I Know My Parents Love Me, But They’ve Never Said It 😔

“Because I saw my parents as my whole world, I was incapable of criticizing them. So naturally I blamed myself instead. I believed that I hadn’t been good enough or that I’d done something wrong to deserve this treatment. Or even worse, that I was unworthy of love. ”

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I’ve Been Trying to Get Sterilized For a Decade. The UK Won’t Allow It. 🚫

“For all of our progress it is still the case that, even in 2024, the idea that a woman doesn’t want children is seen as deviant. There is overt gender-essentialist misogyny at work here. It’s the belief that motherhood lies at the center of womanhood: Any woman who rejects motherhood must be sick or insane and cannot be allowed to act on her feelings and preferences.”

I Regret My Career as a Clickbait Writer 💻

“I knew what people would click on. I had no control over what headline the editor would choose for the articles they commissioned, but I maintained relative control of the piece’s narrative. Except it doesn’t matter if people read the whole article—it’s the clicks that count.”

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