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This morning I feel overwhelmed with so much generosity and kindnesses.
Thank you.
I also want to say that as Hank pointed out in this lovely post 1. I have a huge network of support, and 2. I get a lot of outside validation, both IRL and online, and 3. I have access to excellent mental health care and medication I can afford.
The vast, vast majority of people who live with online hate aren’t so fortunate. I hope we can all make an effort to be as kind to them as so many people have been to me. In the author world, women I really admire, from Roxane Gay to Maggie Stiefvater to Cassie Clare to Maureen Johnson to Sarah Rees Brennan, deal with vicious and violent hatred online daily, and I have such admiration for their fierce will to go on in the face of it. I also admire them for taking breaks or creating space from online life when they need to. And I’m grateful to them personally for their generosity and wisdom and guidance.
Again, thanks, and here’s to us all trying to support and be kind to people who are dehumanized online and don’t have the privileges and support that I do.