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As an anxious, awkward teen who grew up saying things without realizing how they landed with people, I& #39;m holding soft spot for Brandy right now. Like... I get it. Lol.
That shit is heightened when you& #39;re in front of someone you admire or stan but may only be an acquaintance. Like, you& #39;re working overtime not to be a weirdo and it just makes shit worse.
*sigh*
*sigh*
Or if youâre in a room with someone you think is wildly cool but whose experiences are different from your own, and so you don& #39;t know what to talk about? Phew.
It seems like Brandy& #39;s voice and her music are where she& #39;s most self-assured. Take her out of those moments and into a space where she has to have one-on-one banter with a person she may not have an intimate friendship with and yeah... the anxiety is going to jump out.
And...saying "She& #39;s too old for all that" isn& #39;t terribly helpful? Adults know how old they are and what& #39;s expected in certain social situations. But merely knowing doesn& #39;t make it any easier if you struggle with these things anyway. If anything, expectations can heighten anxiety.
Anyway, I see you anxious, awkward Black girls. We& #39;re here and we& #39;re usually in the back on mute... because our lives don& #39;t require us to talk with an extremely cool contemporary for 3 hours in front of 1.2 million people.
We said we would hold more grace for people, right? Amen? Amen.
