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The word “lämpimämpi” means “warmer” in Finnish and is one of my favourite Finnish words! SÖPÖ! Once you get used to all of the double consonants and vowels it’s a pretty cool language and NOT as difficult to learn as you might think 🤓

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not all women bleed between their legs. period. and perhaps that is the issue, we are so quick to assume what makes a woman, we silence all the other ways our sisters bleed. — D. Kaur @_dkaur

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When your fear of awkward silences overpowers your dislike of small talk. SIDEWALKS, EH? ~sweats profusely~

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At the Age of 18-Ode to Girls of Color At the age of 5 I saw how we always pick the flower swelling with the most color. The color distinguishes it from the rest, and tells us: This flower should not be left behind. But this does not happen in the case of colored girls. Our color makes hands pull back, and we, left to grow alone, stretching our petals to a dry sun. At the age of 12 I blinked in the majesty of the color within myself, blinded by the knowledge that a skinny black girl, a young brown teen, has the power to light Los Angeles all night, the radiance to heal all the scars left on this city's pavement. Why had this realization taken so long, When color pulses in all that is beauty and painting and human? You see, long ago, they told me that snakes and spiders have spots and vibrant bodies if they are poisonous. In other words, being of color meant danger, warning, 'do not touch'. At the age of 18 I know my color is not warning, but a welcome. A girl of color is a lighthouse, an ultraviolet ray of power, potential, and promise My color does not mean caution, it means courage my dark does not mean danger, it means daring, my brown does not mean broken, it means bold backbone from working twice as hard to get half as far. Being a girl of color means I am key, path, and wonder all in one body. At the age of 18 I am experiencing how black and brown can glow. And glow I will, glow we will, vibrantly, colorfully; not as a warning, but as promise, that we will set the sky alight with our magic. 

— Amanda Gorman @amandascgorman Called the 'next great figure of poetry in the US', at 19-years-old Amanda Gorman is a published author and the first ever Youth Poet Laureate of the United States of America.

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Learning to know when some things just aren’t worth your time or energy can be incredibly helpful. Sometimes combating poor behavior is as simple as not giving it the time of day! Your time and energy is far more important than their bullshit. NEXT. 😋

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my boundaries weren’t created to offend you. they were created to honor me. 

— Dr. Crystal Jones @drcrystaljones

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i always wonder how women like you carry losses around your neck hurts on the tip of your tongue yet, still speaks of flowers and go home to make a pot of sunshine as if civil war didn’t just take place in your body brave — jo.essence @jo.essence

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"Papperlapapp" translates to "nonsense" in German 😍 It's typically used around children like saying "Baloney" or "Pish-posh!"