Love this! I've "fasted" Twitter during this season of Lent because I found myself losing my sense of being thoughtful. This sparked for me when I was re-reading King's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" and was struck by how, in his cell, King said all he could do was "write long letters, think long thoughts, pray long prayers." And for me, Twitter zapped such a discipline and often, as a result, my solidarity. Thanks for sharing and for the links! Looking forward to what's to come and learning to think long thoughts again.
I feel the same way about Twitter and social media in general, but so glad and relieved to see you back here. I’ve learned gobs and gobs from you and so grateful for your voice!
Thanks for sharing. I resonate with a lot of what you said, especially around platform-building and authorship. I’ll be following along here.
Love this! I've "fasted" Twitter during this season of Lent because I found myself losing my sense of being thoughtful. This sparked for me when I was re-reading King's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" and was struck by how, in his cell, King said all he could do was "write long letters, think long thoughts, pray long prayers." And for me, Twitter zapped such a discipline and often, as a result, my solidarity. Thanks for sharing and for the links! Looking forward to what's to come and learning to think long thoughts again.
I feel the same way about Twitter and social media in general, but so glad and relieved to see you back here. I’ve learned gobs and gobs from you and so grateful for your voice!
yessss.... so much in this feels true, and honest, and good. Thank you, Melissa, for who you are.
I applause this article multiple times over and also extent an apology if I ever treated you as such.
i'm here for it, Melissa.