Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve

by Drew Afualo

or who has an obsession with Tom Brady—not the Bucs or the Pats, just Tom Brady—should be jailed (a clear

Sam! Tom brady is not god even if you think he is

In September 1995, right at the tail end of Virgo season, my parents’ dreams came true—and the prophecy of all the world’s worst men came to pass: I was born.

Screaming

the me of today is someone I’m proud and happy to be, and the me of tomorrow is someone I am excited to become.

Teaaaaa

My parents clearly didn’t have that much to worry about anyway, given that Deison likes women and I can barely tolerate most men now, but by not expressly forbidding us from dating, they instead did something that was pretty transformative, especially for two girls at that age: They gave us the power to choose.

Divas

But sometimes being a parent or a mentor or a teacher means letting someone make their own choices (within reason, obviously) while quietly making sure that you’re there to support them if it doesn’t turn out the way they want or expect.

Mommyyyyyy you did good melissa

It’s not our fault if we are born ignorant, but it is our fault if we die that way.

Bars

it was wild to see the worst parts of the patriarchy physically embodied in one man who, you know, actually went on to become the president. It’s still fucking surreal thinking about how we let that happen.

Hate to break it to you girly

These duties have always been, and still remain, thankless work that carries no social reward or monetary incentive, so why would men envision it for themselves?

EXACTLY

“All my friends are guys because girls are drama.” It’s a common pick-me trope, sure, but it’s also a lie. Any kernel of truth to this belief only stems from society’s desire to pit women against one another.

YYUPPPPPPPPPPPP

some have been jumping from relationship to relationship their entire lives,

Connor

After all, nothing makes you lose faith in long-term heterosexual romantic companionship more than the process of dating men.

Aint that the fucking truth

I think the universe has a really funny way of giving us what we want, not when we want it, but when we’re ready to receive it.

Preach

For me, it was my college friends who made me realize just how incredibly nuanced, caring, and expansive female friendship could be, especially compared to the friendships I had cultivated with men.

TRUTHHHHHG

I sleep soundly at night on a mattress that those bitches paid for.

Diva

The word “no” is a complete sentence.

Heavy on this actually

You know how pick-mes say things like I’m so not like other girls, I’m more of a guys’ girl? I’m the opposite of that. I am just like every other bitch you know. In fact, I’m worse.

YEAHHHHH WE ROLL DEEP

For a long time, I was actually convinced that the desire would come for me eventually, but years would pass, I would reach certain milestones, and still … nothing.

Yeah real

After all, it’s also not fair to the children themselves, who deserve to be born to parents who truly want them.

SAY IT LOUDER.

I started crying in front of her, and she held my hand and told me everything was going to be okay, something so small and simple that truly meant a lot to me.

The fact thay they comfort her on a negative result instead of apologizing speaks VOLUMES these ladies are the best i love women

Or would you hold space for them?

Lol