A Social Media Break...

I have to step away.  I just can’t read the online stuff anymore.  About the Cornell case, about sexual assault.  It is affecting me in ways that are not good for me, or anyone else for that matter.

I am glad the internet is blowing up.

I am happy that people are pissed the fuck off.

I am glad there is a special prosecutor.

I am glad there is a dialogue unfolding about consent and rape.

And I am also growing depressed and feeling hopeless.

As an attorney, I know what a fickle tide this is.  How support is mounting for Jane Doe and that makes me so very happy.  But I also know how those tides turn or run dry and I can feel myself fearing that with every post I read...

It feels wrong to step away.  I mean she can’t.  Jane Doe doesn’t have the luxury of stepping away, this is her life...

But I can because I need to.  I need to, just for a little while.

Self care comes in many forms and sometimes, self care looks like staying off social media until what you see and what you allow into your life doesn’t affect you so much...

Again, still...