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So - I'm looking for my next projects.
I'm very open about the field, but I do want something interesting, challenging, meaty. Something I can really get into. I want a great adventure.
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See ehn. What is it you want?
Good food and drinks? E dey!
Sanitation and hygiene services? E dey!
Doctor nko? E dey!
What about lawyers? Dem dey!
If e too much nko? Therapists dey!
We no get data! That one sef dey!
Rain dey fall o! Raincoat dey!
Wetin come remain?
#EndSWAT
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Thinking about every Nigerian who pushed down the trauma of October 20 and went back to that Tollgate today. Knowing that your country can kill you and still showing up. Ahhh
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That she has seen. Meaning her. The ones she has seen herself. Not necessarily the ones anyone else has seen. Not your faves. Not the one you've seen. Her herself. Her own personal list.
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Why do Nigerian Government officials think that the best response to women who have reported maltreatment or abuse by their husbands is to reconcile them? No investigation? No charges? Reconciliation?????
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I like Thomas. I like his doubt. I love that Thomas followed his Lord for ~3 years, saw him die and when he saw a risen body who looked like him, said - I will not just believe. Let me prove it myself. With my own metrics.
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I love it when women brag. Raise that shoulder my good sis. Expand that chest. Use as many multisyllabic words as you want to describe how awesome you are.
Wear it like perfume. Na you do am.
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You meet someone and you fall in love. It's beautiful and lovely and right. You both grow. You both learn and unlearn. It's wonderful and hard, it's fairytale and real life
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Excited to (finally) share that I am the host of
#CNNAfricanVoicesChangemakers
, A new chapter of CNN African Voices celebrating the people innovating, advocating and making a difference on the continent. Launching Friday August 9. Make sure to tune in!!!!!
Meet the new host of African Voices - Arit Okpo (
@menoword
). She will help usher in a new chapter of the program dubbed African Voices Changemakers. It starts tomorrow!
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That point in the shower when you make the water (even) hotter and then stand there and parboil gently as you think about your day. Best thing ever.
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How beautiful to see a movement that everyone has access to. That someone can decide to start a protest in their community, can request and receive logistics support, request and receive medical and legal support and publicity - immediately.
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This is what happens when citizens grow up providing for themselves. You cannot deprive people of what you have not given them. Food + legal + medical + financial and now security. Each protest efficiently catered for.
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Gonna get this out now before I tire.
Seen a lot of tweets asking to turn into a political party. Nice but I think we need to broaden our perspective. We need a bit more to change the system
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You know, the Police could have sat there and watched people drive past for 2 hours. Stand there and say you're maintaining law and order. That's all it takes. Instead they have decided to arrest people in the full view of the press and the world.
#EndSARS
#EndSARSMemorial
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Let me tell you guys a Daddy story. I wrote GCE in 97( so some of you really need to start calling me Auntie). My parents weren't sure whether I should write it or not, so by the time we decided, I ended up having to write in Akamkpa, which is an hour or so from Calabar
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Dear celebs. This leading of protest is not by force. After all, no be all of us sabi perform. Align with the people who have been working since, find out how you can complement and work alongside. This movement is not looking for leaders.
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So, my dear creatives, freelancers and self employed people. I know we're all in goal setting mode - some thoughts that might help as you prep for 2020
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Me after 1 day of going out - The world is such a hectic, exhausting place. I must now sit on my balcony for 3 days to recover.
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We deserve to catch a breath and hurt and laugh to ignore the pain. But you see us, my beautiful coconut heads of the last few days, we can do this thing. We saw it ourselves and they saw it too.
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I love how decentralized the
#EndSARS
protests are. There are people mobilizing, fundraising, handling logistics, amplifying. Makes it harder to hijack and divert. This is not about one person with a loud voice. This is about thousands of citizens who have had enough.
#EndSarsNow
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Please my people. Don't wear anything tomorrow that will make it easy for you to be identified. Don't protest in spaces where you cannot exit easily. Abeg. Abeg. We have been doing well with the decentralized movements since. We know these people will not hesitate to shoot. Biko.
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People sat down and sang the National anthem. I can't stop hearing Switch asking people to hold up their flags. Like you have to beg your country not to kill you. You have to beg. Let me hear anybody talk about panels and dialogue and negotiation here again.
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Why is your self esteem tied to someone's hymen?
