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Naomy
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I haven’t read a book that captures the emotions of an abusive lesbian relationship with this much honesty. The prose doesn’t just recount events it moves through the feeling of loving within something that is quietly, progressively violent, easy to justify when you’re inside it and devastatingly clear from the outside. I feel seen in ways I didn’t know were possible. and i still have more to read. wow.
— Jan 28, 2026 08:52AM
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Naomy
is 70% done
“you save the voicemails incase you need to get a restraining order. When you upgrade later they are lost”
there’s a quiet grief in how deeply i relate to machado.
— 22 hours, 12 min ago
there’s a quiet grief in how deeply i relate to machado.
Naomy
is 65% done
“i would have told him anything, anything at all. but i believed i could see five lights.” there were only four lights.
reflecting on the idea that when you’re suffering abuse and they tell you that is love, you make yourself believe it is love. sometimes believing is the only way the mind knows how to stay alive, and that’s terrifying.
— 23 hours, 42 min ago
reflecting on the idea that when you’re suffering abuse and they tell you that is love, you make yourself believe it is love. sometimes believing is the only way the mind knows how to stay alive, and that’s terrifying.
Naomy
is 5% done
picked this up because it was highly recommended but hadn’t read the description… it’s about queer abusive relationships. had to take a pause from it but this memoir is written in such a distinct way that i came back to it.
— Jan 28, 2026 06:10AM
