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no amount of success, stability, or joy will fully protect you from dismissal when you speak in ways that threaten entrenched systems. That isn’t a reflection of your worth; it’s a reflection of their fear. If you’ve ever been reduced to “shrill” or “jealous” or “too much,” you are in excellent company. Those words are recycled not because they’re... See more
Candice Wuehle • Mad Woman, or, the Day the Internet Called Me Boring, Jealous, and Mean
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because if we can’t be honest with those around us, can we be honest with our own hearts? yet despite this, the desire to be seen persists.