someone asked me for direct suggestions of people or platforms. here's what i shared:
i wouldn't say there's a single platform, i mostly go by particular people (who often occupy various platforms but can do different things with them). having said that, insta does feel like the most active, if you had to choose just one (i know it's still metaverse, but...)
personally i seek out diverse voices, particularly neuroqueer, trans and BBIMP (Black Brown Indigenous and Melanated Peoples) so they might not be precisely what you're looking for, but i'll share them anyway!
i mentioned Rebecca Solnit in my post, who (if you're not already following) is a fantastic author, journalist, and commenter. she just began a new blog where she's planning on migrating her various facebook pieces so she can spend less time on fb. that's http://meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io but search for Rebecca anywhere, her work is very well known - for good reason! she also links to anyone she regularly reads, so rabbitholes abound from there if you want to go deeper (she reposts Heather Cox Richardson a lot, who's another great US Politics summariser). she wrote a book called Hope in the Dark years ago that i often gift people who work in social justice ;)
i adore @ykreborn on insta (also has several other accounts elsewhere), they're a neuroqueer Korean/American gender nonconforming person who demonstrates exemplary boundarying around their community, along with rich and valuable social justice work (tech security, finding your local connections for direct action [mostly USA/Korean based], trans/activist rights, all that stuff)
@adriennemareebrown is another author/activist, Black and queer, who's been doing incredible personal and communal care practices work for decades, active on multiple platforms. she wrote Pleasure Activism and Emergent Strategy (the latter becoming an institute...), amongst others. amazing work.
@MisanHarriman is a breath of fresh, caring, articulate and powerful air. he's a Black photographer (known for his BLM documentation) and is Chair of Southbank Arts Centre. extremely soft spoken, does video more than text. he recently disclosed he's autistic (including a very raw and beautiful post about what that means for him). everything he posts feels like a soothing tincture. love him.
those are the four who i reach for the most these days (and suggesting any more might feel even more overloading for now!). i've favourited them all on insta, so sometimes i just open the app, read any of their pieces from the top of my list, and close the app again.
someone asked me for direct suggestions of people or platforms. here's what i shared:
i wouldn't say there's a single platform, i mostly go by particular people (who often occupy various platforms but can do different things with them). having said that, insta does feel like the most active, if you had to choose just one (i know it's still metaverse, but...)
personally i seek out diverse voices, particularly neuroqueer, trans and BBIMP (Black Brown Indigenous and Melanated Peoples) so they might not be precisely what you're looking for, but i'll share them anyway!
i mentioned Rebecca Solnit in my post, who (if you're not already following) is a fantastic author, journalist, and commenter. she just began a new blog where she's planning on migrating her various facebook pieces so she can spend less time on fb. that's http://meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io but search for Rebecca anywhere, her work is very well known - for good reason! she also links to anyone she regularly reads, so rabbitholes abound from there if you want to go deeper (she reposts Heather Cox Richardson a lot, who's another great US Politics summariser). she wrote a book called Hope in the Dark years ago that i often gift people who work in social justice ;)
i adore @ykreborn on insta (also has several other accounts elsewhere), they're a neuroqueer Korean/American gender nonconforming person who demonstrates exemplary boundarying around their community, along with rich and valuable social justice work (tech security, finding your local connections for direct action [mostly USA/Korean based], trans/activist rights, all that stuff)
@adriennemareebrown is another author/activist, Black and queer, who's been doing incredible personal and communal care practices work for decades, active on multiple platforms. she wrote Pleasure Activism and Emergent Strategy (the latter becoming an institute...), amongst others. amazing work.
@MisanHarriman is a breath of fresh, caring, articulate and powerful air. he's a Black photographer (known for his BLM documentation) and is Chair of Southbank Arts Centre. extremely soft spoken, does video more than text. he recently disclosed he's autistic (including a very raw and beautiful post about what that means for him). everything he posts feels like a soothing tincture. love him.
those are the four who i reach for the most these days (and suggesting any more might feel even more overloading for now!). i've favourited them all on insta, so sometimes i just open the app, read any of their pieces from the top of my list, and close the app again.