I love that you're writing to share and build a community without making the *whole* thing be about readership growth and blue ticks and all that stuff. It really sucks the joy out of things we love doing.
Also, I had a facepalm moment when I read this post and saw your room tour video because when I read your fiction chapter last week, I thought to myself: "How does she know so much about rigs? She must have researched that quite a lot!" silly me!
Side note - I know tomorrow is the last day of Ramadan, but is it just me feeling like it came and went, like waaayyy too fast?? How can I already be missing it?!
"I like writing these posts for free, sharing my thoughts with a small community of people who care, rather than providing a ‘service’ that feels transactional and profit-focused." Me too babe. Me too.
Great piece Yassmin. I have yet to comment on your writing because I'm taking time for my brain to clear from a pretty bleh space. l It's been a "so far so good" week where jo went into hospital last Monday and is about to discharge today.
Congratulations on the national geographic piece! Personally, I think getting your work published in diverse spaces rather than only 'substacking'' for a blue follower's tick here is better for a creative brain. You describe it better. I haven't had coffee yet & I'm in a "state of impending emotion" right now, which is how early psychiatrists defined 'anxiety' .
BTW: I have discovered a really cheap tv app:
Viki Rakuten. I believe It's available in Europe too. It has the full glacially slow episodes of The 3 body problem produced in China. It also has a plethora of Asian programming. And what's really interesting about the channel is its use of different subtitles committees- who often explain nuances we are missing. I watched the first 5 eps then the last 5. It's quite (ahem) nuanced about the cultural revolution period.
I really should get up now and face the day. Thank you for the links to the Sudan activism platform, I spent last night reshaping a pro forma letter to penny Wong and while waiting for Jo today to actually discharge - I'll send one to Allegra Spender.
I send love and a heartfelt desire for a moment of peace for you, for us all. 🙏💔💜
PS: I loved your blog on safety. You've been crafting your writing for such a long time it's so good!!!
I love that you're writing to share and build a community without making the *whole* thing be about readership growth and blue ticks and all that stuff. It really sucks the joy out of things we love doing.
Also, I had a facepalm moment when I read this post and saw your room tour video because when I read your fiction chapter last week, I thought to myself: "How does she know so much about rigs? She must have researched that quite a lot!" silly me!
Side note - I know tomorrow is the last day of Ramadan, but is it just me feeling like it came and went, like waaayyy too fast?? How can I already be missing it?!
"I like writing these posts for free, sharing my thoughts with a small community of people who care, rather than providing a ‘service’ that feels transactional and profit-focused." Me too babe. Me too.
Great piece Yassmin. I have yet to comment on your writing because I'm taking time for my brain to clear from a pretty bleh space. l It's been a "so far so good" week where jo went into hospital last Monday and is about to discharge today.
Congratulations on the national geographic piece! Personally, I think getting your work published in diverse spaces rather than only 'substacking'' for a blue follower's tick here is better for a creative brain. You describe it better. I haven't had coffee yet & I'm in a "state of impending emotion" right now, which is how early psychiatrists defined 'anxiety' .
BTW: I have discovered a really cheap tv app:
Viki Rakuten. I believe It's available in Europe too. It has the full glacially slow episodes of The 3 body problem produced in China. It also has a plethora of Asian programming. And what's really interesting about the channel is its use of different subtitles committees- who often explain nuances we are missing. I watched the first 5 eps then the last 5. It's quite (ahem) nuanced about the cultural revolution period.
I really should get up now and face the day. Thank you for the links to the Sudan activism platform, I spent last night reshaping a pro forma letter to penny Wong and while waiting for Jo today to actually discharge - I'll send one to Allegra Spender.
I send love and a heartfelt desire for a moment of peace for you, for us all. 🙏💔💜