Retracing My Steps

The last piece I published on my blog went up nearly two semesters ago, in August of 2024, on Substack. I was returning to regular office life in Boston, continuing my dissertation research, and was excited to share a bit of it with the world. Unfortunately, things didn’t go as planned.

Beyond the state of the world and a very busy semester, my choice of platform has become an increasingly large issue. Substack—once perfect for me as someone who wanted an easy, low-design space to write for cheap—has come under increasing scrutiny in the last year for its platforming of conspiracy theories, bad history, and outright white nationalism. I posted about it back in January, and then began poking around alternatives.

After a busy semester and a lot of searching and experimenting with different platforms, I’m giving beehiiv a try. In design and concept it’s very similar to Bluesky, and I can expand my presence on it as I need to, depending on where my writing takes me.

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