"My name is Rhoda Morgenstern. I was born in the Upper Midwest in the mid seventies, but I've lived all over the world. People love me or hate me, and it's nice knowing where I stand. I had a bad puberty, and it's still going strong. I'm a high school graduate, I went to a liberal arts college where I learned about writing and feminism and paternalism. If I remembered my ACT scores, I'd never admit it. You may remember me from Trainwrecks. I was the one with good grammar and occasional lazy spelling errors. I started Rhoda's Tact Shack as a side project where I could dispense tactful advise, both solicited and unsolicited, into the tumblr-sphere. Then I abandoned it. Now I'm back. Tumblr, this is your last chance!"
“I can’t believe that, with so much negativity in this world, people are so eager to introduce more.”
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Justin Ouellette (via marco)

I have to respectfully disagree that questioning an online social network’s TOS practices in light of damning evidence is necessarily “negative.”

Or, it is negative, but that’s not a bad thing. Would you rather have a complacent user base that doesn’t raise a finger in defense of blogs they loved? Would you rather have MySpace-like sheeple who just say, “Well OK then, I’m not going to question anything?”

I used to really dislike Trainwrecks, but now I see the necessity of social-network gadflies. They keep everyone in check. Yes, they’ve made fun of my dumb ass and I didn’t like it at the time. But you know what? I deserved it, and it’s made me a better blogger.

Not everyone will be sunshine and rainbows 24/7. And that’s fine. Critical commentary - even if it sometimes crosses the line — makes Tumblr a better community. Ban anyone who threatens or commits libel. I think we can all agree that crosses a line.

But don’t ban someone just for not being “nice”. Sometimes it’s the meanies that help make the world go round.

(via jgh)

Jessica,

You got the worst of some of my early (and objectively lousy) work on Trainwrecks, and I admire your ability push through criticism and turn it into a force for good in your life.  You’re a better, and dare I say braver writer than you were 6 months ago.

Thanks for sticking up for Trainwrecks.

In tact,

Rhoda

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