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“I was ten. I had noticed something was weird earlier in the day, but I knew from commercials that one's menstrual period was a blue liquid that you poured like laundry detergent onto maxi pads to test their absorbency. This wasn't blue, so...I ignored it for a few hours.”
― Bossypants
― Bossypants
“To say I’m an overrated troll, when you have never even seen me guard a bridge, is patently unfair.”
― Bossypants
― Bossypants
“My ability to turn good news into anxiety is rivaled only by my ability to turn anxiety into chin acne.”
― Bossypants
― Bossypants
“Maybe we have only a finite amount of love to give. We're born with our portion, and if we love and are not loved enough in return, it's depleted.”
― The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
― The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
“This is what I tell young women who ask me for career advice. People are going to try to trick you. To make you feel that you are in competition with one another. "You're up for a promotion. If they go for a woman, it'll be between you and Barbara." Don't be fooled. You're not in competition with other women. You're in competition with everyone.”
― Bossypants
― Bossypants
Afro Literature
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— last activity Sep 15, 2014 09:36AM
A forum for discussion of Literary Fiction by African Americans. The Aim is to spread the word about new and old authors of African or African America ...more
Toni Morrison fan club
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— last activity May 11, 2015 01:45PM
The group name says it all. I am forming this group to share our experience of Morrison's writings. I am also the organizer of a Meetup group and woul ...more
Lisa’s 2025 Year in Books
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