two lists that have been in my notebook for just over a week now:
the one on a yellow post-it is all instagram accounts - some i have followed for a long time, some i have found recently - all of which have helped me learn and learn and learn. i can tell you, from experience, that having variety in my feed has changed me, in a lot of really good ways.
please consider following some, any, all of these, and reading and reading - listening. if you have questions - scroll back in the feed - read more - follow the thread, the rabbit-trail, do the work of learning. allow the feelings. search your heart.
i taught myself, some time ago, to read reviews / comments with the intention of hearing why those who like something or agree with it - why they do, and then why those who don't like it or agree with it - why they don't. this is a really great way to search out why you may or may not like it or agree. if a post brings a lot of emotions or thoughts to the surface - examine those, sit with them, and sort through the why.
the list of names is all women i know who either have a husband or partner and/or children who are Black or Indigenous, or People of Color. these women are people i know, who have names, who are REAL in my life. these women are a tangible expression of the reason my heart aches and i write and i speak and i act and i work toward the recognition of and changes for BIPOC. these women and their families matter to me and are worth my emotion and my time - also my work and my effort. these wives and partners and mothers should have many, many moments of true peace and pure joy when they think of their loved ones.
please, my friends, continue to learn, to go, to love fiercely, and to be wonderful.
with so much fierce love, e