Stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Social media is becoming — ha, I mean, more so than previously — an absolute cesspool. I want no part of the Metaverse, and I long jumped ship from the hellmouth that is Twitter/X.
The problem is, of course, that for a whole slew of small creators — including BIPOC, disabled, neurodivergent, queer, and trans creators — their Metaverse platforms are their livelihood.
I am not one of those people, luckily, so going forward I will not be posting my work on said platforms. I will be removing my content and republishing to Cara instead, and my website link will reflect this change. I will, however, continue to lift up the voices of those still on the platform — the BIPOC, disabled, LGBTQ+ creators — unless or until they are able to find a viable platform elsewhere.
So yeah, all this to say, lights out on all my Meta platforms going forward. I’ll be adding more to my Cara account tonight and linking it as a replacement for my Instagram portfolio. I will have to wait until next week to remove content from my Instagram, as I have an active zine application out using it as my portfolio.* Acceptances go out the 27th, so after I’m settled in post-move, I’ll start clearing things out.
Hope all is well in your neck of the woods. Well… as well as it can be, given… you know. Everything.
Take care of yourselves, and each other.
* The zine is called OC: Original Classics, and its concept is drawing your own original characters in the style of/paying homage to famous classic works of art. It’s such a fun concept; I made two pitches, but if I get in my current front-runner for what I’d like to do (and honestly, which I will likely draw regardless of my own acceptance or rejection) is my fae character in the style of Leyendecker’s “The Century, August…”
All Your Crooked Heart 