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staff:

One of the great things about Tumblr is that people use it for just about every conceivable kind of expression. People being people, though, that means that Tumblr sometimes gets used for things that are just wrong. We are deeply committed to supporting and defending our users’ freedom of speech, but we do draw some limits. As a company, we’ve decided that some specific kinds of content aren’t welcome on Tumblr. For example, we prohibit spam and identity theft.

Our Content Policy has not, until now, prohibited blogs that actively promote self-harm. These typically take the form of blogs that glorify or promote anorexia, bulimia, and other eating disorders; self-mutilation; or suicide. These are messages and points of view that we strongly oppose, and don’t want to be hosting. The question for us has been whether it’s better to (a)prohibit them, as a statement against the very ideas of self-harm that they are advancing, or (b) permit them to stay up, accompanied by a public service warning that directs readers to helplines run by organizations like the National Eating Disorders Association.

We are planning to post a new, revised Content Policy in the very near future, and we’d like to ask for input from the Tumblr community on this issue.

Here’s what we think the right answer is:

1. Implement a new policy against pro-self-harm blogs. Here’s draft language we are planning to add to our Content Policy:

Active Promotion of Self-Harm. Don’t post content that actively promotes or glorifies self-injury or self-harm. This includes content that urges or encourages readers to cut or mutilate themselves; embrace anorexia, bulimia, or other eating disorders; or commit suicide rather than, e.g., seek counseling or treatment for depression or other disorders. Online dialogue about these acts and conditions is incredibly important; this prohibition is intended to reach only those blogs that cross the line into active promotion or glorification. For example, joking that you need to starve yourself after Thanksgiving or that you wanted to kill yourself after a humiliating date is fine, but recommending techniques for self-starvation or self-mutilation is not.

We aim to begin implementing this policy next week. Of course, we will allow any affected blogs a grace period in which to edit or download your content.

2. Start showing PSAs on search results for related keywords. In addition, we plan to start posting “public service announcement”-style language whenever users search for tags that typically go along with pro-self-harm blogs. For example, when a user searches for tags like “anorexia”, “anorexic”, “bulimia”, “bulimic”, “thinspiration”, “thinspo”, “proana”, “purge”, “purging”, etc., we would show PSA language like:

Eating disorders can cause serious health problems, and at their most severe can even be life-threatening. Please contact the [resource organization] at [helpline number] or [website].

So that’s our plan. We’d like your feedback. If you have any comments or suggestions, please email them to policy@tumblr.com.

Tumblr wants to put an end to blogs that glorify eating disorders, self-harm and suicide. This is important news. And Tumblr is asking for your opinion, so make your voice heard. 

under400:

Ingredients for batter:

• 1/3 cup of unsweetened almond milk (or soy milk)
• 1/4 cup Organic Whole Wheat flour
• 1 egg white
• 1/4 cup water

Directions:

1. Mix all ingredients together.
2. Heat a medium skillet to medium heat and spray with pam.
3. Take 2 tablespoons of batter and create a then paper thin crepe.
4. Let cook for about 40 seconds then flip.

Ingredients for topping:

• chopped up strawberries
• blueberries
• 1/4 cup Greek Yogurt

Directions:

1. Chop up the strawberries and blueberries and combine with greek yogurt.
2. Put it in the microwave for 40 seconds.
3. Combine them and enjoy!

anatomy-of-recovery:

1. I am beautiful because
2. I am strong because
3. My favorite physical activity is
4. I nourish my body because
5. My loved ones make me feel great about my body when
6. My loved ones make me feel bad about my body when
7. I feel best about myself when
8. I feel bad about myself when
9. A truly positive body…
10. I love being me because
11. I wish that I could give myself permission to
12. I always feel comfortable in my own skin when
13. The lesson I’ve learned about my body image this year is
14. If I could change one thing about my life it would be
15. My favorite part about spring is

Going to do this!

(Source: blogs.psychcentral.com)