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Kolmanskop is Namibia’s most famous ghost town. It lies in the southern part of the Namib desert about 10 kilometers inland from the port town of Lüderitz.
After diamonds were discovered here in 1908, it wasn’t long before a new settlement sprung up in the architectural style of a German town. With the wealth of the diamond industry the town had all the luxuries of a European town despite its isolated location. It had a hospital, ballroom, power station, school, skittle-alley, theatre and sport-hall, casino, ice factory and even the first tram in Africa!
However, it was not long before the diamonds dried up and discoveries elsewhere drew miners away. Kolmanskop was finally deserted in 1956. Ever since the desert has been slowly covering the town’s buildings in sand. (Source)
The Badlands region in the Utah is famous for its arid and unforgiving landscape, which is decorated by sharp and eroded spires of stone. If you catch it at just the right moment and in the right conditions, however, these apparent wastelands can give birth to an extraordinary explosion of color and life in the form of beautiful wildflowers.
Plants in American desert or desert-like areas have evolved to make the most of their challenging environment. In the spring, when they receive moisture, they spring into action, doing what they can to conserve as much water as possible and to bloom and reproduce quickly. These blooms can be very short-lived to conserve moisture, which is why they can be a rare sight. (Source)
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here’s a list of blogs i no longer associate with + links to some of the evidence/posts/etc. !
please note that this is subject to change, as i may add to it or change the content if needed (in which case i’ll make a note at the bottom of the post of what i changed). i’m focusing on blogs within the following criteria:
i’m also open to adding more blogs to this list. there are several other blogs that i no longer associate with, but for the purposes of this post, i’ve chosen to focus on submission-oriented blogs or big blogs that may regularly work with content creators and/or models. this is not a complete list by any means.
additionally, there are many problematic blogs that can be found on awesome blocklists such as @keeping-kinksters-safe, @whotoblock, @preciousofcolour-blocklist, and @wouldyoukindlynotbegross.
if you have any experiences that you would like me to add as evidence, please feel free to message me, and i’d be happy to do so. please note: i do not have the authority to nor am i trying to say that any allegations are definitively true or false; the purpose of this post is to raise awareness so people can access what’s been said and make judgments for themselves and their safety.
reason: predatory behavior towards content creators, pressured content creators for free content, recorded skype shows without consent and sold them without consent
other blogs: iamthepureskin.tumblr.com, testingthepureskin.tumblr.com*, thevuas.tumblr.com**
reason: made heavily transphobic comments, refused to even attempt to understand why his behavior was problematic and hurtful, claims to be “supportive of all women” but fundamentally misunderstands how his “feminism” is trans-exclusionary
other blogs: N/A
reason: asks for sex workers’ login info for one of their accounts to “protect” their porn4ladies snapchat (which sounds a lot like blackmail) in exchange for snapchat takeovers, spreading sex workers’ public snapchats without consent as them being “hooked up”
other blogs: porn5ladies.tumblr.com, audibleporn.tumblr.com, genitalsanxiety.tumblr.com, nakedcouples.tumblr.com
reason: changing submission guidelines to ones that discriminate against sex workers (i.e., that submissions need to be “artistic” and cannot be “self-shot” when many of the submissions that bolstered the blog are self-shot), blocking people for asking for explanations about why
other blogs: N/A
evidence: [x]
reason: pressures sex workers to give content for free in exchange for snapchat takeovers on their account, blocked someone for just reblogging a post calling out another big submission blog for predatory behavior
other blogs: N/A
evidence: [x]
reason: inappropriate behavior towards models during shoots (such as taking photos without consent and sexually harassing/assaulting them), selling photos of models without their consent
other blogs: N/A
*edit: (potentially) connected blog added
**edit: (potentially) connected blog added
Nice to see something like this compiled. Added to my #blacklist tag !
