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It’s actually a real honour to get older. Not everybody has that honour, with everything going on in this country, with all of the violence and the children that don’t get to live that long…

— Tracee Ellis Ross

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But then when you hit high school you start interacting with the patriarchy.

It’s been a hard-earned journey of self-discovery and self-acceptance.

But what I would prefer is that I’m the poster child for living my life on my terms. And that there’s a version of that for everyone.

I want to be in a relationship with myself as I am. I don’t want to be fighting with an image that I put out that I can’t keep up with.

I’ve always been a person who speaks up. I can’t help it. Sometimes the practice for me is – perhaps the exercise today is to not speak up.

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