Aug 3, 2018
padma patil ; ravenclaw ; one half of a whole
❝ Brown girl, be quiet, quieter, softer. Dumb yourself down, read less, don’t think so much about the knots in your belly. How it hurts when they tell you brown girl don’t laugh too loud, don’t say too much. Brown boys don’t want it, don’t like it. All your dance, all your giggle. Your spine or your knuckles, those boldfaced ugly opinions. How dare you, brown girl, put your chin up, meet their gaze head on? Where is your shame? Who will want to marry you, with that attitude? With that snake tongue? With all your fire and your venom. ❞
— Azra.T., “Brown Girl” After Meghan Falley’s ‘Fat Girl’ and all my endless disappointment and frustration at my culture and what it does to our women
