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Should Allies Stop Using the Pride Flag?
I disagree with the above statement. I think that the Pride Flag is a reminder that there are people who stand with me as a Woman of Color, as a member of the Queer community. I stand with people hoisting this flag in every corner of every nation, and I think it’s important that we…
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Stay Safe
It was something we started saying at the beginning of the pandemic. “Stay Safe” became the new “have a good day”. It was heart breaking and scary to hear. But things are not so scary now. Yes, hundreds of thousands of people are dying around the world thanks to COVID, but it still doesn’t seem…
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Let Go Of Your Expectations Of Who You Think Your Kid Should Be
You’ll go far in this world, if you just do as you are told Anonymous I don’t know how many times I’ve heard that growing up. If I had done what I was told, I wouldn’t have survived. After I was gang raped, I was told not to say anything…predictably my abusers thought that I…
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No Sacrifice No Victory
That’s such a great moment, because he’s telling her she has a choice. She can remain where she is and hope her brother can save her, or she can fight back and maybe have a chance at survival. Surviving the bad shit means that you get to spend time learning to thrive in the muck…
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Comfortably Uncomfortable Conversations
When Kim Rhodes read my book, she called it the psychic equivalent of the Body Moves art show. If you haven’t seen it, Body Moves is a series of skinless dead bodies put on display so people can learn how the human body works. It’s raw, it’s uncomfortable, and it’s there for anyone and everyone…
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Black Women…Are You Connecting With Each Other?
If you look at the people in your circle, and you are not feeling inspired you don’t have a circle you have a cage. Nipsy Hustle I heard this in a chat with Trish Roberts today, and it struck such an important cord with me. In my old circle of friends I never really felt…
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Life Is A Series Of Never Ending Tests
I am binge watching Lost Girl right now, not really in the right order, just whatever episodes happen to be on my DVR right now. Because I have been watching so many episodes back to back, I am starting to realize that during the entire series run, Bo has never had any “downtime”. She’s always…
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Have You Ever Seen The End Of A Rainbow?
I’ve never seen the end of a rainbow, whenever I have seen them, they stretch for miles across city and mountain to create a reflection of light, usually on days when I am not feeling so great. I almost always see rainbows on days when I have gotten through an episode of not feeling so…
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It’s None Of Your Fucking Business How Much Money She Makes
If the biggest lie the Devil ever made humans believe was that he doesn’t exist, then the greatest lie men tell is that women need men to survive. I fucking said that shit. My name is Devon J Hall, and it’s none of your fucking business how much money I have. It will never be…
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Look At Your Stomach…Are You Proud?
When I was twenty-three, I was having unprotected sex with my boyfriend, and I got pregnant. I also had a miscarriage. Or well, I had what I suspected was a miscarriage, my boyfriend at the time wouldn’t take me to emergency. Instead he wrapped his legs around my waist and refused to let me move…
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Just Because You Love Them, Doesn’t Mean They Love You
I’ve been thinking and I had an Epiphany today. Just because you love someone, doesn’t mean they have to love you back, and when I say this I am speaking specifically of abusive relationships, so consider yourself warned. When we are in love, we are willing to do whatever we can to make the person…
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This Is Not About Ellen, This Is Not About Katie Perry, This is About Victims of Abuse
Hollywood is a place of ifs, ands, and buts. If you sacrifice your soul, you can have whatever you want. And you have to give up your friends and family because they probably won’t understand. But only if they don’t agree with everything you do. It’s that kind of mentality. It’s the kind of place…
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