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Sad Etsy Boyfriends reveals the dark side of homemade crafts
There’s an epidemic online, one that no one talks about. But a voice has been given to the voiceless: The sad boyfriends of Etsy have a Tumblr. If you’ve casually browsed Etsy, you may have noticed...
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This Tumblr shows there's nothing wrong with having a therapist
There’s something remarkable happening at Tumblr blog ihaveatherapist.com, and through the Twitter hashtag #ihaveatherapist: people the world over are submitting selfies and stories that seek to...
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The Movie Trigger database is the only ratings system you'll ever need
If you’ve ever tried to make sense of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)’s ratings system, you might know how difficult it is to get an idea of what things in a film you want to avoid....
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'Divergent' fandom struggles with their trilogy's end
Veronica Roth is a writer who knows how to take chances. At one point during Divergent, the first novel of her popular dystopian young adult series, a group of characters climb to the roof of what was...
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What if New York City real-estate brokers ran a bodega?
You can always spot an apartment-for-rent ad on Craigslist, with its tell-tale dialect of random caps locks, asterisks, and exclamation points. This lingua franca of Internet real estate has evolved...
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Delightful Tumblr aims to fund Marina Abramović's retirement
If you’ve been on the Internet at all in the last three years, you’ve encountered the work of Marina Abramović, who not long ago had the audacity to crown herself “the grandmother of performance art.”...
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Twitter's visual update is great for advertisers, problematic for users
With its IPO on the horizon, Twitter announced an update Tuesday afternoon, designed to make the service appeal to more mainstream web users. The hope, no doubt, is to put the platform on equal...
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Duckface teens can't stop taking selfies at funerals
This is not even a little bit surprising: A new Tumblr has cropped up to chronicle instances of people taking selfies at funerals.Selfies At Funerals already has two full pages worth of material, and...
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Blogger trades dates for oysters at top Toronto restaurants
Erin Wotherspoon is the Toronto woman who’s made headlines for her very straightforward approach to dating: using men for meals. If you browse her Tumblr, you’ll see a diary of first dates, dishes,...
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Stock photos of dudes are way funnier with PornHub comments
It’s truly bizarre that porn aggregation site PornHub even has a comments section, but the contents therein are, of course, gold—like Yahoo Answers’ tween army hoisting up 4chan to stare at boobs...
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'Most horrible joke in all of creation' spreads on Twitter
Sometimes, Twitter memes reach such a low point that you just have to sigh with despair. The latest is a prime example of #EverydaySexism, in the form of a rape joke that, for some reason, people just...
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We can't stop laughing at these photos of cats wearing tights
Back in April, China produced the disturbing photo trend of dogs wearing pantyhose—canines trussed up in sexy, sheer nylon and then posed like one of Jack's French girls in Titanic. The cat version is...
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'Supernatural' star turns charity run into a 'Forrest Gump' moment
When he’s not playfully trolling his fans or ruining their lives as a fallen angel on Supernatural, actor and fan favorite Misha Collins fundraises year-round for his charity, Random Acts. And while...
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This is the 'Thor' movie poster fandom has dreamed of
Thor races to the end of the Titanic, the wind blowing his long blond hair all over the place. At the end of the boat is Loki, his mortal enemy, staring longingly out at the sea. The two embrace....
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CEO dismisses 'transphobic' accusations on Tumblr
We all know that old Facebook photos and embarrassing blog posts can come back to haunt us, but Tumblr may well be the worst of the bunch, as one CEO found out recently. Tumblr lulls you into a false...
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Kid-friendly 'Game of Thrones' mashup puts Mr. Men and Little Miss in Westeros
Now the kids can enjoy a Westeros that’s fun for the whole family.Game of Thrones plays out like a giant fantasy epic, but with all of the sex and violence on the screen (and within the books’ pages),...
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A simple message of support saves lives on Tumblr
Can a single image save a life?Tumblr hopes so. If you’ve spent any time on the popular image-sharing and blogging platform, you’ve probably seen this image cross your dashboard at least once: The...
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Same-sex couple never expected this response to their wedding photos
Meredith Hendrix-Jackson’s parents refused to come to her wedding. Instead, her love-filled wedding photos brought sixty thousand Tumblr users to the afterparty. The bright October day that Meredith...
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Multiracial families respond to Richard Cohen's race-baiting
If you thought Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen might avoid including a nasty aside about interracial marriage in an editorial nominally about New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, you really...
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An illustrated guide to Lena Dunham's 'Girls'
The third season of Girls debuts on HBO in early January, but since season 2’s ended, there have been a few interesting “fan” contributions to the show, like this bad creative writing piece disguised...
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