As my followers have probably noticed, I’ve recently been adding image descriptions to posts and reblogging things with image descriptions, and I thought it might be useful to write a guide based on my experience doing them for others who might want to start doing them as well.
Image descriptions are really important for accessibility; people who use screen readers need them because screen readers aren’t great at reading images. And since about 80% of tumblr is images, this means that image descriptions are really important accessibility tool.
(Image descriptions are also really useful for people using tumblr mobile and people with bad internet, but accessibility is really the main reason to have them.)
I’m not an expert or anything, I’m just a guy who started doing this about a month ago, so I recommend you check out this post, this post, and this post, as well as this page by @keplercryptids and this page from @taakitzweek for more advice. I’ve also linked to some ID blogs at the end so you can look at how other people structure their IDs. But anyway, here are my tips for doing image descriptions.
hey remember in 2016 when clown attack panic was a thing? and 2 years later it’s managed to leave no lasting indent in the American psyche, how does that work
While I think it’s great seeing all the excitement and press coverage about India legalizing gay sex, I think it’s really important to remember that this is NOT India progressing due to Western influence. This is India decolonizing.
The homophobic statute that was overturned is a product of British colonialism in India. Prior to that, India had a rich and vibrant queer community that played important functions in society. There were queer Hindu gods and hijras serve as an example of how queerness in society was venerated. This is not something to patronize India over and congratulate ourselves in the West for. This is a victory for India reclaiming their culture.
*boomer voice* this new generation is a bunch of snowflakes. can’t even handle huffing lead paint? pathetic!!! they’ll never last in the real world. smart phones???? more like stupid people!!!!! pokemon GO get a job!!!!!!!!!
In honor of Janelle Monáe coming out I put together a lil graphic about bi & pan identities! This is based on my own experiences within the community as someone who uses both terms. It of course does not cover everything! Image description under the cut.
No bigger reason than that is needed to identify with one term and not the other.
When people tell you they are one but not the other, that is it.
You do not get to argue them using even the reasonable definitions.
Bi people can describe their attraction the way pansexuality/romanticism is defined above and pan people can describe their attraction the way bisexuality/romanticism is defined above and that does not mean they are wrong.
The only differences between bi and pan exists within the individuals who identify with one but not the other.
I often get asked the difference between bi and pan and this explains it really well!
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