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We are in fact all perfectly different, and what makes us different needs to be fully celebrated within society.

— Lola Akinmade Åkerström In every mirror she's black (2021)

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Being different doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with you or that you aren’t perfect as you are. It simply means getting special support so you can live your best life.

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She needed balance. Her own moon that would rise and fall with her, keeping her equilibrium, loving her unconditionally.

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The trauma she had endured often manifested itself as quiet tears once she was locked in her room, staring at her graveyard of photos.

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