so SAG-AFTRA finally released some official guidance for fans, viewers, creators/influencers, critics, and more during the strike. here’s what you need to know:
if you see a publication/news source/journalist talking about a piece of struck work, that’s ok. they’re allowed to do that.
2. they’re asking regular viewers and fans to DONATE TO STRIKE FUNDS, SHOW UP TO PICKETS IF YOU CAN, and please do NOT boycott streaming services or movies in theaters.
3. influencers, content creators, cosplayers, and anything in between is still a bit of a grey area, but they’re asking people to use their best judgement. “organically” means UNPAID promo (like an invite to a premiere without being paid, being sent a publicity box, letting the company’s social media post a photo of you in cosplay, etc).
obviously this doesn’t answer every question, and isn’t hard and fast rules for fanworks, but it can at least inform how you personally choose to move forward when posting online and moving publically. i hope this helps!
A very, very gentle reminder that “prev tags” is now completely useless, bc you can no longer click back thru the reblog chain and see the prev tags. You can see the reblog in front of you, and you can find the original post - by itself, completely devoid of context - but you can’t click thru to the previous reblog. This is apparently intentional, since I literally emailed support about it - being able to click back thru the reblog chain and being able to see the source post in context on op’s blog are fundamental parts of the user experience imo and I am pissed - and their response was basically like yeah we meant to do that but if you want to talk about it you can go to our WIP blog, where the ask is literally only open one day a week and we will completely ignore you.
i absolutely hate this update, it’s so annoying and inconvienient for far more reaons than just the prev tags thing. and it’s not even just the reblog chain that has been rendered completely inaccessible - clicking on op’s url won’t even take you to the original post anymore. i wasnt particularly bothered by tumblr live or the new tumblrmart stuff or any of that, but just completely removing a key feature for no apparent reason is something different altogether.
if you’re an android user there is, however, a solution to this, on mobile at least. there’s another post going around that talks about it, but basically it’s possible to uninstall the version of tumblr you currently have and re-install an earlier version from a source that isn’t google play (but is still perfectly safe and legal!)
softpediais a website that i would reccomend for this, you can get every version of the android tumblr app released after 2016here - any version 29.5.0.110 or downwards willallow you to click back through the reblog chain again. (possibly this is true of any version below 30.x.x.xxx but i am not quite sure, i havent gone through and tested them all.)
unfortunately this won’t help on the web version (maybe an extension will come out, fingers crossed) or on ios, because apple doesnt let you download apps from outside the app store. that said, if you’re on ios (or android) and you still havent gotten the update yet, now would be the time to disable automatic updates. unless you just dont care either way, of course, in which case fair enough
hii i figured i’d post my links again bc i still need a hand with moving my transgender ass out of my abusive home situation since im gearing up to give a solid chunk of my earnings to my parents once again
this isn’t a call to bully anyone btw like if youve never been bullied good for you! i hope you’ll never experience it bc it is truly awful and i wouldnt wish that on anyone. the point is though like…… so many of u ppl just casually talk about bullying as if it’s something minor that happens instead of sth that literally traumatizes u and leaves u with lasting hang-ups later on in life.
like, even if you weren’t fully aware of being bullied (im autistic, i didn’t pick up on it until way later and realized that like. all my “normal” experiences were actually rly fucked up lol) it still makes you wary of interacting with others and still makes you flinch when people approach etc
“bring back bullying” it never fucking left you dipshits just want an excuse to be cruel to people you deem Other
hi two homeless trans women still struggling thru unemployment, found a nail in a tire of the van we live in recently and replaced it and that was like 300, and uh we have a gym membership we’re late making payments to that’s like 100. uh. and electrolysis still isnt free, hopefully it is soon lol. and so on. anything helps
Thursday, July 20th: Hello everyone, I’m Gemma, a bi, mentally ill, and disabled woman in desperate need of help, as I’m still struggling to keep my utilities on and pay off my overdrawn account!!
As most of you are already aware from my previous posts, I have been struggling financially these past few years due to Covid-19 and my welfare benefit (Universal Credit) being under continuous reviews, which is due to my worsening mental/physical health and the UK’s controversial changes to how benefits are assessed and assigned. After a lengthy health assessment, I have been declared not to be fit for work. However, I am still waiting for the outcome of my Adult Disability application, which I applied for back in January.
I know this is a difficult time for everyone, and I’m so sorry to be asking for help again, but I still desperately need some as my PayPal is overdrawn due to charge-backs and I don’t receive my welfare until the 31st, which isn’t enough to cover my overdue rent + utility bills and I’m still struggling to get groceries.
If anyone could spare any amount to help me, even if it’s just £1/$1/€1, it would save my life, and sharing definitely helps just as much. Thank you so much for all your help!! ❤
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