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Name America Underwater
Location Washington, DC
An estimated 11 million American families currently owe more than their homes are worth. A joint project of Rebuild the Dream and The New Bottom Line, America Underwater shares how these families’ dreams are drowning in debt. “If mortgages were reduced to their fair market value—what our homes were worth before the bank-caused recession—we could reset the housing market, reign in unemployment, and put money back into people’s pockets,” reads their mission statement.
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Ladypreneurs: Women Winning at Work
Inspired by creative, entrepreneurial, kick ass women, Willo O’Brien aims to inspire and support more women to speak up, stand tall, and do their part to change the game.
Hipster Branding
Holding up a mirror to the artsy community.
One Tiny Hand
One tiny step for hands, one giant leap for mankind.
Name Slaughterhouse 90210
Location New York
One of the most popular book-related blogs on Tumblr, Slaughterhouse 90210 is a perfect marriage of high and low culture. Editor Maris Kreizman pairs screencaps from beloved (and reviled) television shows with befittingly suited quotes from literature. It’s where Kurt Vonnegut meets Brenda Walsh, Oscar Wilde meets Arrested Development, and Snooki meets Somerset Maugham. This classic Tumblr celebrates its three-year anniversary this week.
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Ryan Selvy
At only 19, this prolific comic artist makes us think about life. And giggle.
Poetry Society of America
The nation’s oldest poetry organization helps promote the artform through vintage photos and comtemporary commentary.
The Trevor Project
Provides suicide prevention services to LGBTQ youth, plus great quotes, images, and videos about being yourself and loving it.
Three weeks ago we posted a preview of our new Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Community Guidelines to get your feedback.
We’ve been delighted to read all of the thoughtful feedback you’ve sent to our policy team, and have hopefully answered every single email. Please let us know if…
Name Jake Fogelnest
Location Los Angeles (en route)
Comedian Jake Fogelnest started a one-man public-access TV show, SQUiRT TV, from his New York City bedroom when he was 14 years old. Two years later, the show moved to MTV, bringing celebrity guests into his bedroom. Jake has written for VH1’s Best Week Ever and regularly contributes to SNL’s “Weekend Update.” He currently hosts two shows on Sirius XM radio. This week, Jake moves to Los Angeles, to pursue his dream of making it big in Los Angeles.
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Screenshots of Despair
Cataloguing online messages that evoke feelings of despair. Submit your own!
The Spirit of Schubert
A collection and reflection of everything Schubert, to accompany Spirit of Schubert on BBC Radio 3.
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
The inside story of Ai Weiwei, a dissident for the digital age who inspires global audiences and blurs the boundaries of art and politics.
Sharing your posts on Facebook just got a billion times better, with integration into Facebook’s Timeline, News Feed, and Ticker.
New options include:
- Toggle “Send to Facebook” when posting.
- Share Replies on your Facebook Timeline.
- Share Likes on your Facebook Timeline.
(They even get lumped together so they’re not overwhelming!)
You can find the new options in your blog settings. If your blog is already connected to Facebook, you’ll be automatically prompted to upgrade.
Name The Political Notebook
Location New York
News, politics, and spunk! The Political Notebook is a mix of curation and global news commentary by journalist and blogger Torie Rose DeGhett. TPN covers international issues, with particular attention to South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. Torie’s primary concerns and interests are conflict, international development, gender, and social movements. She also loves Arab rap.
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Galaxy Next Door
Celebrating a passionate love of video games and gaming culture.
PTRBKR
Photographer Peter Baker lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan and likes everything that tastes like chicken.
Force Close
Tech thoughts by Cody Sherman on Android, Google, Linux, Macs, the web, and more.
Extra Extra!
Do you have a Tumblr story? Has Tumblr changed your life in any profound or personal ways? What’s your dashboard mean to you? We want to know — and if you’re game, your story could become part of STORYBOARD, a big secret project we’re working on. Post your story (or gif! photo! or video!) with the STORYBOARD tag, or if you’d like to submit privately, use this form.
Name Celebrate Poetry
Location New York
April is National Poetry Month, and Alfred A. Knopf and Tumblr are joining forces to celebrate in style. Follow this Tumblr for a stream of verse from new voices in the Tumblr community as well as established writers. Submit your own poems for a chance to be featured, or join us at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe on April 23rd to meet up and hear readings by U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine and other amazing poets. And don’t forget to check out the brand-new Poetry Spotlight for new poetry blogs to follow!
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Made with Paper
Tumblr is the modern-day notebook. FiftyThree created Paper so you can post sketches, diagrams and more to it.
Coverjunkie
Celebrates creative magazine covers you wanna link and their ace designers.
Digithoughts
A pile of thoughts, links, pictures, and stats on mobile, gadgets, business, the web and more.
Attn: Android users. We’re incredibly excited to announce the launch of the new Tumblr app!
Apart from a totally new, beautiful interface, updates include:
- More responsive, faster-loading dashboard and blogs
- Better photo browsing and animated gif support when you tap an image
- Notifications for multiple blogs live in one place
- Tumblr Radar!
If your phone isn’t set to auto-update the app, be sure to download the update in the Google Play market.
Listen to this! We just teamed up with Spotify so you can post tracks, playlists, and full albums from their very extensive library. Search for tracks or paste a Spotify link to embed your music — without the daily limit. :)
To celebrate, we’ve put together this playlist featuring musicians from the Tumblr Spotlight. Hit play and enjoy!
Don’t have Spotify yet? Get it here!
