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Their wordsit infuriates me that women are not allowed to tell the truth about their lives without facing deeply personal and often misogynistic attacks.
Their wordsI don’t know why we need to be powerless. We can admit we only have limited power over our own lives, but we do have some.
Their wordsthis suggestion that the universe has a plan for us that makes any kind of sense is not something I have ever believed.
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