Hi all, small announcement that streaks were just released on web! We're considering this a sort of "streaks beta" to iron out the kinks before we release on the app (which, fingers crossed, will be available before the end of the week)

You'll see a streak widget on the home feed above your currently reading books. You can edit your past reading history & progress updates by clicking that widget. You can still track progress for today's date as you always have, by clicking the progress bar.

If you have questions about how things work, please click the helper text at the bottom of the edit screen (it says "Missing a book or need help?") or comment here so we can help troubleshoot. If you see a bug, please report via the bug form!

Thanks everyone :)

"People who are understandably impatient for large scale change often want to believe that there’s a shortcut. That one group, movement, or demographic is the truth and the way, and that merely cheering on that contingent will spur a revolution. This places undue pressure on whatever group or demographic is being fetishized as a savior troop."

Such an incredibly important message that needs to be shared. Yes we should absolutely be following the lead of those who are being harmed the most, but not looking to them as the One Voice of Truth. Marginalized voices must be amplified but we must also ensure that we are working just as hard, if not harder, to bring about change. We cannot demand solutions from the people we are trying to help, nor can we place them on a pedestal only to later demonize them when they make inevitably make a mistake.

"A person who has done nothing can easily point to the fact that they have never failed but what have they built? What have they healed"

This quote really spoke to me because it's something that has held me back in my own activism many times. Everything is so public these days. Even when you're trying to do the right thing, it can be skewed by assumptions of bad intent before you ever get to defend yourself. It takes strength to acknowledge that messing up publicly is a possibility when you put yourself out there but deciding to do it anyways.

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