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Katie Makkai on Pretty
"When I was just a little girl, I asked my mother, 'What will I be? Will I be pretty? Will I be pretty? Will I be pretty?' What comes next? Oh right, 'Will I be rich?'"
Terisa Siagatonu on Note To Self
"Your insecurity is not a diet plan."
"Contemplate how you're gonna explain to him your queerness without using the words 'bisexual' or 'confused'."
Lily Myers on Shrinking Women
"Spending enough time sitting across someone and you pick-up their habits. That's why women in my family have been shrinking for decades. We all learn it from each other."
"I asked five questions in Genetics class today, and all of them started with the word, 'Sorry'."
Sabrina Benaim on Explaining My Depression To My Mother
"It's not that much fun having fun when you don't wanna have fun, mom."
"Mom said I am so good at making something out of nothing. And then flat out asks me if I am afraid of dying. No! I am afraid of living!"
Zuela Herrera on Ako Naman
"*Para sa 'yo sa mga panahong iniwan nang 'di inaasahan at paparating pa ang sariling tinig na, 'Baka nga may nagawa akong mali. Pakiramdam ko kasalanan ko. Palagi ko namang kasalanan eh.*"
Aisha Oxley on Skinny
"What about the school secretary with her loud mouth telling me to eat a cheeseburger – because that's all I needed, right?"
Clementine von Radics on For Teenage Girls
"Little girls with big ideas are much scarier than monsters."
Sarah Kay on The Type
"You are a woman. You are not made of metaphors. Not apologies. Not excuses."
"Forgive yourself for the decisions you have made. The ones you still call mistakes when you tuck them in at night."
Louise Meets on Dayuhan
*"Naaalala ko ang mga gabing hindi ako makatulog ang aking puso, dahan-dahang gumagapang paakyat ng iyong kama, nagpupumilit sumiksik sa pagitan niyong dalawa!"*
*"Alam ba niya na kapag kayo ay magkayakap, mundo ko ang kanyang hawak?"*
Natalie Patterson on 10 Things Every Female Should Know
"Do not apologize for existing; for being yourself. Apologize when you are not."
Zuela Herrera and Sherina Inza-Cruz on "Mahal Kita"
"Hindi kita mahal."
"Matagal ko nang alam! Salamat at kahit ganoon pa man ay alam mo na importante ka sa akin. H'wag kang mawawala, ha?"
