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"People need connection, I suppose, in whatever form is available to them."
"I had so wanted to be a part of this family. But how could they love me, a brown-skinned woman, if they believed lies that placed whiteness above all else?"
"Beau needed me to feed him, exercise him, train him ― and, above all, love him. My days no longer felt empty, but had purpose."
"Despite the jealousy, difficulties and triggers, I whole-heartedly welcomed my primary’s new girlfriend into my life."
"You could see the emotion on the judge’s face. She found a way to use existing laws to give us the first birth certificate of its kind anywhere.”
"Bolstered by my new secret identity as an erotica writer, I decided it was time to come clean with my family."
After catching heat for a problematic casting choice, Sia clapped back at several professional autistic actresses. Here's what that signals to the autistic community.
“I no longer have a next year with my dad, but you might with your parents or family members.”
"I couldn’t escape the feeling that there was something different about me."