Goodbye
Dear Racialicious Readers,
After careful consideration, I have made the decision to leave my post as a Special Correspondent for Racialicious.
*Sigh*
Quite frankly, I’m waaaaaay overworked, though that’s no fault of Racialicious. I’m an overachieving workaholic. This is what I do best.
BUT, I also recognize that I have to devote a few moments in the day for “Wendi Time.” Though I have come to this choice in hopes of salvaging (finding?) my sanity, leaving Racialicious is going to be hard! Despite the fact that I may find myself with a few extra minutes (ok, HOURS…because some of those articles took me a loooong time to write) of sleep after I leave my “day” job (which I affectionately refer to as my “corporate sweatshop”) mere seconds before the sun rises, I will miss y’all.
If you start to miss me, however, you can find me elsewhere in the POC internet community, as I will still be serving as an Editor-at-Large and Contributor for The Coup Magazine and the Coup Magazine blog. You can also find all the posts I have written for Racialicious here. And I am not gone forever, mind you. I will still be back from time to time as a guest contributor.
In the meantime, keep on commenting!
I wish the best of luck to Latoya, our new editor (go ‘head, girl!) and Fatemeh, who will, no doubt, continue to supply you with meaty articles on the toughest of topics, and I extend my sincerest gratitude to Carmen for having given me this amazing opportunity to express my thoughts and to prove that my undergraduate degree wasn’t a total waste of scholarship money! :- )
Signing off,
Wendi Muse
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
momo wrote:
Take Care I enjoyed your articles =)
Posted 16 Apr 2008 at 12:05 pm ¶
The Cruel Secretary wrote:
I’ll miss you, too, Wendi….but I do understand.
*Wipes tear*
Posted 16 Apr 2008 at 12:12 pm ¶
FranSky wrote:
Good for you for taking time to have some fun & relax. You were a breath of fresh air on this blog & will, without a doubt be missed. Thank you for all your contributions!
~F
Posted 16 Apr 2008 at 1:18 pm ¶
Grandpa Dinosaur wrote:
Oh no! I just started reading this blog a month ago.
Oh well, thanks for your contributions. Enjoy for time for relaxing(?).
Posted 16 Apr 2008 at 3:16 pm ¶
Curlyscales wrote:
No you didn’t use the Spice Girls as your going away image?!?
Wendi, I really did enjoy your articles and I wish you Godspeed on your journey. But I don’t believe this will be the last time I see your name connected to a wonderful piece of work.
Posted 16 Apr 2008 at 3:27 pm ¶
wendi muse wrote:
grandpa – there are always the archives i linked just in case you want to build up your hate or love for me in my absence lol
and thanks for the support yall!
Posted 16 Apr 2008 at 3:35 pm ¶
Ailurophile wrote:
I’ll miss your writing, Wendi – though I do understand needing more time!
Posted 16 Apr 2008 at 4:07 pm ¶
Nomindle wrote:
Nooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ll miss you!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 16 Apr 2008 at 4:28 pm ¶
marge twain wrote:
Thank you for all your amazing writing.
Posted 16 Apr 2008 at 4:35 pm ¶
FatiguedMyself wrote:
Talk about mixed messages…. The post below is all about how horrible and offensive (offensive!) ‘racism fatigue’ is, but here you have a clear example of a columnist who no longer wants to write or talk about racism on this website. In other words, ‘racism fatigue.’
How can we as a community of color insist that the rest of the world care and care deeply about racism, all the time, every time, and then give our own community a pass when THEY want a break?
Posted 16 Apr 2008 at 5:29 pm ¶
johnjihoonchang wrote:
Best to ya!
Posted 16 Apr 2008 at 6:44 pm ¶
Alex wrote:
I hear having a “corporate sweatshop” job comes with some pretty nice free lunches once in a while.
You’ll be missed!
Posted 16 Apr 2008 at 7:29 pm ¶
Linda wrote:
Best of luck with your new endeavors Wendi!
Posted 16 Apr 2008 at 7:50 pm ¶
wendi muse wrote:
lol@ Alex…sooo true. but only when we hire new people!
FAtiguedMyself: I am not leaving because I am tired of writing about race. Quite the opposite. I have a day job that requires like 90% of my time (seriously: 12-14 hours days…NO JOKE), however, the work that I do for The Coup Magazine (www.thecoupmagazine.com) and their blog (www.thecoupmagazine.blogspot.com) is precisely about these issues. In fact, many of the posts I write there may end up being cross-posted here. SO I am nowhere close to retiring “for real.” In addition, I’m moving to BRAZIL, so I am certain that I don’t want to spend all my time indoors banging out articles for yall when I could be out teaching and doing research to make my future work stronger…
So yeah… lol
Not that I feel like I need to make excuses for my choices or anything.
But to be honest, if you can show me ANY PLACE within my goodbye post where I mention that I am tired of talking about race, then you win. Otherwise, read full posts before you dog out the writer.
~Obrigada~
Posted 16 Apr 2008 at 8:54 pm ¶
NancyP wrote:
Everyone deserves a decent night’s sleep and some personal time. Otherwise – burnout. Combating racism fatigue ought not to be the responsibility of one person – pass the job to someone else, charge your batteries, maybe come back in future.
Posted 16 Apr 2008 at 9:24 pm ¶
merq wrote:
Here’s to you, Wendi. [raising my glass]
Your writing here has been fantastic. Best of luck, my imaginary drinking buddy.
Posted 16 Apr 2008 at 9:58 pm ¶
Ann wrote:
Good for you for claiming more “Wendi time.” I’ll keep reading your stuff over at the Coup — I’ll miss reading your posts here, though!
Posted 17 Apr 2008 at 12:17 am ¶
Kathleen Marie wrote:
Thank you for your articles Wendi. I always looked forward to reading them.
Good thoughts!
Posted 17 Apr 2008 at 5:24 am ¶
atlasien wrote:
The move to Brazil founds fantastic. Looking forward to your guest pieces from there.
Posted 17 Apr 2008 at 6:56 am ¶
atlasien wrote:
Oops, should be “sounds fantastic”.
Posted 17 Apr 2008 at 6:56 am ¶
jvansteppes wrote:
At first glance I thought maybe it was time for a critical race analysis of the Spice Girls. When will Wendi release a line of perfumes?
Posted 17 Apr 2008 at 1:23 pm ¶
wendi muse wrote:
lol
the scents would be called:
-tired as hell
-bags under my eyes
-carpeltunnel
-sleeping under my desk
and
-tan from fluorescent lighting
Posted 17 Apr 2008 at 1:34 pm ¶
G. D. wrote:
That’s too bad you feel you have to leave the site, but maybe it’s for the better—I always enjoyed your articles,too—all I can say is good luck, and enjoy your new upcoming life in Brazil, and slow down and get enough sleep to prevent possible burnout (I tell everybody I know that!)
Posted 17 Apr 2008 at 8:52 pm ¶