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Carmen is Autostraddle's Editor-in-Chief and a Black Puerto Rican femme/inist writer. She claims many past homes, but left the largest parts of her heart in Detroit, Brooklyn, and Buffalo, NY. There were several years in her early 20s when she earnestly slept with a copy of James Baldwin’s “Fire Next Time” under her pillow. You can find her on twitter, @carmencitaloves.
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Khadijah had me going around in circles!! Thank you for this.
Lmao it took me 15 minutes to solve my own puzzle
i was so delighted when i realized that with a word search, we can solve our own puzzles!!!!
Carmen that was tuff but super fun!
11:50 and approximately 4 minutes total were spent on the word Cleo