shel

The Transsexual Chofetz Chaim

Mutant, librarian, poet, union rabble rouser, dog, Ashkenazi Jewish. Neuroweird, bodyweird, mostly sleepy.


I write about transformative justice, community, love, Judaism, Neurodivergence, mental health, Disability, geography, rivers, labor, and libraries; through poetry, opinionated essays, and short fiction.


I review Schoolhouse Rock! songs at @PropagandaRock


Website (RSS + Newsletter)
shelraphen.com/

I really like not knowing how many followers I have on here. I keep getting these "so and so followed you" notifications but it's just like "this is how many leaves floated down the river" there's no accumulation or loss being tracked it's so freeing


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In the past I've thought about posts in the context of how many followers I have and it's made just about any ratio of "likes to followers" on the post feel bad, since it's always much less than 100%.

Here, though, it's easier to just be delighted by the numberless orange (or maroonish if you're in light mode) glow of the notification bubble when it shows up without thinking about any other part of it

I wanna make friends, so I still care about who's following me or not... I know I'm still in an unhealthy place in terms of how much I care whether people follow me or not, or rather, how much I worry about whether I'm hurting anyone. But I really really wanna make friends, and I'm not sure how many other good methods there are for doing that.