“With every stroke of the razor I cried, but I also felt freedom, and dare I say, happiness.”
‘If I don’t act now, something much worse will happen.’ I locked myself in the bathroom and shaved my head.’: Woman with alopecia says ‘I feel beautiful’
‘In my 30s I asked, ‘Is being ‘playfully’ drowned in a pool considered abuse?’ It was a groundbreaking moment.’: Woman shares journey healing from ‘cycle of generational trauma’
“I struggled through acne, stomach aches, anxiety, chest palpitations, and sweaty palms. My body was keeping score.”
‘Every day I see women posting negative statuses like, ‘Stop using Snapchat filters, stop using the smooth tool, stop taking gym selfies…we get it.’: Woman urges ‘let her do it’
“If it makes her feel pretty, if it makes her feel good about herself even for a split second… let her do it.”
‘The case was OVERTURNED because the victim’s jeans were ‘too tight.’: Woman shares ‘solidarity’ regarding sexual assault, ‘We’re in this together’
“If someone says no, it’s a SOLID no.”
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“This is real life. These are the parts your Black friends don’t tell you, because we exist in the world you create for us in your head.”
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“It’s okay to take the path less traveled.”
‘The doctor punctured BOTH OF MY NEW LUNGS! I ended up back in the ICU, fighting for my life.’: Cystic fibrosis warrior undergoes double lung transplant
“I got a first chance at life.”
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“It is difficult to evade the worries of tomorrow, but we can control making our children feel unconditionally and wholly loved, today.”
‘You look in the mirror and think, ‘My gosh. What happened to me?’ Your 3-day-old yoga pants covered in smeared banana.’: Woman urges ‘you don’t see it, but you are the perfect mom’
“You don’t see it in the floor covered with toys or the countertop smattered with dirty dishes. You don’t feel it in your 3-day-old yoga pants, desperately brushing out the crease in your hair from your days-old ponytail, wondering where all of your clean bras are. But it’s there, one perfect Mom for her sweet baby.”
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“It does not mean our child is dying.”
