For me, the times that I dressed provocatively had been empowering. It felt good. It's those times that I felt comfortable in my own skin. Like really, really comfortable. And let's face it, body self-esteem issues are a hurdle many women struggle to overcome.So when a person tears a woman down for how's she's dressed, they are tearing her down at a moment she feels at the top of her game. That's where the real shame is—not in how a woman is dressed, but in the desire to minimise her self-worth and empowerment. That's not kind, or well meaning. It's rude and cruel.

~ Annastacia Dickerson

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I have often wondered if the irrational fear some men have of women that incites them to subjugate and oppress the female species begins in the adage: I brought you into this world, I can take you out!

~ Annastacia Dickerson

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For some reason when I type the word love in my iPad it keeps autocorrecting to live. I find it oddly profound. My ipad IS. My iPad is ZEN: “Only the iPad that autocorrects can write the true thing.

~ Annastacia Dickerson

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