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Celebrating International Women’s Day!

Today marks the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, a global celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women and a time to recognize the achievements made by women around the world.

The Tumblr community is bursting with amazing, talented, inspirational women who we love and admire. Check out these blogs run by five of them…

Awesome Shit Women Did
Celebrates the impact women have had on our world by highlighting their incredible accomplishments and contributions to all areas of life.

Britticisms
Britt is a music, arts, and culture writer and researcher, and she writes about avant-garde and independent music and culture here.

Agent 3Z
Zahira’s collection of whatnots, eyebrow raising shenanigans, and the occasional rant.

Thresca
Tere is a web developer, writer, and artist who blogs about her creations and inspirations.

Owsome
Chelsea writes about space exploration, science, and other awesome things with an infectious sense of wonderment.

(photo via nevver)

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We had a great time at Tumblr Reads About Music! Thanks to the community and all the performers for coming out on Friday. Stay tuned for info on upcoming readings in Chicago and LA!

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Name Ian Andersen
First post November 2009
Location Houston, TX

Ian Andersen always liked comics, but it wasn’t until he found James Kochalka’s American Elf that he started making his own. “The idea of just doing a strip a day about my own life really blew me away,” he says. Like many other cartoonists before him, he discovered that this daily routine pushed him to improve his ability in both drawing and writing. Ian has posted a daily comic for two years now, attends college, and drinks lots of coffee.

Also check out…

Museums and Stuff
A PhD student living in Vienna shares her love of museums.

Let My People Show
Robin Cembalest, executive editor of ARTnews, blogs about art and culture.

Movies and Food
An exhibition of food and drink as portrayed in film.

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Like music? We fucking love music. Which is why we’re so excited to finally announce that we’ve hooked up with SoundCloud to bring their network of sound (music, podcasts, standup, journalism, and pretty much anything audible) to Tumblr.

Not only can you cut-and-paste any SoundCloud track URL into your Audio posts, now you can search SoundCloud from the comfort of Tumblr!

And did we mention you can post an unlimited number of SoundCloud tracks every day? Yeah.

But where this really shines is on your beautiful blogs. We pull in the track info, album art, and play count, to display perfectly in your theme. Here’s one in our Well Liked theme:

And just when we thought it couldn’t get any better, our wonderful friends at SoundCloud just added a “Share on Tumblr” feature to their iPhone/Android apps, Tumblr buttons on all SoundCloud tracks, and Tumblr auto-posting for SoundCloud users. *swoon*

Get to posting. Enjoy!

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Now Live: Camera Info

The Dashboard now lets you view the Camera Model, ISO, Aperture, Exposure, and Focal Length of any photo uploaded with Exif data.

We’ve also made this data available in themes with the following tags:

{block:Exif}
    {block:Camera}
        Camera: {Camera}<br />
    {/block:Camera}

    {block:Aperture}
        Aperture: {Aperture}<br />
    {/block:Aperture}

    {block:Exposure}
        Exposure: {Exposure}<br />
    {/block:Exposure}

    {block:FocalLength}
        Focal Length: {FocalLength}<br />
    {/block:FocalLength}
{/block:Exif}

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Super Simple Tumblr Pillow by kevinnuut

1. Get a pillow.
2. Insert said pillow into Tumblr bag.

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Name Unified Theater
First post October 2009

Unified Theater is a student-driven initiative that facilitates inclusion of young people with and without disabilities through the performing arts. They partner with middle and high schools, train student leaders, and help coordinate a final production which includes students of all abilities. Founded in 2002 by Micaela Connery when she was only 15, Unified Theater has programs running in 27 schools throughout five states and has let thousands of young people step into the spotlight.

Also check out…

Private Noise
Pictures of people listening to music. And the music they’re listening to.

Springwise
Your daily fix of new business ideas.

Animals Being Dicks
Exactly that.

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Name The Burning House
Location New York

If your house was burning, what would you take with you? The answer says a lot about your values and background, according to photographer Foster R. Huntington. The Burning House is a living gallery of photographs of the items chosen by people from all backgrounds, from all around the world. “It’s a philosophical conflict between what’s practical, valuable, and sentimental. You’re forced to prioritize and boil down a life of accrued possessions into what you can carry out with you,” Foster says.

Also check out…

The Changelog
A weekly podcast and blog that covers what’s fresh and new in Open Source.

Sounds of My City
A collaborative, community-oriented audio ethnography of Toronto. This is what Toronto sounds like.

Officials Say the Darndest Things
Cataloging what officials in business and government (and any other centers of power) let slip.

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Ура! Tumblr is now available in Russian.

This localization makes Tumblr more accessible in Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and a host of other countries where we’ve seen new Tumblr communities emerging.

This makes eight different languages that Tumblr supports, with more coming!

You can change your language settings on the Preferences page.
Be sure to also follow the new official Russian Staff Blog.

Наслаждайтесь!

Os homens 
pensam que possuem uma mente, 
mas é a mente que os possui
Há pessoas que amam o poder, 
e outras 
que tem o poder de amar