WomenofStarWars on indefinite hiatus
I have decided to put this blog on indefinite hiatus. I had hoped that the release of The Last Jedi and the new material that came with it would help re-energize my love of Star Wars, but instead it did the opposite. I’m more frustrated, annoyed, and just plain tired of Star Wars than ever. Going through the tracked tags is more of a chore than a pleasure and quite frankly, it’s not helping my mental health in the slightest because it’s one more thing to force myself to do and the more things there are, the less likely I’ll do any of them (and given I’m in the homestretch for my master’s, not doing any of them is very bad).
So I’m stepping away for a while. I’m untracking all the tags, I’m going to ignore any messages or notes from this blog, I’m going to avoid all official Star Wars news, I’m going to avoid fandom wank as much as possible, and I’m not going to keep up with any new books, tv shows, movies, etc that come out. I’m hoping this break will help me bleed out some of my frustration and make Star Wars fun for me again.
I went through something similar after the Legacy of the Force series was published and I got too frustrated with how badly my favorite characters were being handled. Obviously, I got past that and fell in love with Star Wars again because this blog exists and I was super excited about it for a long time! But I need that extended break again.
The blog will stay up, the archive will still be available if anyone chooses to search it, but nothing new will be added for the foreseeable future. With luck, I’ll be back with new enthusiasm and new ideas for making this blog better.
Thank you to all of my followers for supporting this blog over the years, y’all have been awesome.