alright folks, I’ve got an announcement.
I’m not feelin’ it anymore. you know, it’s been a great two years (and a bit), being here with you all, discoursin’ and whatnot. It’s been a pleasure, really. I’ve learned so much – SO MUCH. Maybe even more than what I learned during my whole undergrad degree. Certainly what I have learned through engaging with you all has been personally extremely useful and satisfying.
But, I am not feelin’ it right now. I’m super-busy, and there’s the ramifications of moving and starting a new degree, leaving all my real life friends and family behind, while having to extend myself past my little world in my head in order to meet new people and build a new community here. I want to be successful at what I’m doing here, and I also need to take care of myself. And, unfortunately, I feel that right now, part of taking care of myself is not doing this anymore.
Maybe for now, maybe for a while, maybe forever. I may not be able to resist poking my head in and letting a post loose every now and then, but that will all take place on the schedule of TCB -Taking Care of Baby (which of course, is me). If it feels right and helpful for me to do so, instead of a chore, then I’ll do it. so keep your feed readers active.
So for now, imagine me doing yoga, sitting and drinking tea with a friend, swimming, cooking wonderful things to eat for myself and my peeps, reading non-school related books, and getting lots of rest and/or work done, INSTEAD of being here. I’ll continue to deal with comment moderation, but I may not respond in the same manner as I used to do, as per the new TCB schedule. So that being said, I’m going to leave it up to you, faithful readers, to help me out in answering comments that may arise. And of course, please, all of you fellow bloggers, continue to lambaste, rankle, subvert, protest, rise up against, resist, and whatever other adjectives come to mind, the hegemonic forces going on all around us. Don’t worry, I’ll still be doing all that too. You just might hear about it in different ways.
Regulars, friends, please do email me. I’d love to hear from you on a personal basis. You’re no less dear to me because I’m backing out of blogging.
Peace, my sisters and my brothers. TG out.
I’m sorry to hear this, but I completely and utterly understand. I, for one, will keep looking in for posts, even if they are occasional-only.
I’ve taken a few blog-breaks in the past, one for a few months, and one for a year or so, and I think it’s a healthy part of change.
Anyway, just wanted you to know you’ll be missed.
I second Jeff’s comments. In fact, I’ma take things a step further and say that I think it’s bullshit that bloggers are expected to produce all the time and every day. Like we don’t have lives away from the internet? I’d rather read one of your great posts once a month than read something every day that is nothing more than a chore.
Good luck with everything. I will definitely keep in touch, and there’s no way in hell you will leave my feed reader.
Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do. The best thing about blogging is that you can, because it’s your choice to write in the first place. I’m with TBD, you’re in my feed reader on a permanent basis so I shouldn’t miss it if you do decide to post someday down the road.
well this just means i’ve really got to get on the RSS bandwagon now, doesn’t it?
take care of yourself, and keep doing the awesome things that you do! hope to hear from you here every now and again!
Amen, my sista. Good on you for making TCB top priority! We’ll be around, iffn you come back.
*HUGS*
thanks my friends!
Good for you on having the luxury of just taking care of yourself.
All the best with that.
Take care of yourself!!!!
TCB is a good idea.
Okay, this is like the third time I’ve tried to comment and been foiled by my own internet service.
I think that the blog should benefit the blogger more than anyone else. Since starting grad school, I’ve found my blog a useful place to siphon off excess verbage that clots up my brain – and if people learn from this, great, and if they don’t, at least I feel better. Plus, blogging for myself often clarifies my thinking for grad work.
And, as my WS prof keeps reminding us, taking care of yourself and “your work” is really the best way for you to reach the world.
So good luck, and feel good!
noooooooooooooo!!! but of course i understand. you should do what you feel is right. sometimtes it is so tiring and exhausting. i agree with the sentoiments of the above posters.
we’ll miss you TG. your posts were always on point and straight up fire.
i’m going to steal that line from the house of pain song ‘jump around’ and adapt it to u, you served all the trolls better than john mcenroe.
good luck!
TG, I’m glad you’re doing what’s best for yourself. (I can’t pretend I won’t miss one of my favorite blogs, though!)
Ditto what everyone else is saying- it’s sad to see someone stop blogging, but you have to look out for yourself first and foremost, and I’d rather read things that you really care about than posts made just for the sake of posting any day.
Best wishes!
thanks everyone. it means a lot to hear from each of you.
TG, just catching up with my feedreader and caught up with this. I’ll miss reading you, but will comfort myself with thoughts of you catching up on reading and socialising and TCBing. Will look forward to seeing the occasional post pop up on the feedreader if and when.
Dear TG,
I just want to say thank you so much for all the brilliant work you’ve done, and what you’ve contributed to my personal, intellectual development.
Not only the whole new world of ideas you introduced to me is so fascinating and eye-opening, now I really feel that what I learnt in your blog; false consciousness, standpoint theory, white privilege and so on; is enormously helping my study at university. It was great introduction to anti-oppression studies/politics, or even to academia itself, I could never get anywhere else. Sometime I argued against your point, but in most cases you persuaded me to change most of my views regarding that point.
Your writing inspired me to get my own, which I sadly failed to continue as long as you did, but nonetheless the great experience I can be proud of.
When I found your blog a year ago, I was just one young person who was just curious and supportive of feminism. Now, I firmly believe that thinking about something without taking feminist (and anti-colonial, anti-heterosexism etc) perspective into account is distorting, irresponsible and simply wrong.
In the future, if I am asked what laid the foundation of my knowledge and passion for feminism, I can’t imagine myself failing to mention your blog.
Again, thank you for explaining the most complex concepts in easiest way to understand, meticulously checking and responding to each comment, and passionately arguing against oppression in all forms.
My very best wishes to you,
liberallatte
tigtog – thanks so much! I’ll continue to support Finally Feminism 101 through the links here, and through just generally sending people in my life to your site for myth-busting goodness! I’m thrilled that you’ve taken on the project, it’s so wonderful, and I admire your tenacity and patience with the beginners, because mine wore out a long while ago!
liberallatte,
I’m deeply humbled by your kind words. it means more to me than I can say. I’m very happy to have been able to inspire and inform such a bright young mind. your best wishes are returned to you a hundred-fold. Please keep in touch, and let me know how you’re doing with school and your new life!
TG
TG, you know you don’t have to talk to trolls at all. Did you see Chris Clarke’s commenting policy? Works for me.
nice!
Bye for now, sister. I just got back on myself after roughly a 6 month hiatus. Enjoy yourself, and we love you.
Lulu