reading writers of color

I'm not committing to this (or any) reading challenge, in part because of how few books I've been reading for the first time, but dropping it here:

https://lonelycryptidmedia.com/2020/12/11/reading-writers-of-color-2021/

For the year 2021 read the work of Black, Indigenous, and people of color that fit the following prompts:

January: By a woman of color
February: By a scientist
March: A work of fiction
April: By a queer or trans author
May: About a radical social movement or historical event
June: On your “to be read” list
July: Collection of short stories, poetry, or essays
August: By an award winner
September: In translation
October: Memoir, biography, or creative nonfiction
November: By a local author
December: Published 2021
[Which month looks most exciting for you? Which month are you most uncertain about?]

[via boxofdelights]

Abortion rights success in Massachusetts

Posting this here because we can use some good news:

The state legislature has overridden the governor's veto, and the ROE Act, to explicitly protect abortion rights in Massachusetts, and allow 16- and 17-year-olds to get abortions with permission from a parent or judge, is now law. I got email with the good news both from the activist group that has been working for it, and from my state senator, because I'd written to ask him to make sure this got through.

If you live in Massachusetts, remember: Charlie Baker vetoed a bill to protect abortion rights, because he didn't want teenagers to be able to choose an abortion.

meta: frequent blogging

Someone posted about their project of posting every day for a year, and was wondering whether to keep going into next year.

Back in January, I wasn't planning to post daily. And then we got to pandemic lockdown, and I was trying to post every day as a way of keeping a grip on time and not let everything turn into Blursday then eleventy-third of March. That slipped away in the summer, and then I went back to trying to post most days, even if not much happens, as part of an effort to believe that yes, time is passing.

I am counting anything I post publicly here, definitely including links to news articles, and signal boosting other people's posts. Somewhere in the pinned post at the top of this journal, it says that this Dreamwidth journal/blog is partly a substitute for a paper journal. And maybe in a couple of years I'll want that soup recipe, or that reminder that I wrote to my state senator, or just evidence that I did something other than eat and sleep and comb the cat this month.