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This short story was so good I just wish Ujunwa didn’t write like shit. Other than that HOLY SHIT omg.
For starters a) icb Chimamanda actually acknowledged lesbianism b) dude Edward was SO real I wanted to ninja hack kill him c) icb Chimamanda wrote a lesbian character ACTUALLY d) this story is so realistic I could EXPLODE. WTFFFF this was genuinely incredible.

I already know this is the best short story collection I will have read all year.

…she will come here and bundle me back with her to the US, and I will be forced to live a life cushioned by so much convenience that it is sterile. A life littered with what we call “opportunities”; a life that is not for me.

This genuinely had me googling Chimamanda LGBT on Google bc what 😭😭😭😭 heteronormativity wins again with Chimamanda!

I must be fucking stupid. I have so many questions and so little answers. Huh. Are they poly. weren’t they Gay and having an affair. ? What the fuck was the meaning of all of this