Jezebel

I have been thinking of starting up another blog (one I can dote on for a while and eventually leave abandoned in the blogosphere, one more orphan blog. how 2001 of me.) and now, here I am with a shiny new toy - I mean blog. why? the tipping point arrived in an open thread on jezebel, with several other commenters sharing their blogs with each other - how could I not get in on the action? thus, I began this new blog that, as much as I choose to, I can share with those lovely folks on jezebel, that internet community that I find myself on the edge of, occasionally diving into. and there are so many lovely folks, such a lovely place

but.

and there is always a but.

the oppression that exists there sometimes catches me off guard. if I am expecting it as I do in most places, it makes me angry but I can brush most of it off. when I am in a space that tries to be safe and I forget that no space is really safe I sometimes let my guard down and suddenly that heteronormative/transphobic/racist/gender oppressive/otherwise shitty remark brings me crashing back to reality. 

keep on trying jez. keep on trying.