Yesterday I wrote a post about Libya. It was pretty badly written. It took me all of what, 10 minutes (including posting and formatting) to put together. It was a rant born out of frustration. As a standalone post, I am not particularly proud of it. Right now, it has 1600 notes (between reblogs and likes).
Now, a good deal of the people who reblogged rightfully asked, so, what can I do to change the system of inequalities we live in? I am just one person, how can I possibly do anything? It was, in fairness, an appropriate question to ask. I thought about it last night and then again this morning.
So, today, I wrote an extensive post on how people could actually take the step from online awareness to social activism. I made a few suggestions, pointed out possible shortcomings, etc. The idea was to actually present some concrete examples in which we can be the people behind change.
That post? It has 12 notes.
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