For you, Netizen

netizen |ˈnetəzən|

noun

a user of the Internet, esp. a habitual or avid one.

• Why you don’t have to be afraid someone else will steal your dream by Lisa-Jo Baker: Tales From a Gypsy Mama.  Fabulous, fabulous post on not letting other’s successes get you down.
• 25 Insights on Becoming a Better Writer from 99u.com: Insights on Making Ideas Happen.  Much needed encouragement for me.
• Church Closes Food Bank Because it Attracts Poor People from Emily T. Wierenga of Imperfect Prose (she has a GREAT soundtrack to her blog, fyi)!
• The not so tragic mulatto, what growing up biracial taught me at All Things Beautiful.  A new blogger I found after I posted at Rachel Held Evans’ blog on racial reconciliation.  If you haven’t read it yet, check it out.  It’s been wild to interact with so many people sharing their vulnerable stories of how race issues have hurt them and their families.  I’m actually still responding to some emails & speaking inquiries from just that one post!  Even one in Uganda!  Probably not going to happen, but hey —I was honored to be asked.  Anyway, thanks again, Rachel!
• Why Women Still Can’t Have it All over at The Atlantic.
• Wire Sculpture Shows a Different Face Depending on what side you look at it from 22 words.  A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.  I am so in awe of talented artists.  I was literally speechless and got the goose bumps watching the accompanying video.  Wow.
• 21 Pictures that will Restore your Faith in Humanity at BuzzFeed.  I loved this post.  I’ve been so discouraged lately with all the horrible things destroying precious people all over the world.  It’s pick-me-up news.

Some of these are a bit old —in internet time, that is— (a whopping 4-5 weeks) but some of this content was too good to pass up sharing!

Anything interesting you’ve found on the interwebz this week, fellow netizens?

xo,