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she/her/that nigga. no famz who no famz you. founder: @wematterng

Joined August 2012
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just launched my substack: deesperspective.substack.com i'll be writing essays on identity, healing, and rewriting survival scripts. first drop this friday. visual excerpts + messy drafts on IG โ†’ @dees.perspective
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France called in sick
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I'm sorry but this is hilarioussss
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Omo Spain came with the intensity
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Being back on this app feels so strange
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I can't believe I'll have a one year old by the end of this month. What I especially can't believe is that I still find myself, in the middle of the night, checking to make sure she's breathing ๐Ÿซฃ๐Ÿ˜ญ I think my mother might have been right when she said it doesn't really ever stop
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you know you're still seeking external validation when: - you set a boundary and immediately start explaining why it's reasonable - you make a decision and scan the room to see who noticed - you advocate for yourself and then soften it with "but I understand your perspective too"
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- you enforce a standard and feel guilty when it's inconvenient for someone else the approval reflex doesn't look like begging. it looks like over-explanation. like making your clarity digestible. like converting your authority into something that can be negotiated.
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if youโ€™re the โ€œemotionally intelligentโ€ one in your relationships, this might be for you ๐Ÿงต
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you explain clearly. you regulate first. you zoom out. you track patterns. you soften tension. while you think that makes the relationship safer, it might just be making it uneven.
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and people wonder why i'm afraid of new friends??? folks are SCARY
my best friend got a job at a big firm and i told her i was happy for her but i spent the whole night crying because iโ€™m still unemployed. iโ€™m a terrible friend. i want her to succeed, just not more than me. there, i said it.
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these AI caricatures have me thinking everybody done lost their goddamn minds
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once you realise the exchange rate of power, you stop handing it out so freely
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anyone who requires permission to live will always resent those who don't
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i can't believe this isn't the last friday of january ๐Ÿซ 
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being labelled โ€œdifficultโ€ is usually the fee for exiting control systems
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the internet is annoyinggggg
Victoria Beckham at Brooklyn's wedding
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history doesnโ€™t remember well behaved women because well behaved women donโ€™t change systems. they just keep them running
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had a dance battle with my boys last night and man my soul needed that
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being back to work after 9 months off is NOT the one
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5.52pm and there's no word of boarding. ffs
my 2pm flight has somehow become 6pm. man sometimes this country really pisses me offffffff
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