kowabungadoodles:

A comic about looking after yourself, your loved ones and your mental health during the tough times ahead.
I started this last November, when people were hurting so hard it was difficult to function - I’m sorry it took me so long to finish it.  

Everyday activism you can do when you feel powerless.
And when you feel stronger, Punch back.

[First panel: Two people standing in the dark, surrounded by screens showing “HATE”; one has shoulder-length dark hair and freckles, the other has short, messy light hair. Text: “We all need to fight. Now more than ever.”

Second panel: a caption reads, “But when all the world seems to be sapping your strength.” In the left half-panel the freckled person is looking sadly at their phone, which is showing them hateful messages; in the right, the short-haired person is passing an unfriendly crowd talking among themselves.

Third panel: on the left, the freckled person looking at a small amount of money in their hand, and on the right the short-haired person sitting in bed, looking at what appears to be a hospital bracelet on their wrist. Text: “When you need every bit of that strength just to get by.”

Fourth panel: the freckled person with their eyes closed, holding their phone against their heart, surrounded by symbols and words such as “unfollow”. Text: “It’s okay to disconnect.”

Fifth panel: the short-haired person sitting on a park bench with eyes closed, exhaling. Text: “Take a breath.”

Sixth panel: the freckled person holding a cat. Text: “Recharge.”

Seventh panel: the short-haired person tucked up in bed, smiling at their phone which is showing them a heart. Text: “Reconnect.”

Eighth panel: both people in bed, hugging, while the cat looks on. Text: “Take care of yourselves. And each other.”

Ninth panel: both people at a protest, with determined expressions, holding the poles of a banner. Text: “Fight every day, in any way you can.”

Tenth panel: the short-haired person is sharing homemade cookies with the freckled person, while the cat clings to their shoulder. Both are smiling. Text: “If all you have strength to do today is exist, then resist by existing.”]

tom-isaacs:

Anónimo 3 -  María Evelia Marmolejo

Joining a roster of politically active Latin American artists experimenting with performance art in the 1980s, Marmolejo’s works dealt largely with environmental issues, the role of women, and the concurrent political oppression in her native Colombia. Anónimo 3 (1982), for instance, was conceived as an atonement ritual in which she apologized to the Earth for years of pollution. The 15-minute performance in Valle del Cauca, Colombia, consisted of her covering her face with gauze and her body with surgical tape, then performing a vaginal wash over a toilet bowl in the center of a circular patch of earth. The fluids that fell to the ground were intended to re-fertilize the area.

This post was recently flagged as explicit. I requested a review and received an email within a matter of minutes to say the review had been performed and the ruling was upheld. There was no room for appeal. The post was taken off my tumblr. I decided to make a complaint through other channels. 

I sent a message to community support:

My post was incorrectly flagged as explicit. There is nothing sexual in this image and no nipples or genitals are showing.

I received the following response:

Adult content is not permitted on Tumblr.

If you feel that we have miscategorized your post, you can appeal this decision. Just open your account settings, select “Review flagged posts,” and you’ll see a timeline view of your posts that have been flagged on that blog.

Unsatisfied with this response I persisted:

Thanks [redacted],

But the person who reviewed the material has not followed your own guidelines. Furthermore, the review of my appeal took all of five minutes before it was denied so the claim that it was ‘carefully reviewed’ does not stand up to scrutiny.

I am very disappointed not only with the draconian turn that Tumblr has taken, but also the scattershot approach they’ve taken to upholding their own standards and rules.

Some time later I received the following email:

Hello,

We’ve reviewed your classification appeal and have determined the contents of your post is not adult per our Community Guidelines located here: https://www.tumblr.com/policy/en/community. Your post has now been restored. We apologize for the error. For more information about what is considered adult content, please see our FAQ support post or the Tumblr Help Center.

Thank you,
Tumblr Trust & Safety