Karen Chee @karencheee Twitter profile

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Karen Chee

2 years

Was hanging w some friends who are a little bit older and they had to stop mid-drinks to call their kids, and I didn’t know what to do so I called my mom. she is doing well

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

someone liked a ton of my tweets at once and their account has 0 followers and was JUST made, and I thought, “this must be a bot.” then I looked closer. it’s my dad.

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

3 years

it's a hate crime. so call it a hate crime.

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Karen Chee

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3 years

wowww it’s 2021 here in korea!! wanna know what the future is like?!! - it is dark out - everyone is asian - my grandma is gently snoring

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

me, turning my wifi off & on again: i am a woman in STEM

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

Yes my dude

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Karen Chee

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4 years

fwiw, literally no one i know is growing more conservative as we get older

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

should have clarified when i asked for more asian representation in media that i did NOT mean "in the photo of every coronavirus article"

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

3 years

bravely combatting impostor syndrome by being genuinely bad

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

2 years

The “we will adopt your baby” couples all look like they’re auditioning to be the white people in a Jordan Peele movie

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

3 years

[grandma wears a cute little scarf] me: wow!! who IS she??? grandma: it’s me! grandma!

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

i know my friends are hot bc any time we take a pic it looks like i won a raffle contest to meet them

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

2 years

being a mom must be wild. you go thru pregnancy and labor and years of raising a vulnerable helpless child and then they become an adult just to call you every day with questions "hi should I put apples in the fridge??"

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

2 years

"always the bridesmaid, never the bride" just sounds like you have a lot of friends and people really like you!!!

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

2 years

nice little existential crisis as I refill my metro card

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

3 years

help I am now 26, the same age as Meredith Blake in the Parent Trap, so if u need me I’m quitting my career and moving to Napa to seduce some hot millionaire dads!!!!!

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

for once i'd like to read a book where the Acknowledgements section isn't there to thank people but to call out nemeses who have wronged the author

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

3 years

the Oscars should show a clip of an actor in their movie AND THEN another clip of what the actor's like in real life so we can see just how much they acted

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

I have two friends in their early-mid twenties who got COVID in March and April. despite having "recovered," one has completely lost her sense of smell and the other now regularly gets headaches (4+ days/week). the recovery rate for young people is not the full truth.

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

flour is white, powdery, and plain. But shoppers are now giving it a second look and maybe learning that it’s supposed to be prepared in some way

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

recently learned that the korean equivalent of the expression “looking for a needle in a haystack” is “looking for a Mr. Kim in Seoul” and I think that is so so so funny

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Karen Chee

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4 years

one of those “do u like me? mark [yes] [no]” slips from middle school but it asks “are u mad at me?” and I send it to everyone i’ve ever met

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

I am always too afraid to exclaim, “in THIS economy??” bc I don’t know how the economy works and am nervous someone will ask a follow up question

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

Imagine getting murdered and u go to heaven and god is like “they turned ur gruesome death story into a podcast lol”

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

when my phone is charging to my computer but my computer isn’t plugged in, it feels like The Giving Tree, does this make sense

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

I jokingly asked my grandpa to pls not let any visitors into my room bc of work, then later walked into him posting a sign on my door that said “DO NOT ENTER, KAREN IS BUSY” w a calligraphy brush in a traditional top-down, right-left korean sign 😂 we are the only two at home 😂

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

5 years

PSA queen-size beds are good for two people, but even better for one person & a laptop & a pile o books & a half-eaten box of cheez-its

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

spending quarantine learning a new language (catherine o’hara’s english in Schitt’s Creek)

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

calling out a sexual predator is fucking terrifying. if they're famous, rich, etc, it's 1000x scarier. please be kind to people sharing their stories, & keep an eye out for fuckheads who are like "where's the evidence??" & do other bitch ass moves to protect their shitty friends

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

3 years

good time to play the game Did They Not Post or Did They Break Up?

