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Terrifying Tumblr alert: Guys with Zooey Deschanel's eyes
Zooey Deschanel’s doll eyes have inspired many women to attempt to copy the look, often with disastrous results, but what would her giant blue peepers look like Photoshopped onto men? To the Tumblr!...
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How to dumb down the arguments for transgender rights
In a recent article, “I am an antelope. Check your privilege before you question it,” journalist and author Milo Yiannopoulos parodies some common arguments that liberals, and especially liberal...
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Your guide to the Luigi death stare meme
Playing second fiddle to an overweight plumber can drive a man mad. In Luigi’s case, he’s taking that rage out on the tracks. A bunch of Mario Kart 8 fans are using the game’s replay mode to capture...
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It just got a lot harder for the NSA to spy on your Web activity
A coalition of major websites including Tumblr, Wikipedia, and Wordpress are announcing a switch to SSL encryption as part of today’s Reset the Net campaign, a day of activism on the one year...
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This Web app is like Instagram for your GIFs
Creating your own GIF art is very easy, I promise. And I don’t know how to use Photoshop or do much of anything visual online. When I want to make a funny picture I use Faceinhole.com. It’s...
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The Kickstarter project that killed Tumblr's favorite meme
Accusations are swirling that plans to animate Tumblr's beloved Miss Officer and Mr Truffles fanart meme could be smoke and mirrors. Fanartist Ami Guillen, lemonteaflower on Tumblr, saw her adorable...
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How 'Orange Is the New Black' won the war for queer television
“This set is a dyke bar, all it needs is a pool table and D.J. spinning ‘We Are Family,’” quipped Orange Is the New Black actress Lea Delaria in an Advocate interview about Netflix’s breakout hit....
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Obama takes to Tumblr to tackle student loan debt
Tumblr user Barack Obama, who also happens to be President of the United States, has some advice for his fellow social bloggers when it comes to higher education.“It continues to be a very smart...
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I had my emoji use analyzed, and the results were grim
Take a look through your recently used emoji. Do you remember who you sent them to, or why? Do you remember your state of mind? Is it healthy if you use the skull and booze emoji most frequently? All...
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This fake phone number teaches dudes a lesson in feminism
Every woman knows that the best response to a guy who won’t stop pestering you for your digits is to grab his phone and hurl it into the nearest body of water. If you’re really cornered, though, you...
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This is what happens when fashion models meet Pokémon
Imagine you’re flipping through your favorite fashion magazine checking out the usual styles and trends showcased by models and celebrities when all of a sudden, a wild Pikachu appears! Unfortunately...
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Obama's way is the only way to pronounce 'GIF'
President Obama has had a busy week: honoring D-Day veterans (and insulting them with his gum-chewing), defending himself over Bergdahlgate, and opening up a conversation about student loan debt. More...
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Can the film version of YA novel 'The Giver' benefit from Tumblr's aesthetic?
Lois Lowry’s The Giver, a YA novel set in an apparent utopia that turns out to have sinister foundations, was destined for the screen from the moment it was released in 1993. But it took more than 20...
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A guide to fanfiction for people who can't stop getting it wrong
BY GAVIA BAKER-WHITELAW AND AJA ROMANO What is fanfiction? That’s the question magazine articles and TV segments have been attempting to answer for upwards of 40 years now, usually without doing much...
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How Stephen King unexpectedly helped this unknown author rake in the cash
For nearly eight years, Brooklyn author Emily Schultz’s first novel languished on the charts. Joyland, a “coming-of-age tale set in a video-game arcade,” didn’t seem destined for the the best-seller...
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The Instagramification of museum culture has begun
I’m always a bit puzzled when I see people taking photos in a museum. Sure, a few snapshots of you and your friends amid the exhibits will serve as nice reminders of a nice day out, but after a while,...
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Tumblr's cutest crime-fighting duo has Kickstarter dreams
An artist hopes to take a Tumblr-based meme about a cute bear and a Canadian cop and turn it into a successful Kickstarter campaign. Ami Guillen, known on Tumblr as Lemonteaflower, and head writer...
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A guide to fanfiction for people who can't stop getting it wrong
BY GAVIA BAKER-WHITELAW AND AJA ROMANO What is fanfiction? That’s the question magazine articles and TV segments have been attempting to answer for upwards of 40 years now, usually without doing much...
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New Tumblr tackles the issue of male-only panels across geek media
After last month's Book Expo scandal over a guest list of mostly white entertainers and an all male-only panel on Young Adult publishing, influential author John Green quietly mentioned that he'd...
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Can the Nazi Party build a 'hipper, cooler' brand for the digital age?
BY CHRIS OSTERNDORFThey’re hip! They’re cool! And if you’re not a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant, they probably hate you!That’s right everybody, it’s the new and “improved” Nazi Party.This week, Rolling...
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