Re:Inside Tumblr’s teen suicide epidemic
by rhino369 on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @02:26PM
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The blog platform is part of society and it is very much a part of their sub-society. Suicide contagion is a real phenomenon and Tumblr societies seem to be glorifying it.
This might just be my privilege leaking, but I also wonder if spending so much time documenting and discussing injustice depresses people and makes them feel hopeless. There is a very strong contingent on Tumblr that exists to find something to be outraged about every single day.
I don't mean we should whitewash discrimination and injustice, but I seriously doubt wallowing in it helps.
This might just be my privilege leaking, but I also wonder if spending so much time documenting and discussing injustice depresses people and makes them feel hopeless. There is a very strong contingent on Tumblr that exists to find something to be outraged about every single day.
I don't mean we should whitewash discrimination and injustice, but I seriously doubt wallowing in it helps.