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[shadesong]

I've had this essay by s.e. smith, entitled "My Private Life is not for your Consumption", open in a tab for a while. And I'm going to quote heavily from it here:

As a public figure, I cultivate many different personas; like anyone who performs for the public to any degree, I face certain public expectations, as well as the natural desire to

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[mycroftca]

Do what you need to do. Protect yourself. Be well. Have fun. Post what you want, when you want, even if it's nothing at all.

[wcg]

+1 as they say over there in that other place.

[hammercock]

I have noticed, yes. And I respect your self-care.

When I started my journal, I was one of those who put very little behind a friends-lock and allowed anonymous commenting. That has changed over the years due to some amount of harassment, but also a change in my thinking from "why should I hide what I want to say?" to "why should I make public what I want to say?". There's nothing wrong with discretion and keeping more of one's life to oneself.

*hug* Be well.

[shadesong]

also a change in my thinking from "why should I hide what I want to say?" to "why should I make public what I want to say?"

Yes, that too!

[moonfire77]

I had noticed the change (and missed the old days) but I actually assumed the change meant that things were going better. I'm glad to know that's true, and look forward to reading whatever you decide to share with us.

And I might try to find you elsewhere, just cuz you're cool.

[shysylph]

I'd also noticed and figured the same thing.

Honestly, LJ is a dying social platform, anyway, so I also figured it might just be you moving on to other platforms - I read and occasionally comment, but I almost never post anymore.

[moonfire77]

Yeah at the moment I'm posting more than I have in a really long time, but the vast majority of my posts are private, to process things that are going on IRL without violating anyone's privacy, so that's not very social.

[ron_newman]

I've certainly missed you here, but you are doing what is healthy for you.

[weofodthignen]

Similar to Moonfire, I've hoped it's a good sign. You're one of the reasons I still read my LJ f-page; I've largely moved to DW, and I don't do FB, Tumblr, or Twitter.

Glad to hear that things are indeed going well ... and I hope I wasn't one of the ones who unthinkingly hurt you.

M

[shadesong]

No, those who were aggressive about demanding that sort of thing are no longer part of my LJ world, for good reason!