Fuck Yeah, Trigger Warnings

This is a script you can install (I got it on chrome) that lets you block all posts with specific tags. This should be especially helpful if you have a rare phobia that you don’t want to be exposed to. Of course, there’s no way to guarantee that the people you follow will tag their posts/images :-(

But if they do (and it might be worthwhile to ask them to remember to tag for your phobia specifically, a lot of non-assholes will do that for you!), this would be great.

What you end up with is a dashboard notification telling you each time someone posted something with one of your blocked tags on it. They tell you who the poster is and what the tag is for, and then you’re given the option of seeing the post, or just scrolling by.

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In this post, I told you how to help others by turning photos into links and adding trigger warnings.

Now, I’m going to help you protect yourself from people who don’t link triggering/NSFW photos. 

I installed Tumblr SafeDash via the recommendation from Evan (anarchoqueer). This program grays out all photos in posts on your dash (even non-photo posts) and puts a black padlock on it. You can scroll over the photo to see it. There may or may not be a trigger warning or tags to let you know what the photo depicts, but at least you only see it for a second. Besides preventing triggers, it helps when you happen to be on Tumblr at school or work (not that any of you would do that ;D), and you can’t control what’s on your dash for others to see. 

This program can be turned off and on with a click of the link on the right side of your dash: 

As you can see, my program is on. Therefore, the photos are grayed. 

This does not prevent photos from showing up on individual Tumblr pages. 

This also comes as part of the missing e extension and is generally completely rad.

I reblogged this script once before, but I just installed it on my laptop and I love it. It’s too bad that tumblr can’t just make something like this (and blocking tags) an option for every account, because as it is you have to install the script on every computer you access tumblr on for it to work. :-(

Also, the person I reblogged this from last time acted as though this invalidated the need for trigger warnings/reblogging as a link. Don’t be that person, obviously.

This one’s super easy!

Once you’re at the page where you can make any edits before posting to your own tumblr, look up at the top of the page, right under the “tumblr” logo. It’ll say “Reblog Photo as…” Click on the “as” and tumblr will show you three different options (“as text,” “as link,” “as quote”). Choose “as link.”

This will convert your post to a link that takes your followers to the picture as posted by whomever you reblogged it from. (All commentary provided by other tumblrs will be kept intact, don’t worry). The title of the link will be blank—put your trigger warning there.

…And you’re done!

[This can also be useful if your blog is usually work-safe, but you want to reblog an NSFW picture, btw.]

To add a text cut, what you want to do is insert “<!— more —>” right before the cut you want to make. Be sure to do it on the html sheet (as in, click the button that says “html” and enter the tag in there), not the plain text processor. If you’ve done it right, the processor should look like this:

[Image: a tumblr word processor. The title is “Title [Trigger Warning: Violence Against Women” and the text says “trigger” in all caps and 72 pt font four times. After the first “trigger,” there’s a dashed line that says “read more” right under it in small letters.]

The line that says “read more” on the processor marks where the text will cut off on your blog and your followers’ dashboards. Here’s the html I used to make the above post:

<p class=”MsoNormal”><span style=”line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 48pt; mso-fareast-font-family: ‘Times New Roman’; mso-bidi-font-family: ‘Times New Roman’;”>TRIGGER <!— more —> TRIGGER TRIGGER TRIGGER</span></p>

You don’t need to know anything about the “<p class=…blahblahblah.” All you need to see is that all of the text after the bolded tag is under the cut. Ta-da?

Here’s what a text cut looks like when it’s all nice and published:

[Image: a published tumblr text post that says “Title [Trigger Warning: Violence Against Women]” and then “TRIGGER.” Underneath, there’s a link that says “Read more…”]

Your readers can then click the “Read more…” link to read the rest of your post.

Update: adding in the HTML works for all kinds of posts, but for text posts you can also hit the “cut” button between the icons for spellcheck and HTML.

Hey there!

This is a blog about trigger warnings, those bracketed phrases (or sometimes pictures) that tell you when something you’re about to read/see/hear might be triggering. 

This blog exists to spread information about how (and where!) trigger warnings should be used.

If you’re interested in becoming a member, please ask me at my main blog. I’m looking especially for people who are triggered by things that I’m not: eating disorders, fat-hate, images of violence, or self-harm. Even if none of those are your triggers, though, you’re still welcome to join the team!

One-time contributions and questions are also encouraged.