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Why I’ll Never Have Another Boyfriend Again.

Why I’ll Never Have Another Boyfriend Again. Hopefully, the title gave you a lot of assumptions and baited you into…

August 18, 2017

6 days ago by thebrettina Trigger Warning/Past Trauma ⁣ I've felt unwanted touches that made me want to tear off my skin and give it to them exclaiming ”Take what you are taking from me... At least i will feel willing if I offer. ” ⁣ Like the gray intellectual with a memory as old as time i never forget. Events left invisible scars until i created my own safe solace...still healing.⁣ ⁣ Healing is an ongoing process. I still struggle with my traumas but i began to create healing places within my mind last year. ⁣I think of the most beautiful place i can
5 days ago by thebrettina 2007 and 2018. 11 year challenge. ———————————-
17 hours ago by thebrettina And I was insane to think and exert energy believing kindness and liking someone’s company is interchangeable. You can be kind to people and love people without them being in your life, on your social accounts, in your space. Just found this out this year. ‍♀️⁣ ⁣ And now I’m setting boundaries:⁣ *Trust your intuition about The energies you feel in the persons' physical presence.⁣ *Don’t judge people in an exclusively positive or negative way from their social media. Nothing is what it seems.⁣ *Have an open dialogue and hold others accountable, but be kind. I’m not always good at
2 weeks ago by thebrettina “Real radicalism implores us to tell the whole ugly truth, even when it is inconvenient. To own the hurt and the pain. To own our shit, too. To think about it systemically and collectively, but never to diminish the import of the trauma.”⁣ ⁣ - Brittney Cooper @professor_crunk , Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower⁣ ⁣ Right now this is one of my reads! And radicalism, feminism, and all other realisms that are a consistent are my jam. Whenever I think of radicalism and the collective, I imagine how incredible it would look if accountability weren’t just another
2 weeks ago by thebrettina I go to Heritage Tea House in St. Paul to norish my soul, support black business, look at my aunt’s black cotillion photo on the wall with all of her squad (fun fact she's close on the left), and eat good food. Everyone needs a happy space. #lifestyleblogger #supportblackbusiness #supportwomenowned #stpaul #twincities

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Why I’ll Never Have Another Boyfriend Again.