Why I’m leaving Tumblr
It's a sad day guys. It's sad because I have loved my community here for years now, and I don't want to see it go. It's really not the majority of you that are forcing me out of this place but it's the small percentage of you who promote hate against women, against people of color, against anybody on the LGBT spectrum. You people have harassed me, have tormented me and my family, you have taken the space that I loved so deeply and made it something ugly. I truly hate you for doing that. Tumblr was a second home for me, at least the part of it that I had carved out for myself. In my corner of Tumblr I found people who were open to the world around them, who were smart and curious, and cared for others. But now it's a place where I have to be reminded of all the horrors of the world and of the monumental forces stacked against me. I am a proud feminist. I am a proud civil rights activist. I am proud to stand with those members of our society who are not afforded all of their human rights and to fight until there is finally some equality and truth in the statement that all are created equal. I'm really sorry to see you go Tumblr. Maybe someday I'll come back to reblog more pictures of Chris Pratt and watch videos of pugs doing cute shit. For now though, to protect my own mental health and honestly my physical health as I don't know what these fucking people are prepared to do next, I need to take a break. I need to find a new community. One that is safe from those horrible people who wish to see people like me go down. To those of you who do remain on Tumblr, those of you who actually give a shit about other people and have some capacity for empathy, I wish you the best. Be safe, keep fighting.
Love,
Olivia
