Mandi

“I had the distinct understanding of what it meant to be a woman in the world: It was mid at best. No power. No credit. No rights. Just a lot of people being mad at you for not being perfect when perfection was a moving goalpost. I was just supposed to accept that that was the way the world operated.”
― Ziwe Fumudoh, Black Friend: Funny, incisive essays on navigating Blackness, tokenism, and friendship in predominantly white spaces.

“But trust comes with quiet reliability.”
― Jay Shetty, 8 Rules of Love: How to Find It, Keep It, and Let It Go

“I do not exist just to move plot. While I am a supportive friend, I am not a supporting character. I am the protagonist of my perfectly imperfect story.”
― Ziwe Fumudoh, Black Friend: Funny, incisive essays on navigating Blackness, tokenism, and friendship in predominantly white spaces.

“When I began recovery, I thought my problem was that I ate, drank, and drugged too much. I learned that overeating, drinking, and drugging were actually not my problems - they were my ineffective solutions. My actual problems are clinical depression and anxiety.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed