Hurt for Me

by Heather Levy

an executive accountant for one of the big oil and gas companies, the kind that supposedly kept Oklahoma City at the forefront of growth and opportunity even as the prisons filled with people convicted of minor drug offenses and public schools crumbled and closed from lack of funding.

laughable Fifty Shades series

for a big local payroll company.

Is this supposed to be paycom???? Lololol

she couldn’t tell if the detective was vanilla.

Idk why but this phrasing is so funny

Shimmers.”

magenta-dyed hair

Like the author herself

Being a Black woman in a red state was dangerous enough. Being a Black lesbian meant always knowing your surroundings and any exits at all times.

You know Planned Parenthood isn’t only for abortion services, right? They can make sure you and your baby are healthy.

I appreciate that this is a highlighted point in the book

The way politicians and church leaders spoke in Oklahoma, you would think that all Planned Parenthood did was murder babies.

this godforsaken state,”

If only legislators knew how many of their campaign donors begged Rae to peg them

mean politicians, Rae. I mean big-time business owners you see on commercials trying to sell you a mattress. It was like a who’s who of Oklahoma’s wealthiest,

EOTE,

Hideaway.

gay bars like Alibis.

Future outing

Joseph Harp Correctional Center in Lexington.

Lol right down the road

“I try to reserve judgment until I’ve read the first quarter,” she said. “But I have high standards.” Dayton feigned being offended by her insinuation. “Maybe I can tell right away if something’s good because I have better judgment than you.”

And there’s never justice for indigenous people, anyway.”

karaoke tiki hut

Been there done that

Frida?

several nude photography books.

Now i need to go and see if these are really there

“I hate to say it, but for it to be used in court, the information has to be obtained legally.

“At least I don’t have to worry about finding pants that fit.” “As long as you fit me, what does it matter?”

They lived in Yukon, a suburb not far from Oklahoma City, far from where Rae’s mother now lived in Tulsa.

When Rae asked her why she didn’t want to dance anymore, Lily had told her a boy kept trying to kiss her, and the teacher ignored her pleas to make him stop.

signs from Hobby Lobby saying “LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE” or “BLESSED.”

one of those megachurches that preached more about politics than anything in the Bible,

Lol life church?

Big Truck Tacos

Thank you for doing this.” “You owe me cunnilingus,” she half joked. He laughed. “It’s a promise. Whatever you want.”