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I’ll Never Compromise My Worth For The Sake Of A Relationship

I’ll Never Compromise My Worth For The Sake Of A Relationship

KC Rasch KC Rasch
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“I don’t like your boots. They make you taller than me.

We Are Empowered Not Oppressed, We Are Women

We Are Empowered Not Oppressed, We Are Women

Janice Gerlach Janice Gerlach
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Learn, think, move forward. Use your voice as a chain to break freer, like a battering, swinging signal. Let’s educate ourselves, inform ourselves, and never let them put us down again.

Take These 11 Small Steps To Learn To Love Yourself

Take These 11 Small Steps To Learn To Love Yourself

Anne Krarup Anne Krarup
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Know you are in charge of your life and yourself. You can’t control the negativity the world sends after you, but you determine how you react.

Little Red Riding Hood Addresses The Next Wolf

Little Red Riding Hood Addresses The Next Wolf

Brenna Twohy Brenna Twohy
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I will gut you if I need to.
I will carve my way out
with only my teeth.

13 Reasons Why It Totally Rocks To Be A Girl In 2016

13 Reasons Why It Totally Rocks To Be A Girl In 2016

Shani Jayawardena Shani Jayawardena
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There has never been an easier time to chase your dreams. There are no gatekeepers shutting us out any more. Everything is yours for the taking if you work your arse off and want it badly enough.

This Is Why I’m Single

This Is Why I’m Single

Shani Jayawardena Shani Jayawardena
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I want you to want me for more than just my body, because we both know I won’t always look this way. I want you to listen, really listen when I speak. I want you to think of me; even in the tiniest of moments

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