# Pollen – A library of CSS variables inspired by TailwindCSS

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/pollen-a-library-of-css-variables-inspired-by-tailwindcss/20488>\
**Category:** In The News\
**Tags:** library, css\
**Created:** [8 September 2021 03:07 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/pollen-a-library-of-css-variables-inspired-by-tailwindcss/20488 "2021-09-08T03:07:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/communitynews/32/1113_2.png) [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\
**Post date:** [8 September 2021 03:07 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/pollen-a-library-of-css-variables-inspired-by-tailwindcss/20488/1 "2021-09-08T03:07:01Z")

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> Introducing Pollen.  
> Functional CSS for the future

Read in full here:

> **[Introducing Pollen](https://www.pollen.style/)**
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> The CSS variables build system

_This thread was posted by one of our members via one of our news source trackers._

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**Author:** ![OvermindDL1](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/overminddl1/32/52_2.png) [@OvermindDL1](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/OvermindDL1)\
**Post date:** [9 September 2021 20:21 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/pollen-a-library-of-css-variables-inspired-by-tailwindcss/20488/3 "2021-09-09T20:21:33Z")

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I still find it hard to use libraries like tailwind and such, I prefer a more fully BEM approach where elements are important based on their location in their parents or by what specific selector they are. Using selector names like `grid-12` or whatever feels way way too much like putting the presentation data in the html directly instead of just properly linking it…

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**Author:** ![halostatue](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/halostatue/32/578_2.png) [@halostatue](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/halostatue)\
**Post date:** [10 September 2021 02:45 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/pollen-a-library-of-css-variables-inspired-by-tailwindcss/20488/4 "2021-09-10T02:45:24Z")

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It seems to me that Pollen CSS allows you to build BEM approach CSS files that use the good ideas from Tailwind (well-defined standard-definitions that can be changed easily at the root), since it’s all based on CSS custom properties (“variables”).