23 books
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3 voters
Transmasc
142 books
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32 voters
“
Girl. Who are you hiding from?"
Sami means well. He means to include me in that sisterhood of femmes, a sacred circle to which Reem belongs. But it's a place I've never been at home. "Please don't call me that.
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― The Thirty Names of Night
― The Thirty Names of Night
“
In a way, it didn't. They didn't start the fight. I did. That's the part only my therapist knows. I didn't mind that they spat at me and shoved into me as I walked across the football field on my way home. I'd learned to ignore that. I snapped and started the fight because they said something awful about Ever.
Irrational gallantry, maybe? I never asked for this type of masculinity, but there it was.
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― Even If We Break
― Even If We Break