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

3 years

saw someone in a skeleton costume and asked, "are you Phoebe Bridgers?" and they went, "no? I'm a skeleton?" like I was the biggest idiot in the world

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

3 years

i like this classic american tradition of a korean person winning an oscar every year

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

3 years

pride AND prejudice? in this economy??

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

3 years

Orson Welles was 25 when he made Citizen Kane. I am 25 and today I forgot to take my socks off before getting in the shower

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

5 years

Every conversation is a podcast if you close your eyes

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

i know you all think your dads are the best but when my dad moved to the US he literally named himself Kenny Chee bc he loves Kenny G 💖😂

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

why would we tear down the statue of a middle eastern socialist refugee?

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4 years

Statues of Jesus are next. It won't end. Pray for the USA

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

3 years

when I sign off an email with "Love Karen" sans comma, it is not a typo. it is an order

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

3 years

my 7 yr old nephew: were you born in the 1900s? me: oh... yes I guess so! my nephew: [jaw dropping] oh my GOD

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

2 years

borrowing my grandpa's new laptop and seeing this is the background ahahahahhha 😭😭😭💖💖💖💖 best buds 💞💞💞

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

When someone older pauses while speaking I think, ah yes, you’re putting two spaces after each period

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

every day I wake up absolutely thrilled that I get to eat an egg

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

3 years

Someone ended a text with ‘XD’ and I was like dang, this is vintage. Ye olde emoticon. A text of yore

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

5 years

oh my god

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

you: his name is Rube Goldberg me: that name rings a bell, which sets off a trap that undoes a buckle and releases a ball that rolls down a pipe and

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

2 years

me, flirting: so what do u think paddington 3 will be about

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

2 years

ok so it turns out reverse racism DOES exist and it's me going to an REI and assuming every white customer there is an employee

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

today I pointed to someone on tv & said, “she’s so pretty!” and my grandma replied, “yes, but YOU are prettier.” and THAT is what I’m looking for in a boyfriend!!!!! wake UP, sheeple!!!!!!!! 🐑

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

6 years

you: his name is Rube Goldberg me: huh, that name rings a bell, which sets off a trap that undoes a buckle and releases a ball that rolls down a pipe and

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

business idea: books w/ the pages numbered backwards so it counts down how many pages you have left (exciting!)

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

someone explaining a new board game: it’s easy. you play blue cards unless it's round 5 then move 3 squares but back 2 if it's friday. your opponent is a big harp, unless you say "dolp!" then it's a big leaf. roll 6 dice, take the cube root—PLEASE wait till the end for questions

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

3 years

waiting for my mom to finish shopping

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

My only Oscars tweet is that I watched Parasite w my family & as soon as the theater lights dimmed, my mom reached into her bag & pulled out an orange for each of us, in case we’d forgotten we were Asian

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

5 years

Last night I was Paddington and I saw another Paddington and went “OMG HI” and she went “oh” disappointedly and I just wanna say that is Not the spirit of Paddington

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

10/10, would say the date again

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

2 years

Two nights ago I saw a British person say his name is Mark to the restaurant hostess who then wrote his name down as “Mock” and I am still laughing out loud about it

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

3 years

there are so many Marvel movies and I just think one of them could be a romcom

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

let's hang, here's when i'm free

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

a little worried bc I have the same symptoms as Tom Hanks (tall, handsome, kind, everyman)

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

2 years

quitting comedy to pursue my one true calling: knitting little scarves for dogs

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

3 years

i don't care about NY i don't care about LA i just want to live here

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

being named karen means every time i check twitter i have a mini heart attack. then i remember i'm not white

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

3 years

this decade will *also* be known as the Roaring Twenties but this time due to me screaming

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

1 month

From reformation… a dress perfect to romance the nazi mailman … for ages 16 going on 17 and up

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

I don’t want fame or glory, I want a cul de sac where I live w all my friends and family

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

1 year

pls I don't want to hear about Avatar unless it's the last airbender!!!! I don't care about these blue weirdos, call me when the fire nation attacks

