Jamaican Diaspora : Aspire Edition

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So this is what I know and I’m still here

SO, THIS IS WHAT I KNOW ABOUT BEING A WOMAN

I was born female. That made me a woman. My mom called me her baby girl. That made me a woman. I am a sister to my siblings, a mother to my daughter and a wife to my husband. I’m a girlfriend, a hated enemy, counselor, mediator and yeah sometimes an instigator. That makes me a woman. When I was in the fifth grade boys were interested in what was underneath girls dresses. So they slid pieces of broken mirror in between the laces of their gym shoes and made up excuses to stand close to me and my girlfriends at recess so they could 16


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