#shakingthetree

[kirstydreaming]

My blog ShakingTheTree was terminated last week for "posting sexually explicit materials". I refute this in the strongest terms. It would appear that someone claimed the picture above was "sexually explicit" - clearly this was upheld, and my blog duly terminated. No warnings, no appeals.

Does tumblr really think that the well know American actress, Sydney Sweeney would pose for sexually explicit photos, whilst fully dressed, whilst on the way to the Tonight talk TV show (in which she wears this outfit). The photo was an clipped edit of one from Sydney's instagram page (https://www.instagram.com/p/CdHYzzTrO8o/). Do they think she would post sexually explicit photos to her instagram page? And if she did - do they think instagram would tolerate that ?

After notifying me of the termination by email, Tumblr are not engaging with my email requests to review the decision, so it seems the termination is final.

ShakingTheTree was the third blog of mine to be deleted in the last 2.5 years with a total following of about 210K. It took a lot of time & work to build up those sort of figures. It begs the question of why bother remaining on this platform at all when a blog can be randomly closed down like this - it's positively Kafkaesque!

I'm going to take sometime to decide what to do with this remaining blog. Maybe tumblr will see this or something else sexually explicit like a fully dressed lady in an evening gown and terminate vivalabella - whatevs. Termination seems inevitable for any actively posting blog. I have a few things remaining in the queue which I'll let run on till it's done.

I'm not sure when/if I'll be back. Many thanks to all my followers and rebloggers over the years and all my different blogs.

2023/09/29 Update - thanks for all your supportive comments. I’ve popped in after about a month and see that shakingthetree has been reinstated at some stage - going to check email to see their reasoning now. Maybe I will hang around a bit after all!

Update: so tumblr terminated shakingthetree after my first post after being reinstated! This time the reason they cobbled together was that I was spamming and posting deceptive links for money making purposes! The links were simply model & photographer’s attribution- something they actively request in the community posting guidelines. But they won’t engage with me as they won’t talk to anyone they have terminated for this offence! Kafkaesque or what!

[dondidonde]

#annagabriel #petergabriel #eyed #eyedportraits #so #us #up #scratchmyback #newblood #shakingthetree #signedcd #signedbook #meetandgreet #autograph #hardcover #accart #accartbooks #booksigning (at Rizzoli Bookstore) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj9YjO3L7mC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sarah1228]

you wouldn't think I'd love Peter Gabriel bit I have since seeing Say Anything back in 1989 🎧🎧🎼🎼#billclintonswag #petergabriel #so #inyoureyes #us #steam #petergabriel3 #biko #shakingthetree #ihavethetouch #ilovemusic #musicislife https://www.instagram.com/p/CAb2oZVlSlu/?igshid=18y0ixj9kzsj

[twodoggarage]

https://youtu.be/FMsRElqSupM #internationalwomensday #womensday #women #shakingthetree #petergabriel #sunday (at North Scituate, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9fh5c4gJ1T/?igshid=ewf5lagj6nhn

[wordsdancemag]

from Shaking the Trees by @5000letters  - available here: http://bit.ly/shakingthetrees

[i-do-not-fangirl-i-fanwoman]

@shakingthetree

Yes, it was SOOOO amazing!! I think you're right about the organist. In the 15 minutes that I heard he played Phantom of the Opera, a Star Wars/Star Trek medley, and the theme from ET. So cool. And the movie was AMAZING. Oh, and when you see it (if you haven't already) stay all the way through the credits. There's TWO easter eggs :)

[simonegallina]

Peter Gabriel & Youssou N'Dour - Shaking The Tree

[toddvanvoris]

Tonight it's The Maids! #themaids #jeangenet #publiccitizentheatre #pdxtheatre #portlandtheatre #shakingthetree #theatrerox (at Shaking The Tree Theatre & Studio)

[catherinemarystewart]

Disney animation artist #DaveWoodman with #EilleenGalindo at #shakingthetree gave her a gift of art.

[thedoulagroup]

Loving International Women’s Day posts!