Comments on: Taking a Break

By: esal

esal — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:55:59 +0000

another lurker– but I read your blogs all the time and I have really gotten a lot from them. hope you have a nice break– good luck with finals (I’m in the midst of a 2-week-long finals anxiety attack, so I know how it goes). hope you’re back soon!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:34:39 +0000

I’ll miss your posts. I hope you have a great refreshing break.

By: Bloix

Bloix — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:43:35 +0000

We’ll miss you, Jill.

By: Victoria Marinelli

Victoria Marinelli — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:27:35 +0000

Well, it could be argued that what you’re doing is a thousand times more sensible than when I’ve done recently (in mid-April, deleting 4 + years of blogging, then started over), though I’m still not regretting that. I do, in any case, deeply sympathize with the issue of losing one’s grip on what one’s intentions are in the midst of a huge swirling controversies of this nature. So go, do what you’ve gotta do, find your center which perhaps had gotten away from you while you were being spun a hundred times over in the sometimes nausea-inducing centrifuge that is the feminist blogosphere, and come back when you’re good and ready.

Or, if you have more questionable judgment, do what I did and reincarnate as something no one expected. :)

Just take care of yourself, and know your voice is appreciated by many.

And recall, too, what Adrienne Rich had to say about some of this (this will be from memory, so may not be exact; from “North American Time” in Your Native Land, Your Life):

…Everything we write
will be used against us
or against those we love.
These are the terms,
take them or leave them…

One line typed twenty years ago
can be blazed on a wall in spraypaint
glorify art as detachment
or torture of those we
did not love but also
did not want to kill

We move but our words stand
become responsible
and this is verbal privilege…

By: aurora

aurora — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:10:30 +0000

I have been consistently impressed by the thoughtful commentary you have been able to share while dealing with law school! I can’t wait to be done, but have one more year. Best of luck on finals and congrats on graduating!

By: Amber

Amber — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:56:06 +0000

I know how you feel, Jill. It can be draining. Take the time you need for YOU.

By: B. Dagger Lee

B. Dagger Lee — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:36:12 +0000

Jill, I think you are wonderful; I’m a big admirer of you, your writing and your conscience. –BDL

By: Tom Head

Tom Head — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:20:01 +0000

Wow. Jill, this was an amazing post. The circumstances surrounding it are a bummer, but reading this explains so many things about other folks’ participation in the blogosphere and, frankly, my own.

I look forward to having you back because your posts are consistently thoughtful and wise, and this is one example among many.

By: Roxie

Roxie — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:55 +0000

rejuv well!

By: Danakitty

Danakitty — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:05:10 +0000

We’ll miss you, Jill! Take care, good luck, and congrats!

I hope you recover and come back all refreshed. And thank you for being a great role model. :)