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“navigating queer love and sex feels unimaginably isolating when every time i find a woman attractive, i fear that i will come off predatory, and any time i find a man attractive, i question my own feelings, wondering if they are true or if it’s the patriarchal conditioning of society”

“someone who is kind in general but specifically wants to be kind to me”

“It was a time in my life when my sexuality and my identity felt disconnected”

“i want to feel beautiful and wanted”

“but when you hate your body as much as i hate mine, you long for anyone to see you as desirable. and sometimes, even one person isn’t enough. i want everyone to think of me as the very image of female sexuality. “

“as much as we think of ourselves as powerful, we females are trained to feel shame from the day we are born.”

“as women, we do everything we can to be independent individuals. immersed in a system that will do anything to make us the weaker gender, I find my desire in conflict with my rational thinking.”

“we can only experience the freedom of beauty when we address the subjugation to it”

“the constant feeling of obsession, self-hatred and fatigue in this competitive society robs us of the energy to address its fundamental, structural inequality”

“how can we achieve equal rights when we’re exhausting our resources on our appearance?”

“expanding the definition of beauty isn’t enough; we need to eliminate beauty as a determination of a woman’s worth and societal contribution.”

“we’re told we should just love our bodies and accept our flaws, but willpower alone can’t undo the generations of brainwashing intended to repress women’s confidence and power. Women know our purpose in life extends further than counting calories, losing pounds, and fighting wrinkles, but we’re confined by the invisible corset.”

“the tears that come out of me feel as if they were decades in the making. it feels as if some old version of me is leaking out, letting go, saying goodbye in the effort of making room for a new me”

“i want everything about you to be my problem”