Mystery padding at top and bottom of content area

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I’ll supply screenshots momentarily, but I’ve been trying to control the extra space above the post title and below the date and tags.

I’ve figured out it’s part of the content area and something with .hentry but no matter what and how I try I can’t change it.

I can use the inspector on my browser and disable this padding: 6em thing but can’t find where it is anywhere to make a permanent change.

This padding also appears on all pages as they are also content subject to this secretive padding. (My home page is also a page itself with the masonry gallery.)