Tag: #SpeakUp
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I’ll Be Loud Until the Day I Die
There was a time when I thought being silent would protect me. That if I made myself small enough, I could slip through life unnoticed, untouched, unharmed. But silence never kept me safe—it only made it easier for the world to erase me. So I stopped shrinking. I started speaking. And when I started, I…
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Why You’ll Never Forget My Name
The world will try to erase you. It will tell you to shrink, to stay quiet, to make yourself palatable so you don’t make anyone uncomfortable. It will try to make you believe that your existence is only valid if it is convenient for others. But listen to me carefully: You were not put on…