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Music

Arctic Monkeys' AM sold us an aspirational dark fantasy of adulthood

As the record turns 10, we look back at its yearning, cinematic and deeply rebloggable soft grunge legacy.
Jasmine Li
8.24.23
Opinion

The problem with the Tumblr renaissance

As Twitter burns, let’s not overlook the harmful culture of disordered eating as synonymous with the platform as indie sleaze and Lana Del Rey.
Daisy Schofield
11.21.22
Culture

How to become a meme with Naomi Elizabeth

Once a 'Tumblr pop enigma' who disappeared from the internet, Naomi discusses her new guise as an esoteric shitposter.
Hatti Rex
5.13.22
Fashion

A guide to Charli XCX's style evolution

The avant-popstar’s ever-evolving style has taken in Tumblr’s soft grunge, Paris Hilton cosplay and 2020’s Y2K revival.
Zoë Kendall
3.16.22
Fashion

7 of Sky Ferreira's most iconic outfits

The singer-songwriter epitomized Tumblr’s “soft grunge” in Givenchy and American Apparel tennis skirts.
Zoë Kendall
3.4.22
Culture

Oh god, is twee back?

Dig out your cardigans and ballet flats!
Roisin Lanigan
1.4.22
Culture

Thigh gap discourse is back, thanks to TikTok

A number of creators are trying to cancel the problematic Tumblr-era beauty standard, but it's more complicated than that.
Laura Pitcher
9.30.21
Culture

Dark Academia is the witchy literary aesthetic sweeping TikTok

Reading 18th century French literature, practicing script, oil painting... the latest internet trend is the perfect cozy quarantine mood.
Caroline Edwards
4.24.20
Opinion

This girl is right: 2013 was a cultural reset

From The Harlem Shake to Lorde's debut, we truly were not worthy.
Douglas Greenwood
4.6.20
Culture

Cottagecore is the pastoral fantasy aesthetic taking over TikTok

The new internet trend for tranquility-craving teenagers is “all about softness and being gentle."
Sarah Woolley
2.12.20
Culture

how gay tiktok became gay tumblr for gen z

After the blogging platform banned NSFW content, queer young people turned to the popular app to express themselves.
Rachel Charlene Lewis
10.2.19
Culture

a guide to vsco girls – the tumblr girls of 2019

‘Basic’ has been rebranded thanks to a new internet phenomena – the VSCO girl. Who is she?
Roisin Lanigan
7.26.19
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