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Written by Doc Impossible on 2025-01-22 at 13:27

After the election, I announced Stained Glass Woman was going on hiatus, but I've been publishing a few articles since, now and again. I figure folks are wondering what the plan is.

Articles are going to be sporadic for a while. I'll try and publish, but I won't be on a regular schedule until at least the end of the summer. Here's why:

1. A lot of people reach out to me for help. Always have. That has seen a pretty dramatic uptick since the election for really obvious reasons. But as far as I'm concerned, direct aid needs to come before my artistic self-expression.

2. I'm under contract to deliver a scholarly manuscript in September. My coauthor and I are making good progress, but that obligation needs to take priority over the stuff I'm writing for the joy of writing it.

I've had to put the book first before. This shouldn't be surprising.

3. I need to care for both my family of origin and my found family. I'm not the only person who's been directly impacted by the election, and we have a lot of work to do; for instance, one family member's job relied on federal funding that was eliminated by executive order on Monday.

Stained Glass Woman is really important to me. Really important.

But my contractual obligations and directly supporting people in immediate need is just plain more important.

And I'm not gonna toss off articles in the moments between other things just to maintain a social media presence. goes into researching and writing each article that goes up.

I might try and get some more Facets (guest writers) articles up in this time, if they're with people I know, trust, and who have something to say, but in the end, I'd rather the site be quiet for a while than to fill space. I'm not, and have never been, doing this work for the attention (honestly, that's the worst part of it). And it's really important to me that what I put up on SGW is of the highest quality, and backed by the best research I can find.

I can't do that casually, to be absolutely frank. A lot of work goes into researching and writing each article that goes up.

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Toot

Written by Lady Tyler "Bio" Rodriguez on 2025-01-22 at 14:27

@Impossible_PhD I absolutely understand. It's what I respect about you most, you always put people above all. Best wishes Zoe.

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Written by Doc Impossible on 2025-01-22 at 14:52

@BioWD 💜

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