I’ve been silent for too long.
I’m resurfacing with plans of posting somewhat more regularly here and behind the scenes with continued efforts to write what I’d like to write well enough that I end up with a finished product I’m comfortable letting see the light of day and other people’s eyeballs.
Beware, in future posts, there will be some gnashing of teeth and frustrations and political rants, so if that’s not your thing, you might find it more comfortable to be elsewhere.
In addition to expected ranting, I’m currently actively doing things to help build and protect the communities and the world I’d like to see: volunteering, calling my congress people, peacefully protesting, posting quite a bit on platforms I can get behind, getting off of platforms I can’t, changing my consumerism and buying habits, supporting communities that have been disenfranchised, lending my abilities and expertise to organizations I hope I can help build things that promote a world for all and not just for the folks with the greater privilege.
I’ve also been quiet about what I am and what I support. No longer. I am queer, non-monogamous, and disabled (and lucky I am as abled as I tend to experience). I am a white, cis-gendered woman and think of myself daily as such to decenter the idea that either whiteness or cis-genderism are normal (implying being trans or black or another person of color is not). I have work to do and expect to always have work to do.
Sometime since my last post, I lost my voice working toward making those in my life who’s views differed from mine more comfortable. I haven’t figured it out yet from how to let my voice be heard to how to manage those difficult relationships; I don’t know that I ever will. I do know I’m still working on all of it.