Gee, Tumblr would probably really hate it if you shared and spread this damning article … To the surprise of absolutely none of Tumblr’s LGBTQ users, it turns out the independent NYC human rights agency Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) found that Tumblr’s ham-fisted adult content ban in December 2018 disproportionately targeted LGBTQ users. The CCHR’s investigation revealed Tumbler’s moderation algorithms is demonstrably biased against queer content. As part of the settlement, Tumblr was obligated to review their prejudicial anti-gay moderation policies. Even more mortifyingly, they’ve also had to hire an expert on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) issues and provide unconscious bias training to their moderators. I frankly doubt Tumblr has learned a thing from this humbling experience. Just recently the Tumblr algorithm flagged three ancient posts of mine as violating their terms. All three “offenders” were vintage homoerotic beefcake images (softcore by modern standards) roughly 50 – 65-years-old by Bruce of Los Angeles, Bob Mizer and Tom of Finland. (These are of course pioneering queer artists who routinely faced censorship and imprisonment in the fifties and sixties. Plus ca change!). They’ve been visible on my page - corrupting viewers - for years at this point. I appealed all three immediately. Only the Tom of Finland one was approved. The other two are now hidden. So, they haven’t learned much. Apparently, Tumblr – who loves to declare how hip, youthful, inclusive and progressive their values are - wants to restore trust with their queer users. I’d recommend we remember their hypocrisy when Pride rolls around and Tumblr splashes rainbow flags everywhere and attempts to pink wash their image.
In honour of Pride Month, this is worth a reblog! Don’t buy into Tumblr’s hypocritical “pink washing.”Â
Between the Arkenstone, the One Ring, and that cache of magic swords Bilbo uncovered during Thorin and company’s confrontation with the trolls that just happened to be the former property of the High King of the Noldor, Bilbo and Gandalf’s relationship is just a constant process of Bilbo showing up with some random artifact of world-changing significance and Gandalf sagely stroking his beard and making a pithy remark while internally screaming “WHERE DO YOU KEEP FINDING THESE THINGS”.
Alternately,
this is why Gandalf always brings/sends hobbits on adventures. Because
if you take a hobbit out of their nice safe holding-pen in the Shire, it will
take them approximately ten minutes to stumble across whatever item of
world-shaking importance is currently knocking around the vicinity. You take a hobbit
out and set them loose and they will find ancient weapons of a godly age, ancient
beings that pre-date the world, the one treasure in the middle of a hoard of
treasure that you actually need, the single most deadly magic item in the
world in the middle of a river, the same magic item in the middle of a cave
centuries later, the local magic rock with a direct link to the current villain’s
mind (which, in this case, was not necessarily a blessing, Pippin) …
If you put
a hobbit down, basically, and there is an item of plot importance within a
fifty mile radius, they will put their hand down and pick it up. Guaranteed.
(Again, as with Pippin and the Palantir, this is not necessarily a good
thing, but at least you’ll know where shit is)
The other
reason he always brings/sends hobbits on adventures is that they will also
kickstart world-shaking actions if left unattended for more than five
minutes. See also: Merry and Pippin toppling Isengard the minute they were left
alone near people they could trick into war-slash-mischief. See also: Bilbo giving
Bard and Thranduil the Arkenstone in an attempt to negotiate because the
dwarves left him unsupervised and somebody needed to at least try and keep the
peace. See also: Pippin suborning a Gondorian guard into outright treason in
the place of the dead to save Faramir and the Gondorian Stewardship from Denethor’s
madness. See also: Frodo, Sam and Gollum royally mucking up Sauron’s everything
while entirely alone and unsupervised under his very nose.
Like, it’s
a gamble. Taking hobbits out into the wider world and letting them loose
unsupervised is not an action for the risk-adverse or the faint of heart. But
if you want results in a relatively short time-frame, by the Valar it’s effective.
you have been visited by the seven magic dragon balls your biggest wish will be granted but only if you reblog
Couldn’t risk it.
didn’t realize they change colors. now I know o gotta wish.
THIS SHIT IS REAL I GOT THE JOB I WAS NUTS ABOUT BC I REBLOGGED THIS YESTERDAY maybe it’s a coinkidink but it okay just take the necessary steps to achieve what you’re wishing for and YOU CAN DO IT
friendly reminder that thorin oakenshield is a hero who helped his people to survive in harsh exile, who gained renown in battle when he was barely out of his teens, who reclaimed a mountain from a dragon with the help of twelve dwarves, one hobbit and one wizard, who has proven time and time again that he leads by example, who overcomes mental illness with the help of his friends and redeems his mistakes with all he has to give: his crown, his kingdom, his life.