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

3 years

a group of 3 women is called a Haim

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

The show villain The actual villain

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

3 years

we know baby yoda is cute and old yoda is wise but young adult yoda??? absolutely jacked w/ an ass that won’t quit

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

nothing scarier than a pink mug that says I’m A Girl Boss in gold cursive

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

I’m like a chicken nugget: tough on the outside, soft on the inside, a hit with the children, often found at Costco

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Karen Chee

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4 years

once, in high school, we visited our family friends who are also asian & the mom said she hoped her kids would marry other asians. which prompted my mom to later turn to me & thoughtfully say, "just so you know, you can marry whoever you want, but white men age very quickly"

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Karen Chee

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4 years

CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE: my mom made a twitter acct years ago for this very reason. she never tweets but she faves all my tweets lolol 💓 she only follows me and the American Red Cross and—plot twist— @joshgondelman !!!! 😂

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

5 years

V excited for this live-action Miyazaki film

かれっくす@水草

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5 years

スライムがあらわれた！

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Karen Chee

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4 years

that Hakuna Matata sequence where Simba grows up but it’s me turning into my mom

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

i wanna listen to an audiobook where the actor is also reading it for the first time so you can hear them gasp when a plot twist happens

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Karen Chee

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3 years

you guys, High School Musical is a true period piece. flip phones and swoopy hair and layered tank tops, a real PBS Masterpiece Classic

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

5 years

a cool way to subvert impostor syndrome is to be genuinely bad

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

men, creating art: will this get me laid? women, creating art: will this get me murdered

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Karen Chee

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1 year

sorry can't hang today, i (62 inches tall) am lying down along various walls of my apartment to see where a loveseat (62 inches long) could fit. and having the time of my life

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Karen Chee

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2 years

ok but Matthew Macfadyen ultimately winning when his castmates didn't is a very Tom Wambsgans move!!!

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Karen Chee

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4 years

I changed my pic so it looks like I’m really delighted by my own tweet

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Karen Chee

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4 years

it should be illegal for netflix to start playing previews of scary murder shows when i am simply on the homepage trying to decide on a romcom

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Karen Chee

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4 years

a weighted blanket but for my brain, please

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Karen Chee

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3 years

people are just ghosts waiting to be unwrapped

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

look if you're gonna "haha" you might as well "hahaha"

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

5 years

young Rick and grown up Morty

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

2 years

The Story of My New Corduroy Pants: salesperson: [disparaging] it’s giving frog and toad me: [stoked as hell] it’s giving frog and toad!!!!!!!!!!!

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

3 years

My grandpa recently discovered Memojis so yesterday we personalized his to look like him. Today I woke up to these texts 😂😭

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

the thing i dislike about cooking is how it takes me 45+ mins to make anything good and then <5 minutes to eat it. too much work too little payoff

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

2 years

“23 and me” - Leo DiCaprio describing his new relationship

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Karen Chee

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5 years

Being a sapiosexual means you’re attracted to jean-ralphio saperstein

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

3 years

you're in her DMs.... and I *am* her!!! thank you for reaching out!!!!!

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Karen Chee

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4 years

the dangerous thing about quarantine is that if i think about someone for more than 5 minutes i begin to have a crush on them

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

3 years

NYTimes goin thru some shit rn

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

just found out I got verified but I still feel empty inside. interesting

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

4 years

Can I donate to Stacey Abrams like for her personal “for fun” funds

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

1 year

since people are posting their 2022 accomplishments I'd like to share that in April, I went to put a bowl of soup in the microwave but absentmindedly stuck it in the oven and spent 10 mins freaking out that the microwave had somehow zapped my soup into the void

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Karen Chee

@karencheee

3 years

dear WOMEN💕, please STOP saying SORRY for: - taking up space - asking for what you deserve - hitting someone w your car - setting a barn on fire - accidentally murdering someone - intentionally murdering someone - simply being yourself (a murderer)

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Karen Chee

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5 years

Does this count as ‘found poetry’

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