Ladies, loosing your Virginity to your husband on your wedding Night is the best feeling any man can get. It is Actually good for our self-esteem,👱💁 and helps us feel fulfilled, and proud especially if your bride price is high 👱💸💰💰
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So... Happy Easter to the doubters.
Your God is big enough for your questions. There is space within God for your doubt. God is not lessened by what you need to see in order to believe.
May your God honour your doubt, and may there be many proofs.
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Peeps stop quote tweeting that Adamu guy. Report. Screen grab if you must. We have to be very intentional about how much engagement we're giving these people. Once you see someone being divisive or harmful, report, alert others to report but starve them of engagement.
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Felt extra beautiful today. That is to say - beauty on top of my usual one. Anyhow collect
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I am proud to be your daughter. Even prouder to be your friend. I love you. Always. And I'll do my best to take care of things here. Always. Your Akpanwa.
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Woke up today to a message from my friend in Australia telling me she'd heard my voice on the Marked documentary on Netflix.
CNN, Flutterwave, Netflix - Me.
This last week I've been so full of gratitude for my journey. Today was a beautiful new cherry on top.
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Thank you to the photographers creating a visual record of this struggle. Your pictures are powerful, they are moving, they remind us of why we are doing this. Thank you.
#SarsMustGo
#SarsMustEnd
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There is a heavy media presence at the Tollgate today and still the Nigerian Police is detaining peaceful protesters and beating them. Everytime I want to be shocked by that thought, I remember that October 20, 2020 happened.
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Important handles and hashtags.
Protest support:
@feminist_co
Volunteer support:
@EndSarsResponse
Legal support:
#EndSarsLegal
Medical Support :
#EndSarsHealth
Dispatch support :
@funmioyatogun
Resource support:
@chefobubu
#SarsMustGoNow
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One night, I'm being my usual night owl self, reading at midnight and enjoying my life. I have a coughing fit; the Lover, deep asleep, whispers "I've got you" and tucks the duvet around me. Can I tell you all that I melted?
My partner talks in his sleep.
Last night, he fell asleep rubbing my arm.
He mumbled, “There’s a lot of dry rub on this steak.”
I asked, “Is my body the steak?”
He said, “Noo. Your body is never a mistake.”
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It is noteworthy that the Nigerian Police response is not backing down, but increased brutality. They are not resisting, not blocking - they are aggressively trying to beat down this protest and instill fear. This isn't over. We will
#EndSARS
and
#EndPoliceBrutality
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Dear
@kudabank
well done on your drive to hire female interns. So good to see an organization put its money where its mouth is. To close the gender gap, companies must intentionally act to address the imbalances that exist and I'm pleased to see you walk the talk by hiring women
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Woman with locs and glasses minding her business....
Random passerby: Asa?
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Someone on Cardi's team hands her 10 bundles of N200.
Cardi: How much is this?
Team person: About $600
Every time she collected a bundle, this was all I could think about.
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Today is a good day to share that I am moving on from my role as Host of CNN African Voices.
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You see my mouth in that first picture? That's how you will know that I'm not really OK like that. But anyhow sha, you all deserve to partake of this beauty.
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Sending pure love this morning to Seyitan, everyone who is trying to get her justice and my esteemed members of the feminist coven home and abroad.
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You guys how do I cope na? How do I deal? What kind of beauty is this na???? Even for me dis tew much. Wow! Look at a real life Goddess. Mehn....
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I have something I say to myself - Allow things fall, allow them break.
Not license to be careless about relationships, but recognising that it is possible to hold on to something so tightly that the holding on becomes the work, not the relationship itself
Stop being the one who always makes efforts, relax as well and let the ship sink
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My friends and loved ones. We did Coroshopping on Friday. Since then we have been eating the life of our head. Frying chicken upandan. Eating pasta upandan. Came home today and the Lover made us buffet.
Long and short sha, motor has jammed egungun, the food has finished.
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My miracle did not come with fuss or fanfare.
It did not announce itself
All I can say is that one day it hit me
That everything had changed
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I've decided that the gene that makes Nigerians share unsolicited opinions on other peoples posts is the same one that will make a stranger immediately leave where he is going to delightedly shout "CUT YA HAN" as soon as he sees someone parking.
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Please people, stop retweeting everything. Lots of people are sharing false information for some sick reason. Please interrogate, check profiles and previous tweets, check for independent corroboration. There's enough happening now, we don't need misinformation to make it worse.
