I recently sold my soul to Disney+ and so it only makes sense to have my latest blog post named after the 2004 American teen musical-comedy blockbuster featuring the one and only, Lindsay Lohan.
So I have a confession- I’ve been an active user on Tumblr since the SuperAvengersWhoLock days when every edgy teen was embarrassed about having a Tumblr, and would then get typecasted into a box shortly after. I snuggled into the box and happily stayed there. I remember gaining a fair share of followers (after inorganically promoting it on a game site where you played Tic Tac Toe to get shoutouts) and being so proud that I found people who appreciated my witty text posts and carefully catered reblogs. Or I just really excelled at Tic Tac Toe. I never ended up sharing my Tumblr with anyone I knew in real life (except for 2 people who have probably forgotten about it immediately after I told them because they would never in a million years understand what it meant to me). But beyond that, it was like a second bed to me- the one place that always took me in its arms no matter what was happening else where. I remember having a really really terrible day in high school and posting about it- I was never one to properly share my feelings with friends, but the people on the platform cared and they told me things were going to get better.
Tumblr now isn’t what it used to be back then. The platform is filled with people who once (and still) found solace and forgiveness through it in this very very strange world. It’s filled with very distorted senses of humour that we happily embrace. Pictures of sunsets and the Eiffel Tower with that “Tumblr aesthetic”® still dance along my dashboard as I scroll through it. It’s nice to be able to glorify the little things in life, and now more than ever, that seems important.
If you have something that keeps you going everyday- don’t let go of it. Even if it’s just an outdated platform that gets terrible PR. Or this entire post was just an extremely elaborate way to tell you that I run a meme blog, and this blog you’re reading is simply my side hustle. Either way, I hope you take care in these very weird times. Stay safe during the pandemic!
Now off I go- back to listening to Lorde’s Melodrama.
