Content warning: discussions of pro-ana content This week we look back into the weird and wonderful world of Tumblr 2012-2017. We discuss what we loved about it at the time and the sense of community from fandoms, the failures of Dashcon and how the ban on adult content didn't do enough to protect children accessing other harmful posts. Pop culture moments of the week include Grimes reading Marx, Givenchy's 'noose' necklace and protestors on the runway, Facebook crashing and the discovery of the Zodiac Killer. We have a Patreon with TWO bonus episodes released each month! ELEVEN episodes of Celebrity Corner and Bad Book Club and Met Gala Review are out NOW! Join our Culture Gang! Email us at [email protected] and follow us on instagram @culturehangpodcast, twitter @CultureHang, TikTok @culturehangpodcast and Youtube! Links: https://mashable.com/article/tumblr-mistakes-tiktok-teen-creators https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/08/13/tumblr-once-sold-billion-owner-wordpress-just-bought-site-fraction-that/ Ready To Glare ‘Why Tumblr sucks ep. 4: PRO ANA/PRO MIA’ ‘Why Tumblr sucks ep.8: Self-harm glamorizing’ Internet Historian ‘The Failure of Dashcon | The world’s first Tumblr convention’ Sarah Z ‘Tumblr’s Failed Convention: The Story of Dashcon’ STRANGE ÆONS ‘A Cursed Look Into Tumblr History (Heritage Posts)’ ModernGurlz ‘tumblr aesthetics from the 2010s 🤓💻🎀’ graysons project ‘Tik Tok is Tumblr in the Worst Ways’

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