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as a ugandan who's been folded into the ambiguous "east african girl" i really identify with the beginning of this post and your comment on how commodifying identity is uniquely milennial. i'm a bit confused about the concluding paragraph tho. from what i understand, you're saying your audience is very broad and then you list a wide range of women with different backgrounds. in my own experience, i also feel a lot of erasure in spaces that are "for women" bc i have still experience oppression on a near daily basis by some women (particularly white and weallthy ones). i'm wondering how you see the broad "east african" brush as different from the broad "women" brush

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