"The villain here is not necessarily the Internet, or even the idea of social media; it is the invasive logic of commercial social media and its financial incentive to keep us in a profitable state of anxiety, envy, and distraction. It is furthermore the cult of individuality and personal branding that grow out of such platforms and affect the way we think about our offline selves and the places where we actually live." - Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing
I struggle to phrase my own words, it's often really hard for me to understand my feelings or thoughts because I am constantly changing. I feel so different from the people I was before, And my mind has changed so much and my perspective of every situation. Ever since I was a child I hated myself for being constantly changing like this. I was undiagnosed adhd and autistic and I was always changing intense special interests, or hobbies, or opinions, or moods, and I was always punished for that. And I was also punished internally because my brain struggles with change, even though I can't stop changing. I know I can't stop myself from struggling with change, But I want to work on stopping punishing myself for being someone who changes so much. All of us change, maybe some of us change more often, or more intensely than others, But I want to encourage myself to express my thoughts and feelings without fear as others do. I am very afraid of being perceived, it makes my thoughts spin around and around. My thoughts go over and over themselves checking that everything that I said was definitely "okay" and didnt upset anyone, and worrying endlessly about all of the different things that someone might be thinking about me, based on what I said or, how I acted, or their "impression" of me. Because of my chronic illnesses and not being able to get outside, or travel, or have stable housing, I interact with people in person less and less. I am very lucky to have friends who keep contact with me over the phone, or who don't mind when we come in and out of contact. ut I notice it becoming harder and harder for me to be around people I know that people can find solidarity.And off affirmation in wha
Social media will continue to exist and people will continue to use it, it is where the people are. Congregation of people, even if it has been taken advantage of by companies that want to harness our anxieties for profit, ianstill beautiful, and so many people will find community from these spaces. There were so many times the I felt so much community and love from those spaces too. When I was in university we were taught to see ourselves as a brand, I remember them talking specifically About not changing your name because it could ruin your illustration career. But I think viewing myself as a brand hurt me a lot. It added an extra bar
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