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pearshapefun · 2 months

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many people were confused about some of my previous posts, so for the sake of clarity i am condensing everything! tumblr has extremely transphobic moderation practices, often flagging completely innocent posts as explicit, solely for containing trans women in them or mentioning transgenderism. while letting untagged porn in sfw tags (ive literally seen porn tagged as "sfw agere") and blatent hatespeech, especially twards trans people (just look at the "gender critical" tag) go completely unchecked recently the CEO of tumblr had a big public hissyfit about people (rightfully) calling him transmysogenistic, going into random trans womens dms to harrass them, and saying that predstrogen saying she "hopes he explodes with hammers and then explodes again and hammers fly everywhere" is a death threat and saying he is calling the FBI on her (repeatedly misgendering her and calling her "it") and many bloggers, apon speaking out about it or even making harmless jokes (one trans woman posted a picture of a car and a hammer with the caption "reblog to scare matt" and got nuked for it) and many are very very angry (rightfully) about this whole affair and tumblr in general. if you would like to look into it i reccomend scrolling the "predstrogen" tag as she is the case most people are talking about at the moment. So, what can we do? this is clearly an ongoing issue, and, dispite having lost a lawsuit about their transphobic moderation in the past (see : https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21274288-tumblr-nycchr-settlement) its clearly not gonna stop with just user complaints, as staff members are perfectly content to just go scorched earth on users who even so much as lightly poke fun at them well if you want to help you should contact the human rights commision (i will give clear details further down) ! you dont have to be in the US, nor be an adult to file, and it only takes a few minutes. this is the best and most effective method to fix this, because it hits tumblr where it hurts. human rights acencies have a lot of legal and financial power and tumblr CAN NOT just ignore them, and given that this will be the seccond time this is happening, the commisions shouldnt be playing nice anymore eaither. its really important that AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE FILE, and with different examples! while maybe your case might not be enough to prop up a lawsuit on its own, we need to prove a general trend. so every little bit counts! to respond to another question abt this ive gotten, as for what exactly to report, you should a) write about an act of discrimination youve recieved on tumblr that was eaither administered by a staff member OR that staff refused to give adequate moderation action in for example : a terf posted some blatent hatespeech targeted twards you, and you reported them, and staff looked at the issue and refused to persecute it. example 2 : you were unfairly flagged, deleted, or otherwise punished by a staff member and you are queer ( AND the post they banned you for has some kind of tie to your gender, ex : a sfw transition progress photo ) OR b) if you have not personally recieved something like that, please look for other peoples stories (THEY SHOULDNT BE HARD TO FIND, within the last couple of hours trans people have been being banned LEFT AND RIGHT for trying to speak on this. i would reccomend checking some of the tags related to what happened with predstrogen) and you should describe that incident as best as possible (be sure to disclose that you are speaking for someone else, ideally you should tell the story of someone you know, if possible.) you can also mention any reports you have made twards people posting blatent hatespeech that, opon reveiwing tumblr refused to prosecute dispite it being very obviously against terms of service. just so nobody gets confused about the filing process, im laying it out in more plain languadge!!

first you should email the SF HRC (san francisco human rights commision), at [email protected] and say something along these lines :

Hello, I am [full name] from [country or state] and I am filing a complaint against Tumblr, witch is owned by the parent company Automattic Inc. located at 60 29th St, San Francisco, CA 94110.

Tumblr has had previous issues with the NYC DHR for their moderation being unfairly biased against trans women (see : https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21274288-tumblr-nycchr-settlement).

Despite a legally binding agreement with the NYC DHR, staff members still regularly harrass users based on their gender or sexual orientations. For example : on [date of most recent infraction] [describe incident] (if you are describing an incident that did not happen to you specifically, say something like) This incident involves the user [username] who I am not affiliated with (or/) who I am filing on behalf of.

