How To Pronounce My F*cking Name

Five letters and 38 years of this sh*t.

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I can’t anymore. This is the day I break. Here you go world, here’s 38 years of shame, rage, and exhaustion dragon-breathing onto a digital page because of my unfathomably unpronounceable name. I woke up and chose phonetics and heaven help you all. Today I stop feeling bad about myself and start acknowledging that maybe all of you are the idiots instead and it feels…

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Author of A Single Revolution, available on Amazon. Host of A Single Serving Podcast. shanisilver[at]gmail

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Shani Silver

Author of A Single Revolution, available on Amazon. Host of A Single Serving Podcast. shanisilver[at]gmail