Black Lives Matter: Beyond Blackout

On Tuesday June 2nd, I was truly confused about blackout Tuesday: what it was and why it happened on super Tuesday. After doing research, I learned it was an initiative called #theshowmustbepaused that somehow morphed into blackout Tuesday 🤷🏽‍♀️. I was frustrated. So I wrote. Here’s the blog post that resulted.

Real quick: There's so much activism, education, anger and excitement across America (and the world), but I want us especially myself to keep going. I want to continue advocating for issues I believe in and speaking up at a local level b/c my voice counts. I want to learn more about organizing and my role in the BLM movement.

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The Digital Wellness Dilemma

Generally, digital wellness is observed in terms of the amount of time you spend looking at a screen (like now 😅) but for me it goes a bit deeper.

  1. It’s about what I take in when I’m looking at screens — meaning what I listen to and watch.

  2. My posture and body position when I’m on the computer on phone.

I definitely want to hear from you! Have you ever heard of or considered digital wellness? What are your initial feelings about it? How are you doing with your screen time these days?

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