I think tumblr is unhealthy, especially for younger teens that use this site. Tumblr not only promotes misanthropy (“i hate everyone,” “can u not,” “ur basic,” etc.) but also romanticizes very serious physical and mental disorders. Depression is now “tragically beautiful,” glorified by black-and-white pictures of thin girls with slashed wrists, overlaid by somber captions. Depression is a mental disorder with varying physical symptoms. I feel like depression and other mental disorders have been trivialized by this site, which is a step backward for people who are actually depressed. I also think tumblr is unhealthy in terms of how it teaches people to think. Both younger and older teens are very malleable, and the mentality of entitlement perpetuated is in no way reflective of reality. I understand that some of this way of thinking is humor, but I don’t think many people realize that most people do not take radical liberals/feminists seriously in the “real world.”
(The picture is one example of the many pictures circulating around tumblr that romanticize depression).
