#i just love archiving stuff and reading my old journals hehe

[whalelotofstudy]

My journaling system - an overview

For @iwillsurvivecollege!

I currently use five journals. The number varies - I sometimes keep just one multipurpose notebook, I sometimes use more. (I think five is the most i’ve had so far)

I usually write in notebook 2, 4, 5 daily and 1, 3 two or three times a week.

Purposes/contents:

1) Commonplace book: mostly about books, but also movie reviews, quotes, stuff i like on the internet, etc.

2) Daily planner: I used to keep a bullet journal but I’m trying to simplify my to-do list and routines, so it’s just a long list of stuff I need to do on that day + sometimes a time log.

3) Diary 1: for stuff I don’t want to read again, so no index for this one. Mostly for emptying out my thoughts.

4) Music note: with a fitting cover! Stuff I listened to that day and my brief thoughts, favourite songs.

5) Diary 2: for ‘happy’ events, and stuff I want to come back to and reminisce later. I stick teabags and restaurant receipts in here too.

[dejwritesarchived]

i don't mean this in a rude way and i'm also black but i've always had this question but never knew if it's okay to ask but why do you think representation of black women in fanfiction is important? cause i've seen never seen hispanic, asian, (especially south asian) indigenous ect fanfiction before, reader's looks are almost always neutral

for one, i always find it strange that black writers in fandom spaces/fanfic communities are always questioned on why they write black reader. like we're really the only group of people that get asked this as if it's our phone number and literally, the answer to this question can be found in countless popular posts on here explaining black people frustration of reading 'ran his fingers through your silky hair', 'you blushed so hardly your cheeks stained red', the fanfic aesthetic edits that have white girl in them, the fan art made for the fic where it's y/n and character and y/n is drawn as a visible white woman...i can go on.

but to answer your question, it's important for black representation in fanfiction, just like it's important to have black representation in books, tv shows, movies, modeling, art, journalism, tech, the health industry, etc. it's important to have black representation in fandom spaces period, especially when we engage in fandom type of stuff—we're usually bullied and hit with anti blackness *cough* see black cosplayers for example *cough*. plus, i think it's important because i know in some years there will be some 18-year-old jujutsu kaisen loving ass black person stumbling upon my or one of the lovely black writers archived blogs or a03 account (pls tumblr and a03 survive so the next generation can experience it hehe) and eyes literally lighting up reading fanfics where reader is described of having natural hair, box braids, brown skin, etc.

and for the last portion of your message, with other poc communities..if they wanted to describe reader's looks and culture for their specific community...they could. maybe it's a preference for them to have reader neutral...just like for some black writers it's a preference for them to write reader as neutral as possible.

pls let's leave the 'why you write reader as black' type of questions in this year. frankly all obviously white coded reader in fanfics aside........black writers can write reader as black because we fuckin' can.