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The Moth Radio Hour: 50 Shades of Black

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Swimming Is My Lens for Everything Black Women Do

"I don't ever see anybody who looks like me swim in laps for fun and exercise," she says. "My breath turns into my belly. My belly turns into my butt ... I have a varicose vein down the entire length of one leg, and my thighs rub together when I walk" She was raised by two staunch hardcore artists and activists.

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