Beloved Sisters, I do not have a Tumblr. I think about getting one all the time. I mean, let’s review: this is a free platform almost entirely for the enjoyment of an endless string of enthralling and amusing images (and, okay, occasional text), curated more or less for one’s own tastes and interests. What could possibly go wrong? I certainly read a lot of other people’s Tumblrs, and it would be so nice to have them all in one place, like a normal person acquainted with the many conveniences of the Internet. (Before you so kindly comment: I am well aware of Google Reader and RSS feeds. I have a SYSTEM, OKAY?) (My system is called “Reading Things.” It is a very exacting system.) And yet: it’s just one more thing, one more place to exist on the Internet, and I never can quite click that little blue “Sign Up” button.
HOWEVER. Let us not allow my old-lady ambivalence to keep us from the riches of the World Wide Web! Let us venture out into the massive temporal sinkhole that is Ryan Gosling memes and animated .gifs!
In other words, let’s find ourselves some good Jane Austen Tumblrs and get to scrollin’. Here are a few gems:
The Other Austen, the Tumblr-iest of the lot
Austen Confessions, a la PostSecret!
and, for all you Shuffle aficionados, the Jane Austen tag.
Happy time-wasting!
*Sorry, Mom; convention of the medium.
Tagged: Jane Austen, Jane Austen humor, memes, the internet, Tumblr on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 · 3 Comments »
I already bade my productivity farewell when I discovered the Sherlock Tumblrverse. You have now introduced me to a whole new world of Janely procrastination.
I actually RP on Tumblr as a Elinor Dashwood from Sense and Sensibility! There some of the other characters from Pride and Prejudice and other of Austen’s novels! Just letting you know
…this is actually exactly what I was looking for right now xD thanks!