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You Ain't

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Daniel Andrlik
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Daniel Andrlik
Daniel Andrlik lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia. By day he manages product teams. The rest of the time he is a podcast host and producer, writer of speculative fiction, a rabid reader, and a programmer.

Nika Harper’s recent post is getting a lot of attention, as well it should. It’s wonderful.

You are not your weight
Your teeth
Your twitter following
Your gender.

You ARE
Your kindness.
Your patience.
Your hope.

— Nika Harper, You Ain’t

Go read the whole thing.

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