-unloveable
Spinks, Rosie. “Platforms v creators: the battle for the internet economy.” The Guardian. November 11, 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/media-network/2016/nov/11/platforms-v-creators-battle-internet-economy
Stein, Louisa. “The Limits of Infinite Scroll: Gifsets and Fanmixes as Evolving Fan Traditions.” Flow. January 25, 2016. https://www.flowjournal.org/2016/01/the-limits-of-infinite-scroll-gifsets-and-fanmixes-as-evolving-fan-traditions
Tiffany, Kaitlyn. “Tumblr Trends for 2016: At Least the Teen Had a Nice Year.” The Verge. December 5, 2016. https://www.theverge.com/2016/12/5/13846890/tumblr2016-year-in-review-memes-actors-ships-fan-fiction
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2017
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Byron, Paul and Brady Robards. “There’s Something Queer About Tumblr.” The Conversation. December 22, 2017. https://theconversation.com/theres-something-queer-about-tumblr-73520
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Coscarelli, Joe. “Sidestepping The Critical Glare.” The New York Times. November 9, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/08/arts/music/taylor-swift-reputation-swifties-tumblr.html
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Delbyck, Cole. “Frank Ocean Sued By Father Over Tumblr Response To Orlando Shooting.” HuffPost. February 3, 2017. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/frank-oceans-sued-by-his-own-father_n_5894b082e4b0c1284f259c13
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Kale, Sirin. “From tarot cards to macabre hoodies: why witchcraft is all the rage.” The Guardian. September 6, 2017. https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2017/sep/06/from-tarot-cards-to-macabre-hoodies-why-witchcraft-is-all-the-rage
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Marino, Andrew. “From Uber to Tumblr, The Vergecast explains it all.” The Verge. June 23, 2017. https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/23/15861202/vergecast-podcast-262-tumblr-net-neutrality-uber-one-plus-5
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Schwartzberg, Lauren. “Why Millennial Pink Refuses to Go Away.” The Cut. March 19, 2017. http://nymag.com/thecut/2017/03/why-millennialpink-refuses-to-go-away.html
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Tiffany, Kaitlyn. “How witches took over Tumblr in 2017.” The Verge. December 12, 2017. https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/12/16766260/witchblr-tumblr-trends-2017-witchcraft-crystals-fan-tarot
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Tiffany, Kaitlyn. “Verizon is Killing Tumblr’s Fight for Net Neutrality.” The Verge. June 21, 2017. https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/21/15816974/verizon-tumblr-net-neutrality-internet-politics-david-karp
Tiffany, Kaitlyn. “Welcome to Studyblr: A Beautiful, Stressful Wonderland.” The Verge. May 9, 2017. https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/9/15260026/tumblr-study-blogging-studyblr-organization-interview
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2018
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Alptraum, Lux. “How Tumblr went from being the most porn-friendly social media site to banning porn.” The Verge. December 5, 2018. https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/5/18126451/tumblr-porn-social-media-ban
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Aroesti, Rachel. “Brigid May Power: ‘My #MeToo post was the greatest gift I gave myself’.” The Guardian. January 19, 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jan/19/brigid-mae-power-my-metoo-post-was-the-greatest-gift-i-gave-myself
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Brammer, John Paul. “‘I fear loss of community’: Tumblr’s new ‘adult content’ rules worry LGBTQ users.” NBC News. December 5, 2018. https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/i-fear-loss-community-tumblr-s-new-adult-content-rules-n944196
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Brammer, John Paul. “RIP Tumblr porn. You made me who I am.” The Washington Post. December 4, 2018. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018/12/04/rip-tumblr-porn-you-made-me-who-i-am/
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Bromwich, Jonah Engel and Katie Van Syckle. “‘NSFW’ Bloggers Prepare to Abandon Ship at Tumblr.” The New York Times. December 9, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/style/tumblr-porn.html
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Bromwich, Jonah Engel. “Online, Celestial Objects Are More Serious Than They Appear.” The New York Times. November 29, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/28/style/the-best-astrological-sign-of-all.html
Gault, Matthew. “A Quarter of Tumblr Users Are There to Consume Porn.” Motherboard. December 5, 2018. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gy7w4b/data-scientists-estimate-a-quarter-of-tumblrs-users-are-thereto-consume-porn
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Craven, Julia. “Tumblr Is Betraying The Sex Workers And NSFW Artists Who Relied On The Platform.” HuffPost. December 4, 2018. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tumblr-sex-workers-nsfw-artists-lose_n_5c0714fbe4b0fc236111037e
