A home on the web for Toi Thomas- a geek-girl, content creator, and reading advocate. She's a WIP-work in progress.
Author:Toi Thomas
Author and illustrator of children's books, as well as clean adult fiction and nonfiction. Toi is a geek-girl blogger, vlogger, reviewer, and advocate for a healthy reading lifestyle. She finds comfort in faith, family, and creative expression. Toi believes in the dream of world harmony and hopes all your dreams come true.
Today is Juneteenth. It’s a day of celebration and cultural awareness for black people in the U.S.A. It’s the day we recognize when the last slaves were finally set free two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
While I will be celebrating with friends and family today, I will not be spending much time in the blogosphere. The blogging community has been a mixed bag for me. Some of the communities have been extremely supportive and served as a safe space for me as a writer, but the jury is still out as to whether it’s a safe space for me as a black woman.
Someone recently took it upon themselves to open up old wounds of racial trauma for me without considering how it might affect me. While I’m sure hurt towards me wasn’t their intent, that’s how it turned out.
I’d like to say that’s the most negative thing I’ve encountered lately, but it’s not. People seem to enjoy reaching out to me to share all their weird, twisted, and sometimes, oppressive views with me and don’t seem to get it when I don’t agree with them. I’m too old to be justifying the decisions I make to preserve my mental health and racial dignity. Other people can either accept this or not.
I will be taking a break from blogging until August.
Wherever you are in the world, hold tight to those who accept you as you are and that are willing to hear you out, even if they don’t agree with you, and you don’t agree with them.
Thank you for making it this far down the virtual page. Kudos to you! I’d love to know what you thought of this post in the comments below. Stay safe and be blessed.
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Optional Monthly Question: If you ever did stop writing, what would you replace it with?
I don’t see myself ever not engaging in some sort of writing activity throughout my life. If; however, I was prohibited by law, with the threat of death and generational fines; yet- somehow oddly not banned from drawing or dancing- I’d do one of those. I don’t think I’m particularly good at either, but I do enjoy them both immensely. Plus, I don’t see cooking ever becoming illegal, though the world is getting crazier every day, so I could also express creativity with the meals I make.
May was a busy crazy month for me. Some good, some not so good, but fortunately nothing too bad. I was so busy, I actually forgot to post to this blog and my Patreon community a few times. I won’t go back and do make-up content for this blog, but I have a plan to deliver the make-up content to my Patrons. Plus, I’ve been working on a lot of new and exclusive content.
While I didn’t read a lot, I did keep up with my Goodreads challenge, which I’ll post about next week, along with my book reviews. I did write a lot, which I wish I hadn’t forgotten to share, but like I said, I have a plan to make up that content. I recorded and posted two new videos on my YouTube channel: Counting My Blessings and Have U Seen This, featured below.?
Oh, oh, and I’m so excited to release season two of my Read Local Show! I’ve completed three episodes and hope to get at least one more. Season 2 Episode 1 airs this Friday, 6/9/23 with author Drema Deoraich. I’m still trying to line up talent for the Read All Over Show, so if you know anyone interested, please send them my way.
Birthday month, I mean June, has started out in full force, so I don’t have too much to say until the dust settles. Happy Birthday to all my family, friends, and anyone else who has a birthday in June.
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What would you do if you couldn’t write?
How has your year in reading been going?
It may take some time, but I promise, I will eventually stop by your blog.
My response time has gotten slower but I’m still making my rounds.
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Thank you for making it this far down the virtual page. Kudos to you! I’d love to know what you thought of this post in the comments below. Stay safe and be blessed.
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