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Not everyone’s cup of tea

May 10, 2020March 2, 2020 by Shay

“I find myself disagreeing with much of the content and becoming agitated, when I had hoped to become more educated. This just isn’t working for me.” – exit survey of now former BGIM patron I started writing about race back in 2003, back when writing about race as a non-academic was far, far less of …

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Categories Blogging, Racial and Cultural, Random babble, social media, Writing Life 7 Comments

The costs of awakening, or support BGIM Media

May 10, 2020February 21, 2020 by Shay
A person's hands forming the shape of a heart, with a setting sun in the background framed within that "heart"

I am going to keep this short and sweet: If this site is valuable to you, and you have the financial capacity, please become a monthly patron or make a one-time gift today.  It’s been a year since I last directly reached out and asked supporters to support the site; though I do post semi-regular …

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Categories Activism, Blogging, Racial and Cultural, Writing Life

This is a business and a mission, not a performance

May 10, 2020November 29, 2019 by Shay
Shay Stewart-Bouley

I am a professional. I am a small business owner. And I am a human being. Why do I feel like I need to say these things? Because of a comment sent to the previous post here at the BGIM Media site, which literally had nothing to do with the actual piece written by Samuel …

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Categories Blogging, Commentary, Health, Maine, Random babble, social media, World of Work, Writing Life 4 Comments
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