No Great Illusion

When I'm with you, I'm looking for a ghost.

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We live in a world where the worst thing a woman could be is at peace with her body. We are obsessed with destroying, controlling and colonising everything, even our own bodies. I’m interested in kindness.
Warsan Shire from Shame, a longer essay on bulimia (trigger warning obviously, click through to read)

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    This is beautiful
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    I don’t know when I first realised that I could eat whatever I want and then vomit it out, the knowledge was stunning...
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    “It took me twenty-something years to learn how to love myself, I don’t have that kinda time to convince somebody else.”...
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    Far too much to be reading at this time of the morning. But true, every word.