Inspired by this post, here’s a graphic and a link roundup:
No new content Sept 1 2017, in protest of Tumblr @staff‘s complete lack of effort to take any action to control rampant white-supremacist hate speech on this platform.
(There’s even a lovely write-up of it from this very month: Nazis On Tumblr Are Attempting To Make White Supremacy Hip.) (There’s a change.org petition about it too, which has a nice write-up of exactly how much absolutely-nothing Tumblr @staff are willing to do about egregious hate speech.) (No, I’m not involved with either of those links, nor the original post I’m referecing above, I just thought I’d Google it before I made a graphic. I know very little about this but it all seems pretty gross, now doesn’t it.)
I’m posting this now, then I’ll put it in my queue on the 1st and have that be the only thing that posts on that day (for those of us who can’t shut our queues down easily, that’s a solution). And then, no posts, no replies, no chats, no inbox, no messages, no visits to the site for the duration of the 1st in my timezone.
[Image description: On a blue background, white bold text says: “9/1/17 Tumblr Strike: This blog is posting no new content to protest Tumblr’s unwillingness to take action against white nationalist hate speech”]
THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!
And for people who are wondering about timezone, I’m suggesting that since the Tumblr office is in New York, we use that timezone.
(And to everyone believe I’m so naive as to think a one-day boycott will stop it - c’mon. I know that. I’m trying to bring attention to this very serious issue, that’s it.)
I’ll be joining in with the site-wide boycott tomorrow, just FYI. Let’s try to hit @staff where it hurts - in the ad revenue - and if we can’t do that, let’s stand together and show nazi fuckwits that they have no place here.
There has been a survey sent out to all your e-mails to take part in. It will go a long way to giving the mods here feedback on how we did for our first time and help us improve for next years bang.
We know that it is super late, we apologize for that, but we would love to have all the feedback from you before we start planning the next DCJ Big Bang (sign ups will open in 4 months in December!) and your responses will go a long way to helping us out. The survey is completely anonymous we just ask that you aren’t rude when responding to it. If you don’t see it in your inbox please be sure that you check your spam messages. If it still isn’t there please send us an ask or an email and let us know. We can resend it to you so you can give us your feedback.
Remember we are doing this as an effort to improve our bang and use our communication, because communication is key! We look forward to hearing back from you.
Sincerely,
The DCJ Big Bang Mods
We have received survey feedback from a lot of the DCJ Big Bang 2017 Participants but are missing responses from quite a few.
If you don’t want to participate that is fine. If you do we encourage you to take the survey. This is your chance to let us know how we did and for us to take that info to improve the 2018 bang that we are already planning.
We have received some invaluable information so far and there will be a few changes made to the next bang.
If you haven’t taken the survey and want to please do. We will be leaving it open for another couple of weeks. If you want to take it but can’t find the email with the link, let us know. We will resend it to you or send it through tumblr for you to take it.
We appreciate your feedback and can’t wait to see what the next bang brings us all.
Can I just say the mods for this bang are doing an amazing job! You're on top of the postings and reblogs and you're simply AWESOME. That's all I just felt it needed said!
So we're halfway through the month and I just wanted to say to all authors and artists that I am over the moon with all this amazing deancasjimmy content. Thank you for organising this! I'm so happy that I get to read all these amazing stories with my OT3 ^^
Apologies my dear, we should have responded sooner. Like back in June when you sent this to us. Better late than never, right?
We here at DCJ BB are thrilled with all the amazing content and art that came from this first bang. We are so excited that we have enough people who enjoy it that we were able to launch the DCJ Hiatus Indulgence as well.
We are also preparing for the DCJ Big Bang 2018. So keep an eye out for that. Sign ups open in December!
I didn't know this was a thing.!! Is this your first year doing this or is there past years I can read fics of 😍
This came in so long ago and we apologize for not responding much much sooner.
Yes when you sent this it was our first year! And what a year it was. We had some delightful fics written and submitted to us along with amazing art to compliment them so well.
Or you can follow @dcjsquad@ao3feed-deancasjimmy because there is usually always quality content over there that will make you squeal with happiness*.
Don’t forget to check out the DCJ Hiatus Indulgence being hosted on this blog as well. In October all the amazing creations coming from that will be coming out and we will all be better off for it.
Don’t forget that we will be hosting DCJ Big Bang 2018. Sign ups will open in December!
*Mod does not guarantee that you well in fact squeal but it is a good assumption if you enjoy these three like we do.
Just a heads up, we are taking a moment to clean out the inbox here at the DCJ Big Bang. So if you see something that seems old, it is because it is. Feel free to ignore if you would like.
There has been a survey sent out to all your e-mails to take part in. It will go a long way to giving the mods here feedback on how we did for our first time and help us improve for next years bang.
We know that it is super late, we apologize for that, but we would love to have all the feedback from you before we start planning the next DCJ Big Bang (sign ups will open in 4 months in December!) and your responses will go a long way to helping us out. The survey is completely anonymous we just ask that you aren’t rude when responding to it. If you don’t see it in your inbox please be sure that you check your spam messages. If it still isn’t there please send us an ask or an email and let us know. We can resend it to you so you can give us your feedback.
Remember we are doing this as an effort to improve our bang and use our communication, because communication is key! We look forward to hearing back from you.
There has been a survey sent out to all your e-mails to take part in. It will go a long way to giving the mods here feedback on how we did for our first time and help us improve for next years bang.
We know that it is super late, we apologize for that, but we would love to have all the feedback from you before we start planning the next DCJ Big Bang (sign ups will open in 4 months in December!) and your responses will go a long way to helping us out. The survey is completely anonymous we just ask that you aren’t rude when responding to it. If you don’t see it in your inbox please be sure that you check your spam messages. If it still isn’t there please send us an ask or an email and let us know. We can resend it to you so you can give us your feedback.
Remember we are doing this as an effort to improve our bang and use our communication, because communication is key! We look forward to hearing back from you.
If you’ve signed up for the DCJ Hiatus Indulgence, please complete this check in.
This is an informal way for us to touch base with participants and see how your story and artwork is coming along so far. Please complete the check in by Saturday, August 19th.
If you’ve signed up for the DCJ Hiatus Indulgence, please complete this check in.
This is an informal way for us to touch base with participants and see how your story and artwork is coming along so far. Please complete the check in by Saturday, August 19th.
If you’ve signed up for the DCJ Hiatus Indulgence, please complete this check in.
This is an informal way for us to touch base with participants and see how your story and artwork is coming along so far. Please complete the check in by Saturday, August 19th.
Just a quick question: since our stories do not have to be historically accurate and the time period is just a backdrop, does that mean we can throw in a bit of fantasy? Like instead of having it set in a real historical period, can it be an alternate version of history (if that makes sense)
The only real requirements we have for this challenge are that it’s a minimum of 1k/one art piece and that it’s set in a historical time period. Other than that, any other decisions are up to the participant’s discretion.
If you’d like to include details that are specifically historically inaccurate - like having a progressive Victorian AU that doesn’t have a stigma against same sex relationships OR if you wanted to include fantasy elements like dragons in a Medieval AU - then go for it! We don’t want to stifle anyone’s creativity, and the mods are curious to see what fantasy elements you include.
Since the focus of the challenge is historical periods, as long as you’ve clearly set your story in some sort of “past” era, then other details for worldbuilding are up to you.