The ‘Boss Babe’ Label and Other Things I Want to Burn.
We can reject the labels we don’t require. We don’t have to apologize for existing, for taking up space, for daring to demand a different outcome.
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expectations
On Standards: Let’s Raise Them.
The standards we set in our personal lives, and for the larger world, should reflect our humanity, our worthiness, and who we are as people with inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. So, let’s raise them.
How Many Layers of Expectations Have to Be Removed to Find Who I Am?
Who am I without being of service in a way that you say is admirable? Who am I without you? Who hides underneath everyone’s expectations of me?
Once Touched, Twice Challenged: What Happened to My Expectations?
What happened to the sheer force of my dreams? I try to work on my book, but I’m tired. I try to work on my book, but my brain is fried.
I Want to Know Love Again.
I don’t want to get to know heartbreak again. I am through clinging to broken hearts, the ends of love songs, and falling in lust with passing souls on sidewalks. I am over trading my name for a drink and trading a night for company. I am done not being enough.
The Black Silk Flower In My Hair: Bravery, Shame & The Feminine.
I was reminded that shame may always be a companion, that no matter what I do, I can’t wholly undo shame. I don’t blame her, how could I? This is the air we breathe, the water we drink, fault and origin are less relevant than figuring how to feel ashamed and live your life anyway.