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Pushed off the Pedestal

Pushed off the Pedestal

I never asked to be put on a pedestal. But I was put there all the same. The thing of it is that someone can put you on a pedestal, and…

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Crystal Jackson
Feb 02, 2019
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I never asked to be put on a pedestal. But I was put there all the same. The thing of it is that someone can put you on a pedestal, and they can push you off it — and you still fall.

It still hurts, even if you would have preferred to stay on solid ground with your hand held tightly in their own- equal partners inst…

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