While I did like Heather Armstrong/Hamilton/dooce back in the day, and am very sorry about her death by suicide, please be aware that she was writing/sharing/retweeting anti-trans/TERF crap in the recent past. Especially if you have trans people in your life. Difficult to see her being held up as an icon without acknowledging this problematic part. Some of it’s been deleted but there are screenshots and reactions out there.
Absolutely. Her last years were alarmingly erratic and brought many friendships to an abrupt end. (We can only imagine where her relationship stood with Marlo, who is nonbinary.) But she also made it possible for writers to monetize their work before "influencing" and social media ate it all up. It's a tricky challenge to reconcile.
We didn't have "proms," but the guy I was dating went to a military type school that threw an annual Officers' Ball. We remained friends over the years, but he passed away from cancer in 2021.
While I did like Heather Armstrong/Hamilton/dooce back in the day, and am very sorry about her death by suicide, please be aware that she was writing/sharing/retweeting anti-trans/TERF crap in the recent past. Especially if you have trans people in your life. Difficult to see her being held up as an icon without acknowledging this problematic part. Some of it’s been deleted but there are screenshots and reactions out there.
Absolutely. Her last years were alarmingly erratic and brought many friendships to an abrupt end. (We can only imagine where her relationship stood with Marlo, who is nonbinary.) But she also made it possible for writers to monetize their work before "influencing" and social media ate it all up. It's a tricky challenge to reconcile.
And congrats on the beginning of this journey! Sorry I didn’t mention that first!
We didn't have "proms," but the guy I was dating went to a military type school that threw an annual Officers' Ball. We remained friends over the years, but he passed away from cancer in 2021.