She says a trans woman recently told her that the trans-inclusive nature of the blog factored into helping her decide to come out and transition. The latest lyrical review of a dick in the shower, posted on November 30th, reads, “your photo is certainly not coy but it avoids being dick-centric, and apart from minor flares of distraction - a green towel in the bottom-left corner and a blue razor in the windowsill - the background is uncluttered and effective.”Ĭritique My Dick Pic has been described by its followers as “hilarious and useful,” says Holden. She ends her reviews with: “thank you for submitting to critique my dick pic” and a grade ranging from A to F. Holden takes a media that’s often considered a nuisance to receive and approaches it satirically as an art form, going in depth about the shadows and positioning of each photo. That includes lawyer and journalist Maddie Holden, who runs Critique My Dick Pic, a blog that’s received attention from sites including The Hairpin, Jezebel, and The Daily Dot. Many sexuality blog authors don’t see a way forward without Tumblr.
“The site has been pretty beloved for years now, so it’s a shame for its followers.” was one of the few platforms that is broadly open to the public where we could share explicit photos in any sort of organized fashion.” The anonymous person behind the blog says that since 2011, Bijou Classics has “used our Tumblr presence to post images from our archives, written blogs, trivia, and more.” The purpose is to “keep information circulating about the history and evolution of erotica and gay culture.” But Tumblr, the blogger says, filled a void when the company wanted to explore the archival and historical aspects of gay porn. “This was a good spot for us all to exchange and combine our info and knowledge, so I hope we can find a new way to do that.”īijou Classics, the gay adult company behind the blog, also posts regularly to Pornhub and maintains an extensive web presence across multiple platforms that allow adult content. They believe that other blogs focused on the history of erotica will also suffer. This change will erase years of content from countless Tumblr users,” says the anonymous author behind Bijouworld, which curates photos of vintage gay porn, old magazine covers, and newspaper clippings. “There is a lot of value in being able to share images of and information about sexuality. It’s not the same thing- coup-de-zizi December 4, 2018 With Tumblr gone from the equation, creators and readers fear their hubs of sex-positive and body-positive content will vanish.
Most sites, like Facebook and Instagram, prohibit nudity and regularly remove posts that are flagged. It’s also been relatively unique among social media sites for allowing nudity and sexually explicit content to be posted. Tumblr is home to a myriad of sex-positive and body-positive blogs, in addition to indie porn blogs and curated archives that provide something not found on Pornhub, YouPorn, or any of the other mainstream adult portals. “We shared it, discussed it, debated it, and curated it.” Porn, she says, was as appropriate on Tumblr as song lyrics. Tumblr allowed it to exist right next to every other facet of our messy, millennial experience,” says Vex Ashley, who runs the blog Vextape that’s inspired by her work as a cam model and making DIY porn. “Sex wasn’t this separate, shameful thing. It’s as though Tumblr CEO Jeff D’Onofrio has failed to understand his own platform, how unique these communities are to Tumblr, and how unlikely it is for them to survive beyond the shutdown. But creators and readers alike don’t believe there’s another website that fosters the same kind of sex-positive spaces that Tumblr has. This week, Tumblr announced that it would ban all adult content from its platform and said any user who was hurt by the decision could simply migrate to another site.