Some people wear their smile like a disguise. Those people who smile a lot, watch their eyes. I know 'cause I'm like that a lot. You think everything's ok, and it is . . . 'till it's not.

And this vague little smile is my all purpose expression the meaning of which I will leave to your discretion.

Vulnerability is something that I negotiate every day.

It can be very frustrating and very deflating to be constantly defined and described by other people, so I've stopped reading anything written about me, and I find it much healthier. I just sort of concentrate on what I do and don't worry too much about that.

a lesson must be lived in order to be learned and the clarity to see and stop this now that is what i've earned

In any marginalized community, whether people identify themselves or not affects us all.

For every hand extended another lies in wait. Keep your eye on that one girl...anticipate.