This is so surreal — thanks so much for the shoutout. I cannot even begin to explain how your work has influenced my writing practice, from Still Processing (the first time I felt like I heard myself on a podcast) to Black Futures (which I’ve read cover to cover) to your emphasis on care and healing. I’m going to stop before I gush but thank you J so much 🩵🙏🏿
“ There has never been more distance between who I appear to be online and who I am in my actual life. I relish in the distance. I’m simply unwilling to try and capture the tensions, frustrations, delights, complexities of my exquisite human life on these apps. They don’t deserve it.” I felt this hard. The more social media shifts, the more removed I feel from it. I hope that there will be a collective shift to reclaim the ways we connected with each other before social media and the internet became something we were so dependent on. I’m not sure if you’ve heard of The School of Radical Attention in NY but I’ve attended some of their events and they’ve helped me to start unpacking this more. So many important questions you’re asking!
This is so surreal — thanks so much for the shoutout. I cannot even begin to explain how your work has influenced my writing practice, from Still Processing (the first time I felt like I heard myself on a podcast) to Black Futures (which I’ve read cover to cover) to your emphasis on care and healing. I’m going to stop before I gush but thank you J so much 🩵🙏🏿
“ There has never been more distance between who I appear to be online and who I am in my actual life. I relish in the distance. I’m simply unwilling to try and capture the tensions, frustrations, delights, complexities of my exquisite human life on these apps. They don’t deserve it.” I felt this hard. The more social media shifts, the more removed I feel from it. I hope that there will be a collective shift to reclaim the ways we connected with each other before social media and the internet became something we were so dependent on. I’m not sure if you’ve heard of The School of Radical Attention in NY but I’ve attended some of their events and they’ve helped me to start unpacking this more. So many important questions you’re asking!
thank you for reading. i totally agree - and i think its entirely possible!