“Too often women believe it is a sign of commitment, an expression of love to endure unkindness or cruelty, to forgive and forget. In actuality, when we love rightly we know that the healthy loving response to cruelty and abuse is putting ourselves out of harm’s way” - bell hooks

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Stop telling everyone about every single thing you’re doing. Release that need for validation. It cheapens you, and is blasphemy against that which is personal and sacred.

A ex of mine has a friend that owes him $1.5k and he won’t confront him about it. Smh

“you’re so chill and quiet” thanks, a part of me died when i was still a child.

i stopped giving new people multiple chances. the right people wouldn’t need that many.

Come Close • Common & Mary J. Blige [2002]

Rihanna was right because what are you willing to do?? and literally who cares if it does feel like crack?

Brandy, 1998.

Sooooo even if you marry them, they still weaponize “baby mama” rhetoric even though people swear there’s some big difference between the two. Good luck disproving misogyny y’all.

Only want people in my life who consistently make me feel and show me I am loved.

The soundtrack to the episode is giving #ReasonableDoubtHulu 😍

What if monogamous people dated who they want & polyamorous people dated who they wanted and they all just let eachother date who they want.