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I Had a Good Reason to Say No
Everybody I told went straight to the danger. Then I told my mom.
Nov 6
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Shaunte Young
Somebody Is Telling People You’re an Asshole
It’s amazing how much grace we give ourselves just because we know what we meant.
Oct 23
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Shaunte Young
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The Audacity of Making Me Prettier
Somebody took my picture, gave me lashes, a smaller nose, and fuller lips, then posted it on Instagram. Without asking me. And the worst part? I kind of…
Oct 16
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Shaunte Young
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The Standard for Staying
Jan 16
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The Quiet Sign You’ve Outgrown Your Current Life
Apr 6, 2025
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Not Everything Needs to Be Healed
Jan 23
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Everyone Thinks I’m Doing Well. I Don’t Correct Them.
Jan 30
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I Don't Know How Many of My Opinions Are Actually Mine
Sep 4
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Shaunte Young
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If You Want to Be Interesting, You Have to Do Interesting Shit
May 15
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You Can End the Sentence After "Good"
I just turned 42. The trouble with “for your age” is how easily somebody else’s expectations become your private rules.
Oct 2
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Shaunte Young
You Can Be Mad at Me
I apologized. He gave me two middle fingers. We both moved on.
Sep 25
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Shaunte Young
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I Want My Son to Date Black Girls
I know exactly how that sounds.
Sep 11
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Shaunte Young
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I Gave Somebody's Biggest Dream a Two
For a few weeks, somebody else’s months of work ended with a number on my screen. I didn’t think much about the weight of that until I gave one of them…
Sep 8
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Shaunte Young
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I Don't Know How Many of My Opinions Are Actually Mine
We're fed so many opinions about how to live that eventually the noise starts sounding like our own voice.
Sep 4
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Shaunte Young
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Evil Doesn't Ask Anything of Us
A conversation with my daughter about the case all over the news, postpartum depression, and why "evil" is the easier lie to tell a kid.
Aug 28
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Shaunte Young
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Put Your White Man Pants On
I watched a white man do something at lunch today that I would never have done. Then I realized I might need to start.
Aug 14
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Shaunte Young
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Your Problems Aren't That Big. Your World Is Too Small.
Half of what feels like a crisis isn't a crisis. It's a small world with nowhere else to put its attention.
Aug 7
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Nothing Feels Like Enough Anymore
When ‘more’ becomes the minimum, even a good life can feel like falling behind
Aug 1
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