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Alexa Juanita Jordan's avatar

"If you realise your dreams, you’ll show others that they can too. If you own your seemingly ‘greedy’ desires, you’ll show those around you that it isn’t actually greedy, at all." Reminds of Glennon Doyle talking about the fact there is no such thing as one way liberation. Needed this reminder that it's not selfish to talk about what we want, especially as women.

These days, my truest want is financial freedom and security. I want to live comfortably, get paid for my artistic work, and be able to regularly support communities in need.

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Gabrielle Treanor's avatar

I remember being told ‘I want never gets’ when I was very small and I never forgot it. As a child I remember using the words ‘I would like’ when I really wanted to say I want but thought that would jinx me! The message can be reinforced so frequently it’s taken on deeply, the women I work with find it incredibly difficult to ask for what they want, sometimes to even know what they want.

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