feminists are “just women who don’t want to be treated like shit. - Roxane Gay

I was broken and then I broke some more, and I am not yet healed but I have started believing I will be.

This is the reality of living in my body: I am trapped in a cage. The frustrating thing about cages is that you’re trapped but you can see exactly what you want. You can reach out from the cage, but only so far.

"There is an anxiety in being yourself, though. There is the haunting question of "What if?" always lingering. What if who I am will never be enough? What if I will never be right enough for someone?"