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People who can’t wait to argue.
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View all 197 →Pettiness, arrogance, boorishness.
Lack of humility, the absence of goodness.
Lying. Let’s not call it “untruthful.” Or “factually inaccurate.” I don’t even call it bullshit, because I like bulls. And bulls need to shit. So you can’t hold that against them. Let’s call it what it is: lying.
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View profile →Most of the people I dated between 23 and 33. It feels crazy to me that I ever thought that I could be anyone’s girlfriend before I figured out the things I’ve now figured out.
Julie Hesmondhalgh – she’s the kindest, brightest, most truthful woman. She’s so talented, works hard, cares about the right things, puts her energy in the right places. I adore her.
Big, shy, angry.
I would not like to know what my total massage budget is.
My internalised misogyny that still manages to cloud some of my thinking.
I never finished The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir.
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