This isn’t just a women’s issue. When half the population lives this way, it’s a macro problem. Shame, indeed, needs to change sides.
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“Sometimes we are afraid, sometimes we are wrong, But without being scared, we don’t get to be strong.”
Lil Wayne, Locked Away Again, 2015.
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I have some convincing arguments in my self-diagnosis, and I’m curious: which fits the bill?
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A “best” friend means you shift all the expectations and all of the love and support from a community of friends and move it into one person.
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