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now this was TEW good…. and believe me i was not liking it at first. like at all. in fact i considered DNF at one of the early points, but i wanted my black love story saur i pushed forth. im so glad i did!!! to be quite honest this might be one of m
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“I was never quite sure what all these critics thought I was supposed to be doing—a Bob Dylan impression? I was a teenage girl from the South. I signed my name with a heart. I liked looking cute. Why did everyone treat me, even when I was a teenager, like I was dangerous?”
― 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-guessed my career choices even though I’d sold millions of records, while my family acted like I was evil. And I was tired of it.”
― The Woman in Me
― The Woman in Me
“I don’t think Justin realized the power he had in shaming me. I don’t think he understands to this day.”
― The Woman in Me
― The Woman in Me
“What do we have except our connections to one another?”
― The Woman in Me
― The Woman in Me
“But my interest is in how these marks that I am scratching on this page can mean anything at all. If they can have meaning”
― James
― James
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