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Chelci Hudson's avatar

Your writing is like riding a rollercoaster of relatability and joy—even if I’m not yet 59 and on the other side of the body positivity spectrum!

And this excerpt…*chef’s kiss*: “While I may have inherited Mommy’s gift of gab, her love of cinema, and her struggle with the human condition, I did not inherit her rack.

Though my mother often whispered in my ear, “a wuh-man’s heya is huh shining glaw-ry,” I knew the truth: massive hooters were my ticket to womanhood.”

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Jazmyn Smithware's avatar

!! I had the unflattering Halle Berry haircut that made a man in the grocery call me “young man” & I too was nicknamed Bean (but because I ate only beans for a few years lol). Someone told me in my 20s that I needed to eat more beans so my breasts would grow & I yelled “BULLSHIT!” 🤣 XO

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Stacey Cost's avatar

I hit my flowy stage early - the opposite problem you had on top. Enjoy the freedom of this chapter, and I've always thought you are beautiful, inside and out.

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Stacey Cost's avatar

I hit my flowy stage early - the opposite problem you had on top. Enjoy the freedom of this chapter, and I've always thought you are beautiful, inside and out.

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Erica Allen McGee's avatar

Love this so much!!!! You are funny and descriptive. Such a great peek into you and your mother. I’m happy to have met you at the conference! More of this please! Our mothers would have been friends!

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