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We watched ourselves crowd fund millions of Naira. How can we translate that into a crowd funded political network that provides funding for aspirants and other system based projects?
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This little boy to me just now. Entirely unprovoked.
"My mummy has not baffed today".
Pointing at Mummy to be sure I knew exactly who the unbathed miscreant in his tale was.
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I love that Jesus honoured his doubt. Jesus met Thomas at the place of his questions and said - I hold up to your doubt. I can meet it, meet you.
Christians believe in retrospect. Thomas had to believe in the moment that a man who died was now alive. And Jesus made it possible.
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I love how the reward for her excellent skills is marriage. Fantastic motivation. I so much love it.
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The Nigerian Army is now on the streets to quell peaceful protesters. Shooting live rounds. The police is detaining protesters and denying their presence, denying them access to their lawyers.
Everytime we think they're as bad as it gets, they show us they can get worse.
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Today I am grateful that I have a career where I don't have to "go to work" everyday. Have spent the last couple of days out and about and doing and I need a pause. Tomorrow is for writing and replying emails and sitting in one place. I am very grateful that I have this option.
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Those aunties that used to hook your head inbetween their legs so that they could weave your hair.
Is there anything that was normal to you growing up then you grow and realize how wild it was?
For me it’s how audacity of teachers to cut a student’s hair because it’s dada or braids. Why did our parents let them?
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One day you people will tell us what
@Rene_noire
actually did to you. Because it doesn't make sense how somebody will post HER thoughts on HER TL and people will start huffing and puffing in her mentions.
As for me sha, I feel say na crase.
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Moe literally tweeted - I am an attorney in the States.
One sentence.
All of a sudden she should have been nicer, more polite. Because of what??? What nonsense is that?
That yt man dey ment and all the people saying she was rude dey ment too.
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My LGBTQIA+ loves, I know today is hard for some of you, especially if you have to go back into the closet or be around family who do not affirm your identity or ways of being. I'm sending you all love and acknowledgment of the difficulty of today
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And you take a moment to think and be grateful. For the ones who love you in ways that you need. For the ones who take care of the details too. For the fairytale magic of your everyday love.
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Google telling me to leave for the airport now to check in 2 hours before my flight. Please I'm a Nigerian, I'm already at the airport, I have already checked in.
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Meanwhile guys I wore a bodysuit today and I FINALLY understood why I don't want to work out (apart from laziness). It's sympathy. My body is a work of art. Whut!!!! If I work out and go out, I can cause traffic and even accident. So it's better to give you guys small small
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The fish can be called both mackerel and Titus. There is nothing wrong with having a "Nigerianised" name for a common item.
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Everybody :
Zikoko writer: Hello everyone, I'm looking to interview people who picked money from the ground and turned into yam, it's for a Zikoko article. Please DM if this is you.
I love it.
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I remember one of the last days I went to COZA. One Father's day. They turned it into a Biodun celebration day. Our Daddy. The church was in mass hysteria that was almost scary to watch. And he just there, taking it in. Those are the people you want to call him to account?
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All Seyitan wanted was an apology. She wanted an acknowledgment of the wrong that was done to her. That young woman dared to speak and was detained, threatened, her agency has been stolen AGAIN.
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All the people talking about negotiations, I know this is the model we know. Protest till you get attention and then negotiate. That we are where we are should tell you that model doesn't work. Not for us.
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In 2 days we watched a team of lawyers form a network with insane response and release times. How can we parley that into prison reform? Legal reform. That was one of our demands. What are our next steps
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Happy Mother's Day to mothers of all shapes and sizes. To confused mothers and I don't know the answer mothers. To mothers who try too hard but worry that they're not doing enough. To mothers trying to correct the errors of their own upbringing. To anxious mothers
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I can't even pretend I'm not vain about these locs.
Instagram saw it first.
*dodges Ugo's shoe*
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That one is constantly dissociating himself from things that are not associating with him.
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We have created the single most unifying citizen experience in recent times. We have seen that what we desire can be done and that we all have not just the desire but the skills and scope to do it - how can we turn this into a broad issues based ongoing and growing conversation?
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Got something in my throat and coughed a little. Tell me why this nutcase ran to kiss me and started shouting "If you've got it I've got it too. Corona fuh eva!"
