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Staying alive is a lot of work for a disabled person in an ableist society,
“You could be my entire world,” he whispers in my ear before moving to my collarbone. “If you let me.”
― Love, Theoretically
― Love, Theoretically
“Have you considered that maybe you’re already the way I want you to be? That maybe there are no signals because nothing needs to be changed”
― Love, Theoretically
― Love, Theoretically
“As if gaining weight was something unkind I had done to them personally, a betrayal. At what point did I promise to stay 17 for the rest of my life?”
― The Woman in Me
― The Woman in Me
“The saddest part to me was that what I always wanted was a dad who would love me as I was—somebody who would say, “I just love you. You could do anything right now. I’d still love you with unconditional love.”
― The Woman in Me
― The Woman in Me
“Shaving my head was a way of saying to the world: Fuck you. You want me to be pretty for you? Fuck you. You want me to be good for you? Fuck you. You want me to be your dream girl? Fuck you. I’d been the good girl for years. I’d smiled politely while TV show hosts leered at my breasts, while American parents said I was destroying their children by wearing a crop top, while executives patted my hand condescendingly and second-”
― The Woman in Me
― The Woman in Me
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