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Farokhmanesh, Megan. “Overwatch is still king of Tumblr, but self-generated fandom rules the rest.” The Verge. November 30, 2018. https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/30/18116858/overwatch-gaming-tumblr-fandom
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Goldberg, Ella. “‘Humanitarians of Tinder’ Tumblr Will Make You Want To Drop Yoga And Pick Up Digging Wells.” HuffPost. April 14, 2018. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/humanitarians-of-tinder_n_5174486
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Hern, Alex. “Images of Jesus and superheroes caught up in Tumblr porn ban.” The Guardian. December 4, 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/04/images-of-jesus-superheroes-caught-up-tumblr-porn-ban
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Ho, Vivian. “Tumblr’s adult content ban dismays some users: ‘It was a safe space’.” The Guardian. December 4, 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/03/tumblr-adult-content-ban-lgbt-community-gender
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Liao, Shannon. “Tumblr is already flagging innocent posts as porn.” The Verge. December 3, 2018. https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/3/18124461/tumblr-adult-content-porn-ban-flagging-errors-algorithm-fail
Liao, Shannon. “Tumblr’s adult content ban means the death of unique blogs that explore sexuality.” The Verge. December 6, 2018. https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/6/18124260/tumblr-porn-ban-sexuality-blogs-unique
Liao, Shannon. “Tumblr porn vanishes today.” The Verge. December 17, 2018. https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/17/18141106/tumblr-porn-ban-adult-content-appeal
Liao, Shannon, Jon Porter, and Andrew Liptak. “The fallout from Tumblr’s porn ban.” The Verge. November 17, 2018. https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/6/18129532/tumblr-nsfw-porn-ban-fallout-storystream-updates-news
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Mahdawi, Arwa. “Social media sites should focus less on nipples and more on Nazis.” The Guardian. December 8, 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/08/week-in-patriarchy-nipples-tumblr-social-media
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Miller, Hunter. “NSFW Nude Selfies We Can Totally Get Behind.” Popculture.com. July 14, 2018. http://popculture.com/culture/2017/07/14/nude-selfies-nsfw-photos-instagram/
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Ohlheiser, Abby. “Before Tumblr Announced Plan to Ban Adult Content, it Was a Safe Space for Exploring Identity.” Washington Post. December 4, 2018. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/12/04/before-tumblr-banned-adult-content-it-was-safe-space-exploring-identity/
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Peterson, Tim. “Tumblr’s Ad Difficulties: Buyers Love Tumblr, Love Scale More.” Adweek. October 8, 2012: 11. https://www.adweek.com/digital/buyers-love-tumblr-love-scale-more-144291/.​
Romano, Aja. “Tumblr Is Banning Adult Content. It’s About So Much More Than Porn.” Vox. December 17, 2018. https://www.vox.com/2018/12/4/18124120/tumblr-porn-adult-content-ban-user-backlash
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Rosenberg, Eli. “Tumblr’s nudity ban removes one of the last major refuges for pornography on social media.” The Washington Post. December 3, 2018. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/12/04/tumblrs-nudity-crackdown-means-pornography-will-be-harder-find-its-platform-than-nazi-propaganda/
Roux, Liara. “Tumblr’s Plan To Make The Internet Safer Will Make The World More Dangerous For My Community.” HuffPost. December 7, 2018. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/opinion-tumblr-ban-sex-work-porn_n_5c09af57e4b04046345a86b1
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Sarappo, Emma. “How Tumblr Taught Social Justice to a Generation of Teenagers.” Pacific Standard. December 13, 2018. https://psmag.com/social-justice/how-tumblr-taught-social-justice-to-a-generation-of-teenagers
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Silverman, Nick. “Russian Trolls Ran Wild on Tumblr And The Company Refuses to Say Anything About It.” BuzzFeed News. February 6, 2018. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/russian-trolls-ran-wild-on-tumblr-and-the-company-refuses
Stephen, Bijan. “Tumblr’s porn ban could be its downfall – after all, it happened to LiveJournal.” The Verge. December 6, 2018. https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/6/18127869/tumblr-livejournal-porn-ban-strikethrough
Tiffany, Kaitlyn. “When Tumblr Bans Porn, Who Loses?.” Vox. December 4, 2018. https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/12/4/18126112/tumblr-porn-ban-verizon-adgoals-sex-work-fandom
2019
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Badham, Van. “‘Mentrification’: how men appropriated computers, beer and The Beatles.” The Guardian. May 28, 2019. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/may/29/mentrification-how-men-appropriated-computers-beer-and-the-beatles