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Nigerian comedians please and please, evolve your craft. Mocking women, the disabled and foreigners is poor practice and lazy work. Mbok
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Hello guys! I'm looking for communities in Nigeria where the tradition of women marrying another woman into the family is still done. If this is your community, you've heard of it, you know someone who knows someone, you have a link etc please DM me. Thank you so much!
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Took an Uber recently. The driver seemed pleasant and we chatted a bit about how he had just started Uber and how he was finding it. Conversation started to go left when he entered the gist of how women can be rude, they don't know how well off he is etc etc
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He's being laid to rest today. So I'm leafing through my memories and these are the ones I am holding on to. This imperfect man who loved me very much.
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This is not OK. Everyone is affected by SARS and LGBT+ people have just much right to protest as anyone else. We cannot be protesting oppression and oppressing others too.
#QueerLivesMatter
#EndSWAT
A lady brought a 🌈 rainbow flag
and our fellow
protesters turned on us at Berger Roundabout Abuja.
they tore our placards and seized the flag.
I got it back but they refused that we fly it.
I wore it on my neck and they refused.
said we either take it off or leave.
I’m leaving
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Felix has been found!!!
Hello everyone felix has been found,he is safe and sound.. He was robbed and all his possession were taken from him.. We are grateful for all your support and concerns.from the bottom of my heart I am saying thank you very much
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We took control of the information flow. We insisted on and got global attention. Writers wrote, correspondents reported. We insisted on the engagement we wanted and saw responses. We called out people. How can we build on that? How can we take it offline
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To more of some and less of others. This is going to be a great year.
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Thinking about the crippled man and his 4 friends who broke the roof to get him healing. Everyone needs friends like that
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Jackie Aina putting her mouth where her money is. Calling out those brands, following up, updating her followers. Taking her visibility and influence and turning it into a megaphone. I honestly stan. She is doing the work.
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Me after I've finished giving good advice but the person refused to hear word and now the wahala I said would happen has happened and they're asking what to do next
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It's a lovely evening. There's a full moon and I'm sitting on the balcony with the Lover. We're sipping our gin and listening to the night. Work is good and life is good. I am exactly who and where I am supposed to be in this moment
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This marrying a Pastor conversation just reminded me that many lifetimes ago, I was engaged to a Pastor and actively preparing to become a Pastor's wife - in a fundamental church.
Thank God say God dey see front. There would have been problem.
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That one took someone on a date and offered her lunch. She opted to buy it herself because she didn't want to see it on Twitter, he got upset, walked out and...came on Twitter
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Important alert!!!! We have a lot of work to do with all the disinformation happening right now. This is something we can ALL do. Verify, verify, verify!!!
NEVER RETWEET OR TWEET ANY VIDEO/PICTURE THAT YOU DON’T KNOW/TRUST THE SOURCE!
The new disinformation tactic is to share a false video/picture, then once it goes viral then come out to say it’s false as a way to discredit even the things that are true. Verify before you share!
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This thing happening with LGBTQ+ people in Ghana is so unpleasantly familiar. Turn public opinion against gay people, use certain respected organizations to complain on the grounds of "morality", set off events that make citizens feel empowered to carry out hate crimes.
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We created a decentralized system that saw people organize at grassroots level, raise funding and access support - can we take this into Labour, transport unions, other unions.
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Created a network for medical and logistical support - how can we translate this into the medical field. How can we parley this?
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Everyone, that guy (I'm deliberately not saying his name) is using the same playbook he used with Seyitan's case. Ignore him abeg. What we are doing here is much more important than him. Let's focus all that energy on our work to
#EndSWAT
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An obviously malnourished naked woman is thrown out of a moving car. Your first instinct isn't concern for her or outrage at her abductors, it's to post photos online as a "moral lesson". Tomorrow they will ask people who have sense to stand up and you too go follow stand
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Was praying in tongues today and out of nowhere I started to hear the interpretation of my prayers. Mans was so shook I promptly burst into tears. Also my next thought was "Oh cool, I need to tweet this! ". But it was legit a beautiful experience. And now a tweeted experience.
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See, if you people should see me inside BBN audition, I don't want to hear - Isn't that?... Is it really??... Make una just organise unasefs start to vote for me. Tenzz.
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Had a conversation just now with the Lover that had me reflecting on how blessed we are to have each other and how much we've grown+continue to grow. We work really hard to show up for each other, to honour our individual truths and honour each other's truths.
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