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Isaiah Diaz-Mays's avatar

wrote your ass off in this, per usual. Also - thank you for the plug 🫶🏾🖤

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Rachel Leeke Alexis's avatar

thanks! I loved, Glory. I felt like I was right there with you.

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Deirdre Lewis's avatar

Yes. I loved this: "The hardest part isn’t upholding the illusion but knowing when it is no longer in service to you"...and when you get to the point where you start to fool yourself.

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Rachel Leeke Alexis's avatar

That’s such a fraught position to be in - knowing you’re the source of your own discomfort. But it’s soooo essential, that’s the only ground where real change comes from 😫we humans love a game of denial.

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DeAndrea Douglas's avatar

I introspect about how I conceal myself all the time. What don’t I want to show or share? What to I want to make more appealing? Why do I care? If anyone publishes my journals after I die I will haunt them.

I’ve been told to watch Adolescence too. I just added it to my watch list.

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Rachel Leeke Alexis's avatar

I love the concept of: no one can use what we accept about ourselves against us. Acceptance really is the only way to have peace in this realm.

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DeAndrea Douglas's avatar

I couldn’t agree more.

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Afro • Reads's avatar

Adolescence was good. Many people became

Upset about the reality of it. As in medical dramas I have been thinking I should get into ‘The Resident’ on Netflix.

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Rachel Leeke Alexis's avatar

I can’t wait to get into it! Anything that stirs strong emotion and so much encouragement to view must present a serious perspective!

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Phil's avatar

I’ve been on the side of telling a lie long enough to believe it. The metamorphosis of the illusion is dangerous when it’s progressed to that point. Honesty and authenticity has served me well. No need to remember or uphold. I can live.

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