Dear Little Beastie,
I am overjoyed to see you.
My guilt trips were useless. My death threats went unanswered. Finally, I had to ignore you long enough that you grew to miss me...I mean,
these people.
Whatever!
I'm just glad you've pulled your head out of the ass of Love and come here, found us.
Joined.
I look forward to reading your beautiful and brainy words. To laughing at the silly things you'll invariably say. To debating hard subjects with you and discovering every time how cool it is that the bond of friendship is always bigger than the ways in which we disagree - because we are strong-minded women, and oh how we can disagree.
I love you.
You coy babygirl, you.
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Class, race, sexuality, gender and all other categories by which we categorize and dismiss each other need to be excavated from the inside. - Dorothy Allison