Well, Iām late to this party of having something to say about the announcement Tumblr made today, but fuck it, Iāve still got some things to say, and I need to get this out - even if itāll only live here for a few weeks.
Weāve had a lot of messages today, asking for our thoughts, and for most of the day Iāve not known what to say. The shock has left me a little speechless. Now Iām home and not putting out fires at work, and Iāve had a few glasses of a really good 2001 Shiraz so fuck it - Iām feeling more inclined to put down some thoughts.
Both Mrs. and I have a had some things come up in our lives that weāve had to deal with that have been very difficult. As have many of you. It helps give some perspective to what this is. Is it the worst thing in the world to happen? Is it as bad as some peopleās situations all over the world? No to both of those.
Iām not trying to minimize what happened today and how many of us are feeling. Itās a fucking sucker gut punch - and it fucking hurts - it fucking hurts a lot - and it fucking sucks. It makes me angry, sad, and a lot of other emotions. Itās a huge disappointment. This is one of the most Monday things of Mondayās Iāve fucking heard of in a long fucking time.
That being said, weāll all find a way to move on - but most importantly weāll hopefully find a way to move on still in contact with those weāve met here that weāve made genuine connections with. Tumblr canāt take that away for good.
Thatās the most important thing to us. The connections. Weāve made some amazing connections with people here. Real people just like us. Normal everyday people who found a safe place to share their desires and thoughts around sex (and many other topics). Weāve gotten to know some fellow Tumblrs very well. Some weāve had the chance to meet in person, and some weāve even gotten to fuck. All in all a pretty fucking great experience overall.
This place has not just been an escape for us, but also a continuing daily lesson into our desires. Weāve learned so much more about what excites us, and itās helped us grow so much over the last few years - as people, as a couple, as sexual human beings, as swingers - itās been eye opening and itās helped us be able to communicate with each other about things we see, ideas it gives us. Weāve felt accepted, and okay for our desires. Not ashamed of what we do, or what we share. Fuck you Tumblr staff for making it seem like we should be ashamed of having NSFW content.
The header of their post about a ābetter, more positive Tumblrā was such a horseshit title. I mean fuck you and your self righteous moral posturing. You know whatās positive? Deciding to share with others your experience, thoughts, desires, and showing all sizes, shapes, and colors of body types. Now not only will there no longer be no adult content allowed, theyāve gone so far back with regressive pre-1950ās censorship bullshit like āfemale-presenting nipplesā as content that wonāt be allowed. Fuck that. While our blog may not completely go away - we do have a few SFW posts over the last five + years, not sure weāll try to keep it going for very long after the 17th.
I know some people consider what we do ānot classyā - frankly I donāt give a fuck and wonāt feel ashamed for sharing what we decided to share. Itās who we are, itās real, itās honest. Itās positive and Tumblr can quite frankly fuck off they donāt see it as such.
We wonāt disagree that child pornography is completely abhorrent and not something we support either. I find it hard to believe they donāt have a way to monitor that better, but still allow consenting adults to post adult content. But letās be honest, with all their high moral posturing, this is also about money and their ability to monetize a platform and turn this into another Instagram.
Five + years - thatās how long weāve had this blog.
Over 328,000 followers, and over 122,000 posts - over 4,420 of them our own personal content posts.
Weāve taken ninety eight different photo sets and shared them here.
This is what it comes down to?!?
I said it before - this fucking hurts. I hate having the rug pulled out from under me and thatās exactly what this feels like. Weāre grateful for so much here - the people weāve connected with, what weāve learned about ourselves, what weāve been able to share thatās been appreciated - thereās a long list of what to be thankful for - and we genuinely are.
Where to go next for us? I donāt know. Itāll take some time over the next few days to find the best options. Open to suggestions. Again, most importantly, weāll find a way to keep connected to those weāve made friendships with. That will outlast the bullshit of this decision.
As Iām writing this, listening to some music to help process this, these words came across my headphones to my ears and heartā¦
āI have lost a hero, I have lost a friend, but for you darling, Iād do it all againā because āYouāre the only motherfuckers in the city who can handle me.ā - St. Vincent
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