Your words are inspiring. Every time I read something of yours, it's filled with amazing insight that seems to capture every point, calls them to attention, and sends them onward into the world with a mission. It is truly a blessing to read your blog posts, and I'm starting to look forward to seeing them every day when I log in to Tumblr.
You have no idea how much this means to me!!! This is probably the kindest thing you could say, because what inspires me to take the time to write and speak up and be really careful and thoughtful about my wording is the drive to want to make a difference as just one of many, many voices in this big wild online community (and how ever that hopefully carries over into the world at large, too). Sometimes it’s really scary to keep doing that…
This may seem silly, but almost every time I write a discourse post or have to respond to someone I vehemently disagree with, I get so ridiculously nervous to push the post button for fear of how it’s going to be received or if I was insensitive in some way that I wasn’t aware of. Because we all make mistakes, and even in the process of calling out other people when needed, I know that I’m not infallible to unconscious bias, to unintentional racism, and to the inherent blinders of white passing privilege (among the many other privileges that I know I have). So I’m as careful as I can be, but I’m always scared it’s not enough.
On top of that, people like stuff, people reblog stuff, and from time to time people comment on stuff too. But what I’m always wondering is, are people actually interested? Am I getting too caught up in discourse? But this matters… I hope I’m doing this well, and that it’s helping somehow.Â
So thank you. Seriously thank you, for taking the time to say that. The way you described my writing is exactly what I want this blog to be all about <3 Especially after the long day I had yesterday, it really touches me to hear this!
