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Rebecca Bayliss's avatar

So clever and so apt. I've tried to imagine what it must feel like to be persecuted by the likes of Seymour. To have your work so wilfully misunderstood by a "man", who is not unlike a cabbage or a sheep (no disrespect to sheep). I imagine it's the sort of thing you would have to experience to understand how it feels, but it must feel horrible. It won't be a lot of consolation, Tusiata, but Seymour and Co. must be very intimidated by your intellect, your truth, and your gift for language to target you as they do. They are pathetic.

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Tusiata Avia's avatar

Talofa Rebecca. Thanks so much for your awhi.

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Helen Raskin's avatar

Thank you for the laugh Tusiata. So funny and so clever.

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Libby Paulin's avatar

I found your poem so funny. Thank you. From a white person who has no fear of being stabbed by you. ❤️

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Tusiata Avia's avatar

Thanks so much for your awhi, Libby.

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Judith Paulin's avatar

So pleased to read your column! We need courageous people like you to speak for the rest of us!!

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