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Broderick, Ryan. “Tumblr Has A New Owner – Which Isn’t Pornhub – And It Intends to Keep the Porn Ban.” BuzzFeed News. August 12, 2019. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/tumblr-has-a-new-ownerwhich-isnt-pornhuband-it-intends-to
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Bromwich, Jonah Engel. “What’s Next for Tumblr?” The New York Times. August 23, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/style/tumblr-matt-mullenweg-interview.html
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Degas, Edgar. “Tumblr’s NSFW Purge Is Scattering the Queer Adult.” The Daily Dot. January 12, 2019. https://www.dailydot.com/irl/tumblr-nsfw-ban-queer-adult-artists/
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Godwin, Richard. “How the internet is changing language as we know it (ikr lol).” The Guardian. October 11, 2019. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/11/how-to-speak-internet-online-writing-richard-godwin
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Miller, Hollis. “3 Tumblr Artists Share Their Visions For Pride Month.” HuffPost. June 18, 2019. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tumblr-artists-pride-month_n_5d013c14e4b0985c4196eb3e
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Mims, Christopher. “Tumblr and the End of the Eyeballs- Are-Everything Era.” Wall Street Journal. August 17, 2019. https://www.wsj.com/articles/tumblr-and-the-end-of-the-eyeballs-are-everything-era-11566014411
Reed, Jason. “Tumblr’s getting a new owner; does that mean porn is back?” The Daily Dot. August 13, 2019. https://www.dailydot.com/irl/automattic-tumblr-porn/
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Romano, Aja. “Tumblr’s adult content ban is about so much more than porn.” Vox. December 17, 2019. https://www.vox.com/2018/12/4/18124120/tumblr-porn-adult-content-ban-user-backlash
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Romano, Aja. “WordPress Could Give Tumblr the Thing It Needs Most: Stability.” Vox. August 13, 2019. https://www.vox.com/2019/8/13/20802751/wordpress-tumblrsale-porn-ban-future
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Siegel, Rachel. “Tumblr once sold for $1.1 billion. The owner of WordPress just bought the site for a fraction of that.” The Washington Post. August 13, 2019. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/08/13/tumblr-once-sold-billion-owner-wordpress-just-bought-site-fraction-that/​
Leskin, Paige. “13 things that are worth more than Tumblr’s $3 million price tag, from an empty lot in San Francisco to a two-bedroom luxury apartment in New York.” Business Insider. August 16,
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Liao, Shannon. “After the porn ban, Tumblr users have ditched the platform as promised.” The Verge. March 14, 2019. https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/14/18266013/tumblr-porn-ban-lost-users-down-traffic
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Swisher, Kara. “Who Killed Tumblr? We All Did.” The New York Times. August 14, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/14/opinion/tumblr-sold.html
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Watercutter, Angela. “The Internet Needs Tumblr More Than Ever.” Wired. https://www.wired.com/story/tumblr-reinvigorated/
2020
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Alexander, Julia. “Tumblr is rolling out an internet literacy initiative to help combat misinformation and cyberbullying.” The Verge. January 6, 2020. https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/6/21048134/tumblr-misinformation-2020-election-cyberbullying-digital-literacy
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Baig, Eg. “Tumblr Guide for Newbies.” USA Today. October 3, 2020.
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Gelles, David. “You Can Take Your Job Home With You.” The New York Times. July 19, 2020.
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Boutin, Paul. “Sharing Online, but With More Than 140 Characters.” The New York Times. October 14, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/technology/personaltech/14basics.html
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Statt, Nick. “Tumblr will now remove all reblogs of posts that violate its hate speech policy.” The Verge. May 4, 2020. https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/4/21247437/tumblr-hate-speech-reblog-removal-nazis-white-supremacist-content
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Urwin, Rosamund, and Esme O’Keeffe. “Social media make girls think choking during sex is ‘normal’.” The Times. January 26, 2020. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/social-media-make-girls-think-choking-during-sex-is-normal-0jlrgf2b0
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Alexander, Julia. “Tumblr is launching a new group messaging feature built with fandoms in mind.” The Verge.
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Davis, Sammy. “So What Do You Do, David Karp, Founder of Tumblr?”
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Tumblr. “Counseling and Prevention Resources.” Tumblr. https://www.tumblr.com/docs/en/counseling_prevention_resources
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