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22 октября 2018
We’re celebrating Pride month on Tumblr with a series of interviews from celebrities and artists, asking them about expression, identity, and art. Today’s dose of queer Pride comes from writer and illustrator Ludi Leiva (@ludileiva).
How do you express yourself on a day-to-day basis?
By starting each morning with three pages of free writing. By giving myself permission to doodle just because. Not for anyone, just for myself and I’m learning the idea that my worth isn’t rooted in how much money I make.
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What is the relationship between your art and your identity?
My identity and my art are inextricably linked…you can’t really divorce one from the other. My art and my creative process is a way for me to learn more about myself; To tease apart my identity and to heal.
What advice would you give your younger self about exploring your identity?
Not worry about pleasing people all the time, not worry about societal expectations, and to listen to her intuition. If I had learned that sooner, I think I would have had a different life.
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What about you, Tumblr? How does your identity guide your art? Let your followers know in a post. Tag it #TumblrPride so it’s easily found by the community. Need inspiration? Follow @ludileiva for more beautiful illustrations.
People of Tumblr, we’re throwing up the Bat Signal.
Though this Administration has vowed today to sign an executive order that would end the separation of families at the border stemming from its “zero tolerance” policy, we must continue to apply pressure and do our part. Families should have never been separated in the first place.
Here are five ways that you can help:
1. Call your Senator and let them know that immigration reform is still needed. Call the Senate switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask for your Senator’s office.
2. Donate to organizations that are providing support to immigrant families being held in detention centers all over the country:
The Florence Immigration Project — The Florence Project is providing free legal and social services to migrants being detained in Arizona.
The Texas Civil Rights Project — Lawyers in Texas have banned together to fight for “equality and justice in and out of the courts.”
ACLU of Texas Border Rights Center
RAICES Bond Fund — This fund provides money to release parents from detention centers so they can look for their kids.
CARA Family Detention Pro Bono Project — CARA provides legal representation for families in detention centers.
KIND — Kids In Need of Defense (KIND) provides legal representation for unaccompanied minors in detention centers. They’ve also provided other ways for you to help oppose family separation here.
CARA Pro Bono Project — Help alleviate the cost of housing for volunteer lawyers, as well as sending coloring books to those children in detention centers.
Refugee Caravan — Donate what you can to help detained immigrants make phone calls to their families and lawyers.
3. Contact the Immigration Justice Campaign if you, or someone you know, are fluent in Spanish and can assists lawyers at the border over the phone as an interpreter.
4. Contact Northwest Immigrant Rights Project and volunteer your services as a Spanish-speaking interpreter or as a lawyer for those parents who have been sent to the state of Washington without their children.
5. If you’re a lawyer, law student, paralegal or Spanish-speaking interpreter, contact the Dilley Pro Bono Project for a week-long shift as a volunteer in Texas.
Let’s do what we can to right this wrong because children and families should never have to suffer these kinds of irreparable trauma.
The Tumblr Transparency Report is here
As with previous editions, this report comes in two parts: The first part covers copyright and trademark claims we received from July to December 2017. It’s at tumblr.com/transparency.
The second part is published by our colleagues at Oath. It covers government requests for user data, or to remove content, received by Oath’s brands, including Yahoo, AOL, and Tumblr. That report is at transparency.oath.com.
Okay! That’s it! Thanks!
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Our Pride month celebration continues! Next up in our series of interviews from celebrities and artists is author, activist, podcaster, and so much more, Gaby Dunn (@gabydunn).
How do you express yourself on a day-to-day basis?
By being transparent about things like my sexuality and about money, which I do in my work. If we can talk about the tough stuff, then there’s no reason to feel ashamed or to be anybody else.
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What is the relationship between your art and your identity?
I take the things I’d least like to talk about—the stuff I’m embarrassed by—and turn them into art.
What advice would you give your younger self about exploring your identity?
Don’t worry about what other people will say. They might not like what you’re doing but that’s their problem, not yours.
Tumblr, is there anything you’re embarrassed by that you like to turn into art? Or do you process those emotions in a different way? Share your answer in a post. Tag it #TumblrPride so the whole community can easily see, like, and reply to it!
When you’re done, check out Gaby’s Bad with Money podcast, or purchase the book she co-authored with Allison Raskin, I Hate Everyone But You. They’re real treats.
We’re continuing our Pride celebration with a series of interviews from celebrities and artists on Tumblr, getting their thoughts on how they navigate their identity. Please meet the illustrious designer Zipeng Zhu (@zipeng).
How do you express yourself on a day-to-day basis?
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What is the relationship between your art and your identity?
The relationship between my work and my identity is that my work is my therapy.
What advice would you give your younger self about exploring your identity?
One piece of advice I’d give to my younger self would be “do not try to fit in and be like everyone else, because you are fucking special!”
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Feel inspired? Let your followers know what kind of advice you wish you could give the younger version of yourself in a post. Tag it #TumblrPride so it’s easily found by the community. Don’t forget to follow @zipeng for more beautifully colored pieces of art!
