But Tumblr, the blogger says, filled a void when the company wanted to explore the archival and historical aspects of gay porn. “This was a good spot for us all to exchange and combine our info and knowledge, so I hope we can find a new way to do that.”īijou Classics, the gay adult company behind the blog, also posts regularly to Pornhub and maintains an extensive web presence across multiple platforms that allow adult content. They believe that other blogs focused on the history of erotica will also suffer. This change will erase years of content from countless Tumblr users,” says the anonymous author behind Bijouworld, which curates photos of vintage gay porn, old magazine covers, and newspaper clippings. “There is a lot of value in being able to share images of and information about sexuality. It’s not the same thing- coup-de-zizi December 4, 2018 With Tumblr gone from the equation, creators and readers fear their hubs of sex-positive and body-positive content will vanish. Most sites, like Facebook and Instagram, prohibit nudity and regularly remove posts that are flagged. It’s also been relatively unique among social media sites for allowing nudity and sexually explicit content to be posted. Tumblr is home to a myriad of sex-positive and body-positive blogs, in addition to indie porn blogs and curated archives that provide something not found on Pornhub, YouPorn, or any of the other mainstream adult portals. “We shared it, discussed it, debated it, and curated it.” Porn, she says, was as appropriate on Tumblr as song lyrics. Tumblr allowed it to exist right next to every other facet of our messy, millennial experience,” says Vex Ashley, who runs the blog Vextape that’s inspired by her work as a cam model and making DIY porn.
“Sex wasn’t this separate, shameful thing. It’s as though Tumblr CEO Jeff D’Onofrio has failed to understand his own platform, how unique these communities are to Tumblr, and how unlikely it is for them to survive beyond the shutdown. But creators and readers alike don’t believe there’s another website that fosters the same kind of sex-positive spaces that Tumblr has. This week, Tumblr announced that it would ban all adult content from its platform and said any user who was hurt by the decision could simply migrate to another site.