I can be reached for further inquiries about this incident at [email you want to talk over] or [phone number you want to talk over]. (if you would like to be anonymous) However, In the event of legal prosecution against Automattic I would refer to be kept anonymous, where possible, in court proceedings. alternatively, you can also call the SF HRC at : 415-252-2500, you can use the above text as a starting point for this as well, next you want to fill out the form for the NYC DHR (new york city department of human rights) here : https://www.nyc.gov/site/cchr/about/report-discrimination.page for company you wanna put : Automattic and/or Tumblr for address you wanna put : 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 for phone number you wanna put : (646) 513-4321 and for category of discrimination you can put : Discriminatory harassment and basis of discrimination you can put : Gender; Gender identity you can then use a similar script on the written section of the form. when describing a specific incident, you should attach as many screenshots and links as possible! (for links, include both a live link and an archival link, so take a capture with the internet archive and have that as an alternative, incase a staff member gets petty.) this should only take a few minutes at most, and it helps alot! you can fill this out if you are a minor, and you dont have to be a us resident, please please take the time!!! and, just to clarify because there are many posts going around that are confused about this tumblr moved offices to san francisco recently, so their main HQ is at : 60 29th St, San Francisco, CA 94110 they DO still have an office in new york city, and thats where their PREVIOUS HQ was, the address is : 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003

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pearshapefun · 5 months

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Thank you to @the-void-is-a-disappointment for commissioning me! Until I hit my Kofi goal my commissions are on sale! So come and get em~

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pearshapefun · 9 months

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i just learned about a scam in the 1960s where the crux of the scam was filling barrels with water and topping it off with a layer of vegetable oil. so when inspectors opened the barrels they thought it was 100% oil, which the scammer would use as collateral for loans. genius shit

#Jackpot would #thats her #oc tag #funee

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pearshapefun · 1 year

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#jackpot #thats her

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pearshapefun · 1 year

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i love having ocs with professions i know nothing about its like This is Scientist Sam she works at the Science Factory

#jackpot #im being called out #not art #tonto

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pearshapefun · 1 year

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Donnie x Frida Explained

[Tc*st and Pr*ship DNI]

#Cute art #Pal art #Friend oc x canon #Cute #Rottmnt #Not mine #Not jackpot

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pearshapefun · 1 year

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#jackpot drip #not art

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pearshapefun · 1 year

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Blocked my first user on Mastodon that had "AI artist" in their bio, gotta get that any % hater speedrun started sooner rather than later

#same hat #get lost #the inheret danger of a*art is theft not a*#ive seen profesional ACTUAL artists using it with their own art ad the base #like kosemen #but if you just lñet companies steal from artists and feel entitled to their intelectual property get bent #tech bros thinking they are so big brained that they make problems for everyone else trying to fix things that werent problems #or making actual problems worse #not a replacement to human intent #duh duuh all jobs get automated SHOULD THEY also ARE THEY?? also art is not just A JOB we enjoy creating is capitalism forcing us to mone #text #ooc

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pearshapefun · 1 year

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I in fact don't know anything about music so this is super interesting!!

OK, so let me gush about some jazz music for a second.

Jazz wasn't exactly like, a "cool" genre of music to get into when you're barely in 7th grade but ever since then I was really enamored by this stuff, and I don't think a lot of people really talk about the genre on its own. (All images will have clickable links so you can listen to this stuff yourself. Writeup's after the jump.)

This whole album is genuine chill vibes as well as great atmosphere. I'm showing my bias considering I'm from New York but their whole discography captures the feeling of being around the area, perfect for long car or train rides honestly. I think the marriage of synth sounds and a more "groovy" rhythm with a voice sample or two makes their earlier stuff more engaging than their newer music which strays from acid jazz stuff to more typical jazz offerings with more "natural" sounding instruments. Still good stuff though. I don't even think this is the best "classic" album Down to the Bone did in this style, but it's a great start to their discography.

Probably one of the first jazz albums that I got into on my own accord. It's a bunch of covers of old love songs but Peter White's sound really makes all of these his own tracks. His guitar's his signature instrument and he makes great use of it, but I think I also am just hugely biased towards the older synthesized sounds from 90s jazz. It's straight up smooth instead of the "acid" jazz that Down to the Bone goes into, but it's great all around regardless. The opening track is arguably its strongest.

Hip-hop and jazz have an inseperable tie together, be it through samples, influence, or melodies lifted. It's not as simple as saying one is an evolution of the other, but I definitely am more likely to be engaged in hip-hop that doesn't forget its roots, or jazz that has more of that flair. These songs are loving and respectful tributes to songs from the Blue Note archives, not replacements. My own personal favorite is "Stepping into Tomorrow", a cover of Donald Byrd's classic, though maybe I'm biased because MF DOOM cameos in the beginning.

#Cool #Neat things #Jazz #Not art #Text #Pal Reb

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