As a Black woman, I am deeply uninterested in spending the second half of my life proving how much I can endure.
I would like to explore how much joy I can hold.
Dependence makes you negotiable.
The moment someone knows you cannot move without them, they have leverage over you.
Build yourself until needing help is a choice; not a condition.
That is freedom.
I think people underestimate how much of a luxury it is to genuinely like your normal day. not the holiday, not the birthday, not the reservation. literally thursday
¡Rompan el puto ciclo! Si no tuvieron buenos amigos, sean uno. Si no han tenido buenas parejas, sean una. Si no han tenido buenos padres, buenos hermanos, sean uno. Este mundo está hecho un asco. Rompan el ciclo. Sean su propia revolución.
girl to girl: please don’t let adulthood take away your ability to be excited. scream over the concert tickets. get excited about your new dress. send your girls 40 pictures from the dressing room. be silly. life needs more of that.
someone said "if you don't let people experience the consequences of their actions towards u, you will remain a safe place for their worst behavior" and I couldn't agree more
A man told me women need to stop being so independent because men like to feel needed. I said, “Then learn how to be useful instead of asking women to become helpless just to feed your self-esteem.” He left me on read. I hope he heals or not. 😂