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This is what happens when you’re bad at making friends: you end up with ones you don’t particularly like.
“Please don’t tell me you’re one of those pretty girls who insists she’s not pretty. That’s tired. You’re hot, own it.
“The justice system works very differently when you’re white, male, rich, and good-looking.”
But you can’t change the past, you know? All you can do is try harder next time. So don’t give up on yourself just yet.”
People like to think they’re open-minded, but if you toss a tired gender stereotype in their path they’ll run with it every time. I don’t understand why the world insists on stuffing kids into boxes we never asked for, and then gets mad when we won’t stay there.
“People get very angry when police officers are accused of a crime, but that anger is often displaced toward the accuser or the victim. The conflict between obedience to authority and personal conscience is well documented.”
Holding on to resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.
