Remembering Tumblr's strangest, most formative communities – Life – Mashable SEA

During its heyday from 2010 to 2015, Tumblr was its own vast universe made up of every fandom, aesthetic, and subculture imaginable. In the rearview, a singular Tumblr era has taken hold of the cultural consciousness. Known as the 2014 Tumblr Girl aesthetic, the overall vibe involves a devotion to American Apparel, subversive teen series Skins, the black-and-white filter, Lorde, and Matty Healy of The 1975. But there’s so much more to Tumblr, the blogging platform that raised an entire generation of fangirls and artists, than one aesthetic. What about the often forgotten communities on Tumblr that made it such a meaningful platform to so many different people? They might have been written out of public consciousness, but they’ll always be a formative part of our adolescence. Fuckyeah blogs One pillar of Tumblr was “fuckyeah” blogs. Fuckyeah blogs are dedicated to the celebration of a singular topic, and that subject could be anything — a TV show, a celebrity, or a dessert. Each fuckyeah blog follows the same naming format (see: fuckyeahhistorycrushes and fuckyeahglee). According to a 2015 Storyboard chart published by the Washington Post, fuckyeahtechnospeedandgirls was the first fuckyeah blog created in 2007. The concept gained popularity in 2009…
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