Crystal Hodges

Writer. 🖋️ TEDx Speaker. 🎙️ Birthmarked. 👩🏻‍🎤 Phoenix 🏙️ Wife. 👰🏻 God-Sized Dreamer. 🎊 Artist. 🎨

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We all have differences - I just wear mine on the outside. #cyberbullying #MakingADifference #BareYourBirthmark
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Maybe you’re not “too sensitive.” Maybe you’re just empathetic, and feel deeply. 🩷

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I just submitted a story idea to the New York Times for the very first time. 🫣

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Imagine if humanity showed up for each other the way organizations have for Nestle after a truck of KitKats got stolen.

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Hey, @ofctimallen - I have some work I need done on my car. Since you have an auto clinic now, can I drop it by this week? I promise I’ll leave a good Yelp review.

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@MrsErikaKirk @RealCandaceO I hope you both get answers you’re both looking for, and find some healing in this meeting. 💜

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I'm officially a Phoenix girl.

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Hey hey, @winterjamtour. I'd love to be considered as a possible speaker for your next tour. Here's my 8 minute TEDx talk that I gave in October about my life with a facial difference, so you can have an example of my style.

https://t.co/RLHNoi8e8X

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@belk, @Macys, @jcpenney and all their suppliers - can we please get cute and sexy outfits for the plus size women? Plus size women deserve to feel and look confident too, and your plus size sections just aren’t it. #WeDontWantToWearWallPaper

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@NatalieGrant Ya'll honored me at @daretobe several years ago, and recently I gave a @TEDx talk about life with a facial difference and going viral to 30 million people. I just wanted to send it your way, in case you wanted to see it. Hope that's OK. 💜https://t.co/RLHNoi8e8X

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What has life with a facial difference taught me about kindness? You can listen to my @TEDx here!
https://t.co/RLHNoi8e8X

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Giving my very first TEDx talk on Friday. Feeling all the feelings, and enjoying the journey.

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@ofctimallen It’s a heavy day imagining children being murdered in school. And in a church. I live in Nashville and it’s heavy here today.

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Just posted a photo @ Nashville, Tennessee https://t.co/yghmEC3Ot4

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It’s amazing to think where I started the year. A place of extreme hardship and grief. And now, still in grief. But also a place of much healing. A place of growth. New creativity. A place where I’m ready to write again, to continue pushing forward with my God-sized dreams.

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@NatalieGrant & @CoryAsbury - Your new song is 🔥. It’s going to be played on repeat in my home.

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@elonmusk I have a facial difference. Because of this, I’ve experienced bullying after being turned into a viral clickbait type meme. (This is a common scenario in my community.) Do you have a plan for Twitter so people with disabilities and facial/limb differences are protected?

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Just posted a photo @ Nashville, Tennessee https://t.co/pCmrDg746T

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I have officially discovered that too much levothyroxine can make a girl talk faster than one of the @GilmoreGirls.

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Dear @KristenBell, I finally got my hands on a copy of your book “The World Needs More Purple People.” So good.

To quote @ladygaga, “I was born this way.” I don’t have to paint myself purple.

…so may I pretty please be on your top 10 list of your favorite purple people?

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@ofctimallen Hey Tim! Do you happen to sell backstage passes for your upcoming tour? Hoping to surprise my husband for an anniversary gift if you do. Thanks in advance!