sashayed:

remember: it’s okay to take a break, especially if you are a person of color, Jewish, LGBTQ+ or otherwise in imminent human danger from the ideologies on display in Charlottesville – but even if you are not – a really good thing and a thing i highly recommend in times of crisis is to get off the internet for a while. your brain thinks that only YOUR PERSONAL rapt, terrified attention will solve the problems that beset us as a world and a country, but god bless it, it is wrong. hopelessness and a sense of futility are reasonable reactions to these manifestations of systemic evil, but there ARE things you can do to fight white supremacy and american naziism: there are actionable items. “being on twitter” is, at best, a step towards these actionable items. it is not of itself a necessity, or even particularly helpful. 

i don’t know what it’s like where you are, but it’s beautiful outside in DC today. go breathe in that good air, if you can. get strength from that good sunlight. think of yourself like a tree. make your roots strong.