Toyin deserved to be here. She deserves to celebrate with loved ones. She deserved to flourish and grow. She deserved to grow as an activist and heal in peace from her trauma. Her story deserved to be told.
Her life mattered
I don’t even do the playful, mean flirting shit. The “roasting”, passive aggressive humor. The jokes laced with cruelty & a little bit of truth behind them. I will either be treated with absolute kindness & softness or we just won’t be together.