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The only person you need to ask if you want to marry me is me. That’s it.

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It makes me want to be plain, and blend in. 

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Just say yes.

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As a Black, dark-skinned woman, I’ve had to repeat this practice of forgiveness forcefully over my lifetime.

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I don’t like to release the energy I hold dear on things that don’t deserve said energy. I like to save it for when it matters most.

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You sound like a toddler throwing a tantrum. Gimme, gimme, gimme! I am not your mother.

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At 25, I was drugged, and you do the math.

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Just be normal!!

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Misogyny isn’t about sex, but violence. But what is violence and why am I met with silence when I point out the subtle ways it creeps up in relationships each day?

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If we live in a world in which my brother exists, then not all men can be assholes.