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Five years ago, I looked at him and I thought that he was everything I wanted to be. Now, with so much familial and therapeutic support, I realize that he is everything that I am.

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Visiting any high-profile female entrepreneur’s socials or website, we are often greeted with a massive hero shot of said woman. 

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Nobody warned me that my professor could one day refuse to supervise my project because he thinks girls don’t work as hard as boys.

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As a Black woman, the manner in which I show up in the world has to be much more calculated than my non-Black friends.

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“Not all men,” yes, but it’s too many women.

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I’m fighting my own battles so that the next generation of women can spend a little less time fighting and a little more time feeling free. 

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Loving and trusting men has always come easy to me, but loving women? It scares the shit out of me.

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I find myself asking this question every time I fall in love.