u should write

• 2026-06-03 16:06 PDT
• 239 words
• by raven
• tagged: #onwriting

writing is important.

it’s asynchronous. it can be copied and archived and printed. it’s a neat technology: being able to understand each other across space and time. reading in important. without reading, writing is way less powerful. the best way to become an excellent writer is to be a reader. setting up a cozy little home on the web is important as AI slop and a handful of companies control our online connections. social networks are important. writing, even as microblogging on mastodon, is a large contribution to culture, especially queer culture.

Write about your adventures! Or write about the things that give you hope and meaning; and the things that would make the world better. A reform caucus in a big union in Oregon uses this theme on their website to help their fight for transparency and democracy within that union. It powers my blog. And it could power your own home on the web as well!

One may protest: “well, i don’t know what i would write about!”

Write about love. about sex. about politics. a vignette or slice-of-life. your passions; your philosophy, your poetry, your hobbies. Share what you’ve learned with the world. In a graduation speech, the comedian Tim Minchin urged: “be a teacher! … Even if you are not a ’teacher’, be a teacher … Rejoice in what you learn, and spray it!”